17 Hoosier Banker June 2016 company the book reading, the bank supplied firstgraders with three cups to start their own personal programs of financial management and charity. Lake City Bank, Warsaw, organized the Lake City Bank Reality Store program to provide students with an opportunity to budget household expenses based on various incomes, from low-income to high-income professions, as well as number of household members. The experience helps students learn the difference between wants and needs. MutualBank, Muncie, participates in TeenWorks, which is linked to the 21st Century Scholar program and begins in the month of April. TeenWorks helps young adults and students with a variety of life skills, including financial literacy. Students go through several learning stages throughout the program, which include securing employment during the summer. Participants open checking accounts to deposit their paychecks after first attending a financial literacy course. Bank employees assist with financial questions and teach classes to students about the importance of financial well-being and saving. Our Community Bank, Spencer, conducted a Teach a Child to Save Day bank tour for 90 first-graders from Spencer Elementary School. Students visited the bank president’s office, the vault area, safe deposit box area and the teller area, including the drive-thru. They were shown how to use machines in the teller area and were treated to story time, during which they were read a book about saving money. At the end of the tour, each child was given cookies and a bag full of goodies. Additionally the bank runs a feature called Fiscal Fitness in the Spencer Evening World. Continued on page 18. personnel appeared on a local television program, WNIT Economic Outlook, to discuss finances, plus the bank participated in financial literacy presentations with Bank on Northwest Indiana, the secretary of state’s office and the Indiana attorney general’s office. Fifth Third Bank, Indianapolis, presented the Link Up to Empower U Conference. The seminar was designed to educate and empower women who are further along in their financial journey and need more sophisticated financial strategies related to wealth management. The Empower U® sessions were presented by representatives from Fifth Third Securities and Fifth Third Bank, and topics included: insurance planning, investments, retirement planning and estate planning. First Bank Richmond, NA, participated in Smart Money Day on April 26 at Reid Health. The event featured a video and panel discussion with speakers from the Wayne County sheriff’s department, Indiana attorney general’s office, Social Security office and Area 9 Agency on Aging. More than 45 senior citizens attended. First Savings Bank, Clarksville, reached 265 high school students at Corydon Central High School, when branch manager Tony Myers taught students about financial literacy and the importance of credit. He reported an enthusiastic response from students. Garrett State Bank presented a banking literacy program to all area first-graders. Employees from the bank read Three Cups, a children’s book, which “teaches children from an early age the rewards of practicing a timeless, unique and effective method of personal financial management and charity.” The bank has ensured that each classroom has a couple of copies of the book to permit students to borrow a copy to take home for reading with family. To acMary Shelton (left) and Samantha Fowler, associates of Centier Bank, Northern Indiana, conducting a “Keep It Safe” presentation during Money Smart Week. Participants of the Link Up to Empower U Conference are pictured.The conference was presented by Fifth Third Bank, Indianapolis. Mary Hall, teller, Garrett State Bank, reads the book Three Cups to children to first-grade Kurt Rosenberger, president and CEO of Our Community Bank, Spencer, welcomes elementary school students into his office as they enjoy a tour of the bank.
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