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Bankers, thank you for your participation in Teach Children to Save 2010. Your commitment to the communities you serve has inspired thousands of young people to become lifelong savers. Whether it was by teaching classes, having youngsters take the Savers' Pledge or adding the link to our new Teach Children to Save Web site to your bank's Web site, you helped our industry provide America's youth with the tools they need to become savers.

Share your Teach Children to Save experience with others by sending a picture along with a two-sentence caption that includes your bank's name and the group that you reached to edufoun@aba.com. Read about other events below.

We encourage all banks to post their pictures and captions on our facebook fan page: facebook.com/abaef.

2010 TCTS Honor Roll, List of Participating Banks

 

 

Suzy Wirta, Vice President in US Bank's Commercial Banking Division, shared Teach Children to Save Day with her second grade sons, Zachary and Ian and 139 other students in Neighborhood C at Valley Crossing Community School in Woodbury, Minn.

 

California Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Bill Haraf joined Bank of the West's employees and CFO, Duke Dayal, and Operation HOPE staff to educate 230 students at Gordon J. Lau Elementary School, located in San Francisco's Chinatown neighborhood. Students learned the importance of saving on April 27, ABA's Teach Children to Save Day.

 

Citi, a couple of the ABA Education Foundation staff, and the Baltimore Orioles use Teach Children to Save Day to turn the Orioles' ballpark, Camden Yards, into a classroom as they gave Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship students savings education lessons.

 

 

ABA Chairman and United Bank of Michigan, Grand Rapids, Mich. Chairman and CEO, Arthur C. Johnson and Gwyn Harnish launched the "Sweet Savings Experiment" with Mrs. Anderson's kindergarten class. Then students danced to the bank's new jingle, "Save, Spend, Share," all in celebration of the 14th annual Teach Children to Save Day.

 

Treasury Official Michelle Greene, the ABA Education Foundation, Operation HOPE, and area financial services volunteers kicked off the 2010 Teach Children to Save program by sharing personal finance lessons with freshmen at Washington, D.C.'s, historic Woodrow Wilson High School.

 

 

Frontier Bank taught 373 kids at Childersburg Elementary.  Bankers discussed how "money does not grow on trees!" by letting the children participate in earning money by placing leaves on the tree and then when they were ready to spend their money, the leaves had to be taken from the tree.

 

Friend Bank presented TCTS to four different schools reaching a total of 420 students.

 

 

Mohave State Bank, Lake Havasu City, Ariz. wrapped up its year-long financial literacy programs with a bank tour for the in-school Junior Bankers.  Mohave State Bank provides financial literacy programs and in-school banks to five area schools.

Angela Whitney of Home National Bank brought a penny jar to Keystone Montessori School's 'Scorpion' class to illustrate the value of pocket change.

Meridian Bank shared the importance of saving and using money responsibly with Centennial High School students in Peoria, Ariz.

First Arizona Savings' Vandi Norman teaches savings to a large audience at Meyer Elementary. Nearly 2,300 students were reached in Arizona on Tuesday, April 27 as part of Teach Children to Save Day.

 

 

 

Sherita Johnson with First Arkansas Bank & Trust talked with Concord Elementary 4th graders at about savings.

 

Jared Dills and Rae Nonay of First Arkansas Bank and Trust reached students at Murrell Taylor Elementary in Jacksonville, Ark. with personal finance lessons as part of Teach Children to Save Day.

 

Union Bank of Mena reached around 400 children during April with savings education lessons. As part of the presentation, each group was given a copy of "Isabel's Car Wash" for their library.

 

DeWitt Bank and Trust Company joined DeWitt Elementary School in a penny to benefit a local dog shelter and hosted 100 students to a bank tour and a lesson on saving pennies. In all $278.00 in pennies were collected.

 

Simmons First Pine Bluff provided Watson Chapel Schools with personal finance lessons as part of their Teach Children to Save Day celebration.

 

Bank of Pocahontas, Pocahontas, Ark. employees partnered with students from the Williams Baptist College teacher education program to present Teach Children To Save lesson to 152 Alma Spikes School second graders. Each student received a $1.00 bill to help them get started savings.

 

BancorpsSouth Bank's Carolyn Reynolds and Justin Cissell used the "The Money Tree" lesson to teach students at East Elementary School in Osceola, Ark. ways to make their money to "grow."

 

First Arkansas Bank & Trust banker Matt Vowels gets fourth graders in Heber Springs, Ark. excited about Teach Children to Save Day.

 

 

 

California Department of Financial Institutions Public Information Officer, Alana Golden, delivered a savings lesson and activity to over 65 second grade students at Westlake Charter School in Sacramento, Calif. Classroom visits included a book reading, discussion on earning, saving, spending, sharing and wants vs. needs, and a poster activity.

 

Premier Service Bank employees gave savings lessons to students at Lincoln Alternative Elementary School in Corona and Tomás Rivera Elementary School in Riverside, Calif.

 

Throughout the year Savings Bank of Mendocino County employees teach area youth the importance of saving through interactive lessons, a weekly student savings and  classroom story time. 

 

 

Three employees from the First National Bank of Suffield visited A. Ward Spaulding Elementary School and taught over 350 students the value of saving using the four "savings jars."

 

 

Friend Bank presented Teach Children to Save lesson to four different schools reaching a total of 420 students.

 

Members of the Florida Gulf Bank gave students real life scenarios and asked them to plan the best way to save money on the items they want or regularly purchase.

 

The Bank of Bonifay in Bonifay, Fla. presented the Teach the Children to Save program to over 600 students in two counties.  The lesson taught students that money doesn't grow on trees and the importance of knowing the difference in wants versus needs. 

 

Mercantile Bank partnered with Bardmoor Elementary School in Largo, Fla. to teach students about saving. The bank's Laurie Robinson and Christina Dickson discussed everything from needs vs. wants to the importance of saving $2 for every $10, and of course how the bank can help them save!

 

Michelle Crawford and Marci Duke from Citizens First Bank in The Villages, Fla. met with 155 fifth grade students at The Villages Charter School and gave Teach Children to Save lessons.

 

 

 

Heritage Bank of Georgia’s 15 employees reach more than 1200 students in nine area schools in celebration of Teach Children to Save Day. 

 

Len Hicks of SB&T Bank, Americus, Ga. presented a Teach Children to Save lesson to students at Southland Academy School.

 

Fidelity Bank, Winder teamed up with their local Dairy Queen to make learning about saving money fun for area students. Each participating student received a free ice cream cone.

 

This year Georgia Bank & Trust employees presented savings education lessons to 495 students and they already have requests for the 2010-2011 school year.

 

 

Bank of Hawaii reached 212 area students with information on the importance of saving as part of the national Teach Children to Save program.

 

 

 

First National Bank of Ava employees Colette Tope, Karen Fuhrhop, and Donna Vogel made presentations on teaching children how to save and managing their money to 115 fourth grade classes as part of the Teach Children to Save program.

 

Students visited First National Bank of Steeleville for Teach Children to Save Day and received an activity books about saving money and a banker covered the material. Students also played Bank Bingo and Who Wants To Be A Money Millionaire.

 

State Bank of Countryside celebrated Teach Children to Save with Hodgkin Elementary students with fun games, handouts and exercises. 

 

Several employees from First National Bank of Waterloo visited eight community classrooms on Teach Children to Save Day.  In an interactive lesson, students learned the difference between needs and wants and the importance of saving.

 

Community State Bank in Fulton, Ill. employees along with their mascot Earnie Eagle shared the importance of saving with area students as part of the Teach Children to Save program.

 

 

The Broad Street branch of MainSource Bank in New Castle, Ind. employees Debbie Malone, Becky Williams, Lora Flynn, Julie May, and Robin Antle talked to Eastwood Elementary third grade students about banking and the importance of saving.

 

Lora Routson and other Wayne Bank and Trust Co, Richmond, Ind. employees presented the Teach to Children Save lessons in area schools.

 

 

American State Bank's Sioux Center, Hull and Hospers offices visited area first grade classrooms during Teach Children To Save Week.

 

Shelby County State Bank employees' Robb Jacobsen, Janet Buman and others taught six saving lessons to area second graders as part of the Teach Children to Save program.

 

Bank Iowa Jackson, Junction, Iowa's Marcia Kilcher used "The Money Tree" activity from the TCTS kit to celebrate Teach Children to Save with Turkey Valley Elementary students.

 

American Trust employees reached more than 1100 students with Teach Children to Save lessons this year.

 

Farmers & Merchants State Bank in Winterset, Iowa hosted bank tours for our Elementary School and shared information on money and the importance of saving with 213 children.

 

Clear Lake Bank & Trust employees reached fourth graders in area schools during the month of April in participating with the Teach Children to Save program.

 

Employees of Security Savings Bank in Gowrie, Iowa visited area schools to talk with students about the safest place for their money and saving it. 

 

MidWestOne Bank employees reached more than 1700 students in 19 communities across Eastern Iowa as part of Teach Children to Save Day.

 

Central State Bank reached approximately 450 students in Muscatine and Wilton, Iowa. With Teach Children to Save lessons.

 

State Bank & Trust gave tours and savings lessons to over 200 Nevada Elementary School as part of the Teach Children  to Save program.

 

 

Bank of Blue Valley's bankers along with their mascot Blue E. Duck reached 100 kindergarten students at Turner Early Learning Center in Kansas City, Kan. with financial education lessons.

 

Central National Bank employees' talk with children about money in participation with Teach Children to Save.

 

Community Bank of the Midwest employees' Tricia Ricker and Sandy Parke from visited talked with area student about the importance of saving money, wants versus needs and had them take the savers pledge.

 

Michele Sherfield of Premier Bank taught kindergarteners the importance of saving money.  The bank also donated several books about money to the school library.

 

 

Tina Pasley of Citizens Guaranty Bank talked with 4 second grade classes about the importance of saving money and wise spending. In all she reached 90 students.

 

First Kentucky Bank employees Nicole Sullivan and Allison Bynum visited Calvert Elementary as part of Teach Children to Save Day.

 

 

People State Bank showed a movie and gave out handout and bookmarks to area students as part of their bank's Teach Children to Save activities.

 

 

Eight bankers from Calvin B. Taylor Banking Company, Berlin, Md., reached 270 Worcester County students with savings education lessons.

 

 

 

Eagle Bank's Paulette MacKenzie, organized Teach Children to Save presentations for 400 sixth graders at five local schools.

 

Employees with Florence Savings Bank, Florence, Mass. gave Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School second graders a bank tour and discussed income and expenses through hands on activities, saw how coins and currency are counted and the vault.

 

Karen Murphy of  Winchester Savings Bank gave a savings lesson to St. Mary's School students in Winchester, Mass. as part of the Teach Children to Save Program.

 

 

One hundred and twenty Chemical Bank employees and their mascot, Dollar, provided 64 schools -- approximately 3,500 students -- across the state with financial education lessons.

 

Independent Bank had a class from the Whittemore Elementary School visit their branch for financial education lessons.  The children took a tour of the bank and then learned how to save, make deposits, and keep a balance of their accounts.

 

Edgewater Bank, St. Joseph, Mich. visited seven schools to present Teach Children to Save lessons.

 

Bank Mutual employees visited Meadow Brook Elementary School and showed the video "What is Money, How Can Kids Make Money, Making Good Choices," and answered questions. 

 

Monarch Community Bank celebrated Teach Children to Save Day with several middle school classes discussing wants and needs and the importance of saving.

 

Jodi Hurren and Todd Tate of Northstar Bank spent time with third graders, teaching them the importance of saving at Laker Elementary School in Pigeon, Mich.

 

 

State Representative Terry Brown joined Bay Port State Bank's Annie Simon to discuss saving with Mrs. Lutz's kindergarten class at George E Greene Elementary School in Bad Axe, Mich. as part of the Teach Children to Save program.

 

Fifth Third Bank in Western Michigan's Timothy Ladd gave the "Money is Funny" Teach Children to Save lesson to 44  kindergartens at Cedar Trails Elementary in Grand Rapids, Mich. In all they reached 3600 students with Teach Children to Save lessons.

 

 

Chau Nguyen and Amy Sheppeck from US Bank give Frost Lake Elementary third graders a lesson on "Needs vs Wants."

 

Citizens Bank Minnesota in New Ulm, Minn. taught approximately 680 second graders the importance of saving and the differences between saving in a bank versus a piggy bank.

 

First National Bank Minnesota's Wanda Jaster, Colette Krenik and Buzz, the money bee, teamed up to teach South Elementary second graders the art of making sense of dollars and cents. The children participated in managing pretend savings accounts, with help from Buzz, who is the mascot for FNB MN's kids' savings club.

 

 

The Hattiesburg Branch PriorityOne Bank employees' Tammy Wedgeworth and Denice Stuart gave a lesson on savings to Wendy Roseberry's first grade class at Purvis Lower Elementary School in Purvis, Miss.

 

Chip Ashford, Barbara Hoard, Earline Christian Lynn Keith, and  Dan McCrimon of BancorpSouth, Tupelo Miss.  reached 150 students  at  Lawndale Elementary School with Teach Children To Save lessons.

 

 

Kent Morey, senior vice president of Lamar Bank & Trust Company, presented a brief program to the Lamar High School student body in a game fashioned from the popular TV show "Family Feud."

 

First Bank's Meredith Anderson and Courtney Johnson visited Woodland Elementary School in Jennings, Mo. to talk with students about the value of saving.

 

First National Bank reached 36 class rooms with information on the importance and benefits of saving money and needs versus wants. 

 

Ten bankers from Legends Bank presented savings lessons in eleven schools to over 380 fifth grade students.  The students participated in a poster contest with prizes for the top three posters from each branch. 

 

Melinda Masten of the Bank of New Cambria in Bevier, Mo. taught area students in participation with the Teach Children to Save program.

 

Teresa Wright and Justin Winkler of Montgomery Bank presented Teach Children to Save lessons to students at St. Francis Xavier School and The Christian Academy Sikeston, Mo.

 

 

First Interstate Bank Bigfork employees Michele Sather and Sheri Gibson taught 17 fourth graders from Swan River School the importance of saving money--and the difference between wants and needs. The class participated in making piggy banks.

 

Bank of Glacier, a branch of Flathead Bank in Cut Bank, Mont. gave HC Davis Elementary students a bank tour as part of Teach Children to Save Day.

 

The preschooler's at Serendipity Playhouse in Polson, Mont.  had their first TCTS Day experience with Rachel Osburn from First Interstate Bank-Polson.

 

The Montana Bankers Association sent seven staff members to two Helena schools and reached more than 300 students with Teach Children to Save lessons.

 

Throughout the state, Stockman Bank employees taught children the basics of saving, reaching over 400 students ranging from pre-school to grades K-6 on National Teach Children to Save Day.

 

 

TierOne Bank employees presented savings education lessons to over 200 students from Harry A. Burke High School in Omaha, Neb.

 

Fremont National Bank's Ashley Morrison and Kids Club mascot Earn E Eagle visited Dodge County Headstart in Fremont, Neb. to give preschoolers a Teach Children to Save talk.

 

 Boone County Bank, Albion, Neb., celebrated their 12th year participating in Teach Children to Save with savings lesson to a group of elementary students in the bank's 1st Kids Club.

 

Cornerstone Bank, York , Neb. presented piggy banks and certificates to the third graders following their "money does not grow on trees!"  lesson. Students saw firsthand how fast money is depleted when its spent on wants, rather than needs.

 

Amy Headley and Ashley Reeves from First State Bank visited 279 students at Dudley Elementary in Gothenburg for Teach Children to Save Day.

 

Henderson State Bank of York presented $10.00 certificates to Emmanuel Lutheran, St. Joseph and York Elementary students to encourage them to open a savings account as part of the lesson on TCTS day.

 

 

For the 10th year in a row, Sun West Bank employees teamed up with students from Rex Bell Elementary School for Teach Children to Save lessons.

 

Toyota Financial Savings Bank in Henderson, Nev. gave 12 Teach Children to Save lessons to three local at-risk schools. The lessons focused on wants versus needs, the importance of saving early and the value of money.

 

 

Columbia Bank's Angela Mattina and Barbara Schroeder talk to students about using money wisely.

 

Northfield Bank visited third grade classes in Woodbridge, N.J. and Staten Island and Brooklyn, N.Y. to give lessons on the value of saving.

 

 

Five Star Bank's Nancy Clark and Karen Lacey gave Teach Children to Save lesson to Warsaw Elementary students.  Five Star Bank has reached over 400 students with 2010 Teach Children to Save lessons.

 

Astoria Federal Savings talked with St. Kevin's students in Flushing, Queens about the importance of saving. In all they reached more than 1,500 students with Teach Children to Save lessons.

 

Ulster Savings Bank awarded a Winter Bear Montessori School student with a $1,000 U.S. Savings Bond raffle held in honor of the "Teach Children to Save Day" program.

 

Habib American Bank reached area students with savings lessons in support of Teach Children to Save Day.

 

 

Nantahala Bank and Trust Company’s Melanie Tate helped fifth graders in Franklin, N.C. learn about the importance of saving.

 

 

The Killbuck Savings Bank Co.'s CEO Luther Proper spoke with children during their bank tour about the importance of saving money for their future.  

 

NCB employees met with over 300 students for Teach Children to Save Day. Bank employees visited three area schools to spread the message of savings.

 

 

Arvest Bank in Eufaula, Okla. talked with second graders about the concept of saving money and making wise purchases.

 

Bank of Commerce in Mustang, Okla. taught students the importance of saving as part of Teach Children to Save.

 

FB&T reached 628 students with information on saving and things students can do to save money.

 

The First National Bank & Trust Co., Chickasha, Okla. reached 968 children during April and May with participation from each of our branches. 

 

First National Bank of Oklahoma kicked off Teach Children to Save 2010 by visiting the Tonkawa Elementary School reaching 328 students. Activities included games, reading, mathematics, and lessons on savings and needs versus wants.

 

Legacy Bank presented the Bear Basics of Savings, incorporated the Berenstain Bears Trouble with Money book by Jan and Stan Berenstain to over 1,000 second grade students at fifteen different elementary schools in both central and western Oklahoma.

 

 

Fourth graders at Moffitt Elementary School in Springfield, Oreg., learned how to budget from Charley Snellings of Pacific Continental Bank.

 

The Cottage Grove branch of Siuslaw Bank's employees spoke with area student about the merits of saving, how interest works, and they gave the student personal safe boxes.

 

Aimee Belliard of West Coast Bank helped area students think about spending decisions and how they could impact the rest of life.

 

The Madras Branch of Home Federal Bank partnered with a local high school's FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) club to present a skit on Teach Children to Save to approximately 200 students.

 

 

 

 First Summit Bank reached 802 students with information on the art of saving money. They discussed ways to save, the difference between wants and needs, and much more.

 

Univest, Franconia office's, Cathie Stull visited  third graders at Spring City Elementary to discuss needs vs. want and saving money. Students also drew and presented their picture of a bank to the class.

 

Suzy Laird of Somerset Trust Company taught sixth graders at Eagle View Elementary School. They watched the Discovery Channel's Banks, Bucks and Business…Bucks episode and were given enlarged one dollar bills to find all the features.

 

Washington Savings Bank gave St. Timothy students a bank tour in celebration of Teach Children to Save Day.

 

Wayne Bank employees from Pike County, Pen. taught 16 third grade classrooms from three elementary schools in the Delaware Valley School District, totaling over 400 students.

 

 

First Citizens gave Teach Children to Save presentations to more than 800 students during career day events at Gordon Elementary School.

 

First Federal helped over 300 children understand the value of saving with Teach Children to Save lessons.

 

NBSC bankers across South Carolina used Teach Children to Save Day to bring financial education to the community reaching over 1,000 students from 20 different schools.

 

 

Citibank, S.D. president and CEO Ken Stork presented fifth-grader Emily Wilcox with a check for $273.97 in recognition of her winning essay about how she would help others if she were a "millionaire for a day" along with reaching 132 with Teach Children to Save lessons.

 

All  branches of First Dakota National Bank, headquartered in Yankton, S.D. participated in the Teach Children to Save campaign reaching 408 children.

 

 

The Peoples Bank's Sara Brooks taught lessons on savings and needs versus wants to 133 first grade students at Gibbs Elementary School in Corryton, Tenn.

 

Candice Johnson and Ashley Whiteside of Heritage Bank & Trust in Columbia Tenn. visited the area classrooms in celebration of Teach Children to Save Day on April 27, 2010.

 

Susan Ballentine & April Curtis of FB Bank located in Dayton Tenn. visited Frazier Elementary to discuss needs and wants and read Sheila Bair's Rock, Brock and the Savings Shock.

 

Rhonda Upchurch and Kayla Richardson from The Farmers & Merchants Bank, Dyer, Tenn. gave lessons to Dyer Elementary and Yorkville Elementary School students on saving money. They challenged the students to save money over the summer to help parents buy school supplies for the next school year.

 

 

Linda Brown and Jennifer Key of Burleson branch of Community Bank reached 438 students Norwood Elementary with lessons on saving and budgeting.

 

IBC Bank in Port Lavaca, Texas held 32 Teach Children to Save classes in South Texas teaching 546 the importance of saving money.

 

Texas State Bank's Mary Cummings, Connie Walker, and Dustin Norris visited first graders in Logansport, La. on April 27, 2010 to discuss the importance of saving treated students to gold dollars and piggy banks.

 

 

Bank of Utah's Kathy Davis gives a presentation to DiVinci Academy High School students on the importance of saving money and planning for the future.

 

Utah-Central Bank employees Michelle Beal and Brittany Hardy taught the entire second grade at Spanish Oaks Elementary about saving and about making responsible decisions with money.

 

 

Bank of Lancaster celebrated Teach Children to Save day with 120 third graders at Lancaster Primary Lancaster, Va.

 

EVB employees' Shena Crump and Rachael Steinberg taught 39 children at The Cherub preschool for the second year in a row as part of their Teach Children to Save celebration.

 

National Bank's Senior Vice President and Regional Manager, Jeff Tickle, delivered a savings lesson to over 125 first grade students at Macy McClaugherty Elementary in Pearisburg, Va.

 

EVB employees' Olivia Combs, Courtney Mitchell, Garlyn Bundy, Amy Claassen and Amy Hooper teamed up to teach nine 2nd grade classes at Cool Springs Primary School.

 

Utah-Central Bank employees Michelle Beal and Brittany Hardy taught the entire second grade at Spanish Oaks Elementary about saving and about making responsible decisions with money.

 

Utah-Central Bank employees Michelle Beal and Brittany Hardy taught the entire second grade at Spanish Oaks Elementary about saving and about making responsible decisions with money.

 

 

Charter Private Bank employees Ackhadet Viradet, Gayle Cooper, Katie DeLisle and Kim Carhee presented an interactive lesson on the importance of budgeting and savings to sixth and eigth graders at New Horizon School in Renton, Wash. 

 

Charter Private Bank's Jim Garvey and Helen Recchi discussed the importance of savings with South Shore School kindergarten class in Seattle, Wash.

 

 

Progressive Bank, N.A., Buckhannon, employees' Sharon Lantz and Linda Frederick gave French Creek Elementary School students savings lessons.

 

Poca Valley Bank's Rob Bumpus and Steve Harrison spoke to Mary Beth Querry's class at Sissonville High School. 

 

 

Bank of Brodhead's Linda Wahl gives a presentation on priorities and responsible spending decisions to eighth graders at the Brodhead Middle School in Brodhead, Wisc.

 

Don't see your bank? Send a picture along with a two-sentence caption that includes your bank's name and the group that you reached to edufoun@aba.com. We are working to get each bank's picture and caption added. If you have already submitted a picture and caption, yours is in cue and will be added before the end of the summer. We encourage all banks to post their pictures and captions on our facebook fan page: facebook.com/abaef.