Citizens State Bank participates in national event
Citizens State Bank, Goessel, is participating today in the fifth-annual National Teach Children to Save Day, a nationwide event to teach kids their financial ABCs.
Dwight Wedel, vice president of Citizens State Bank, will be presenting savings information to third grade classes at Goessel, Canton, and Galva elementary schools. The third-grade teachers are Megan Schmidt of Goessel, Amy Etheridge of Canton, and Maida Laughlin of Galva. The Savings Day programs will involve over 250 students including third graders from Moundridge, Hesston, Inman, and Buhler.
Sponsored by the American Bankers Association Education Foundation, National Teach Children to Save Day is a day in April when bankers make presentations in schools across the country to students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
During his visits with the third graders, Wedel of Citizens State Bank will be teaching about money and savings, covering topics such as budgeting, the difference between needs and wants, why it is important to save for emergencies, and how interest makes money grow. Students will have an opportunity to apply concepts and practices through games and other hands-on activities. To view pictures of students included in the Savings Day program, look up "Current News" at ww.thecsb.com.
"Bankers are experts at saving and investing, so it is a natural for them to visit classrooms to teach students how their money can grow," said Donald G. Ogilvie, executive vice president of the American Bankers Association. "Students who become smart savers today can become investors and money managers tomorrow."
"Past years have proven very successful, and Citizens State Bank is proud to be involved in helping teach the area children how to become smart savers," Wedel said.
Classroom materials that will be used on National Teach Children to Save Day support curriculum standards established by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Council of Teachers of English, and the Family and Consumer Sciences.
