WASHINGTON, D.C. – Best wishes to everyone celebrating National Credit Union Youth Week, April 19-25, and the National Youth Saving Challenge from your friends at the Credit Union National Association, as we observe this year’s theme: “The Magic of Saving.”

Youth week began in 2001 as an opportunity for credit unions across the country to focus on the financial needs of young people and provide financial literacy education. The saving challenge was then added in 2004 as an opportunity to bring youth to the credit union to open new accounts or make deposits into existing accounts.

This year’s theme celebrates the magic of one of the most basic, albeit most fundamental, pillars to financial independence. Now more than ever, it is vital that credit unions emphasize the importance of saving to our nation’s youth to build for their future financial health and freedom.

Daniel A. Mica

President and CEO

Credit Union National Association