Laconia Savings Bank Offers Area Students a Unique Financial Education Experience

Di Martin-Greenwood, Student Program Coordinator for Laconia Savings Bank is teaching Holy Trinity’s Pre-Kindergarten class about the different types of coins, their worth and the importance of saving.

Laconia Savings Bank strongly believes that an early understanding of personal finance can help children develop positive money habits that will carry with them through adulthood. Laconia Savings Bank is offering area students a unique financial education experience through the Teach Children to Save program. These out-of-the-box lessons make learning about money fun for students and allow bankers to bring reality and learning together to help students understand the basic principles of using money wisely.

Teach Children to Save is a national campaign of volunteer bankers who help young people to develop lifelong saving habits. The campaign includes an annual awareness day in April, Teach Children to Save Day; a video contest for teens, Lights, Camera, Save!; and the Teach Children to Save website; www.teachchildrentosave.com.

Since the program began in 1997, bankers have helped millions of students across the nation learn to manage their money more effectively. This year, many will return to the classroom to help fill the money-knowledge gap. For more information on the program, visit www.abaef.com and click on Teach Children to Save.