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Student Run-Credit Union • College Prep • Treasure Hunt Savings Club • In the Classroom The history of credit unions
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ICCU's Student-Run Credit Union At the Mt. Pleasant High School - Students Serving Students
Good press: http://news.cmich.edu/wcmu_news/2009/04/student-run-credit-union-teach.html
The Student-Run Credit Union at MPHS is CLOSED for the summer. See you in September! Student members can use ICCU's offices on Isabella Road & West M-20 in Mt. Pleasant.
Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Location: Inside the Mt. Pleasant High School (North entrance) to the right of the main doors near the AP's office. Or, ask any student for directions.
Who can use it: If you are Mt. Pleasant High School student, a Mt. Pleasant Area Technical Center Student (MPATC), or a MPHS/MPATC faculty or staff member you are invited to use the ICCU Student-Run Credit Union.
The branch is coordinated in partnership with the Mt. Pleasant Area Technical Center and Mrs. Lockwood's Accounting class. Co-op student tellers are hired, trained and bonded -- for your protection. The student tellers are under the direct supervison of an ICCU team member (Shelly shown here).
Services : The Student-Run Credit Union branch is a full service ICCU office, where you can make a deposit, apply for a loan, get an ATM card, or ask a question about money, budgeting and saving money.
Questions - Answers - Budgeting - Money - Credit - Saving Money - ATM or Debit Cards - Loans Candy - Humor - Great Members & More!
Co-op student tellers Alex (left in blue) and Justin (top right) work with ICCU management team members Shelly Caroll (back left) and Jenny Hoyle (right) planning 2008/09 student credit union events.

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Junior Achievement (JA) Job Shadow Day
We had an exceptional time on Thursday, March 12th with twenty-three 5th graders. Click on the picture of the student tellers to learn more. ICCU is proud of its involvement with Junior Achievement. ICCU's Chief Operations Officer serves on the board and many employees volunteer in the classroom. To learn more, or have a JA (or other financial literacy session) in your student's classroom contact Heather in Community Development at 989-773-5927 ext. 241
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ICCU Treasure Hunt Club for Members Age 12 and Under:
Ahoy Kids! Your hunt for buried treasure should begin at your Credit Union! If you are between the ages of 5-12, join Penn E. Pincher the Pirate and learn the importance of saving money. Penn E. Pincher will show you how depositing your money in your TREASURE HUNT SAVINGS CLUB account will help you find "buried" treasure, better known as interest or dividends. Click here to read Cap’n Penn E. Pincher’s story.
Upon enrollment, you will receive a special membership card and passbook, along with a complete list of rules for the program. For every $5 you deposit, you will earn a gold coin, which you can save to purchase items in our Treasure Chest "Store."
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AHOY THERE! Young ladies and gentlemen, 
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Penn E. Pincher. I am a pirate...an unusual pirate, however. Permit me to tell you my tale.
Once upon a time, I was a rough and brutish rogue. I grew up as an orphan and did anything I could to survive. I began to rob merchant ships in an effort to gain wealth. I learned to live off of other’s efforts, and was always looking for the easy way to get money. I especially listened for clues to find buried or secret treasure, thinking I could get rich quick.
After many years of following clues and maps to buried treasure, I had found none. I had to hire scoundrels to work for me, only to find they stole from me whenever they could. They took so much from me, I almost lost my schooner, the good ship "Jolly Rancher." I became very disillusioned, but it was the only life I knew.
As a last resort, I decided to pillage the ship of a wealthy trader. Once on board, I led a mutiny against the captain. I had him to rights in his quarter and planned to steal the entire ship and its cargo. I boldly declared my name and intentions, and the captain just stared at me in awe. He said, "My name is Captain Bill Pincher. You are my long-lost son! You don’t need to steal this ship. She belongs to me and, as your father, I will share all of her great bounty with you. I am just happy we found each other! Let us celebrate this joyous occasion!" Then, to prove what he said was true, Captain Bill produce a picture of a beautiful woman and a baby. It was exactly the same as the picture I carried always of my mother!
With that, Captain Bill and I chased all of the scoundrels off the boat. Then, we sat down to a celebration feast. I was glad to have a family once again!
When I asked my father how he had done so well for himself, he told me that he had found a well-kept secret of buried treasure. My curiosity peaked, I asked him to explain. He showed me that he followed a special treasure map to the "X" and found buried treasure. I was stunned to discover that his treasure map was called a "Savings Plan" and the "X" was the location of the Isabella Community Credit Union. I found out that the "buried" treasure was really called interest or dividends and when I bury [deposit] my gold pieces in the Credit Union, ICCU will add more pieces to them. In fact, the longer I leave them "buried," the more gold pieces I get!
That was many long years ago. Now when I have shipmates, they are no longer scoundrels, but good boys and girls from all over the Isabella County area. I no longer yell "Plunder…Steal…Mutiny," instead, I say "SAVE…DEPOSIT…EARN!"
Won’t you come on board and be my shipmate? All you have to do is join the TREASURE HUNT SAVINGS CLUB™ AT Isabella Community Credit Union.
Welcome Aboard Matey, Penn E. Pincher |
ICCU in the Classroom Credit Union employees volunteer their time in the classroom as Junior Achievement (JA) volunteers. From kindergarten to high school, students are learning about smart money management and saving one classroom at a time. To schedule a (free) consumer focused EDUCATIONAL session, please contact Heather in Community Development at 989-773-5927 ext. 241.
ICCU employees who serve as classroom educators:
Shelly Carroll - Pullen Elementary - 2nd Grade - "Our Community"  Cristina DeLorenzo - Pullen - Kingergarten - "Our Selves" Mary Foote - Shepherd - 2nd grade - "Our Community" (Thanks right) Jenny Hoyle - Reniassance Academy - Two second grade classes Heather Harris - Mary McGuire - 5th Grade - "Our Nation" (Below) Mary (Ann) Robinson - Pullen - 1st Grade - "Our Family" (Below right) Lois Riley - Ganiard - 1st Grade - "Our Family" (Thanks middle) Megan Crain - Ganiard - 4th & 5th Grade - "Our Region"
Thank you cards & pictures of student tours
 
 
  

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Isabella Community Credit Union
2100 East Remus Road
P.O. Box 427
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
48804-0427
989.773.5927
Fax: 989.773.6469
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