Open Invitation to Experience a
CU 4 Reality Fair First Hand

4 Reality Fairs are run at various times, with a number of events being held over the next several months. Fairs can be held anywhere from a school gymnasium to an outside facility. Events local to America’s Credit Union Museum (ACUM) in Manchester, New Hampshire, are often held at the Museum to utilize the space and to leverage the rich backdrop of our credit union history and Museum displays. Fairs may be run by one credit union or collaboratively across several credit unions.

Upcoming Fairs are listed below. Two Fairs not shown will be held in upstate New Hampshire near the Canadian border.  Program times vary; however, the first group of students typically arrives around 9:00 a.m.  Please contact Nancy Layton, Manager of Financial Education at Service Credit Union at nlayton@servicecu.org or 603.422.8309 or Peggy Powell, Executive Director, ACUM at ppowell@acumuseum.org  or 603.629.1553 if you would like to attend a Fair or for more information.

Upcoming fairs in 2008 include: April 17 and 18 – Rundlett Middle School, sponsored by New Hampshire Federal Credit Union; May 7 - Berlin Junior High School, sponsored by Woodlands Credit Union and Guardian Angel Credit Union; May 8 - Wilton-Lyndeborough School/Milford High School, sponsored by Bellwether Community Credit Union and St. Mary’s Bank Credit Union; May 15 - Boynton Middle School, sponsored by Service Credit Union; May 22 – Cawley Middle School, sponsored by Bellwether Community Credit Union.

Also new in 2008: Grants may be available for fair sponsorship to help underwrite the costs for a sponsoring credit union. 

America’s Credit Union Museum (ACUM) promotes the heritage of the credit union movement through the preservation of the industry’s history. ACUM is housed in the building of the first U.S. credit union in Manchester, NH. Additional information about ACUM can be found at www.acumuseum.com.

Credit unions are not-for-profit financial cooperatives. They offer a variety of consumer financial services to 370,000 New Hampshire residents and over 85 million Americans. The New Hampshire Credit Union League represents the 28 consumer-owned credit unions in the state. For more information, please visit www.nhcul.org.

For more information, call the museum at 603-629-1553 or visit its web site at www.acumuseum.org.
Press/Analyst Contact
Peggy Powell
Executive Director
America's Credit Union Museum
603.629.1553
ppowell@acumuseum.org