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Credit Union Opens Inside Pottsgrove High

Posted on 15 December 2009. Tags: , , , , , ,

Tri County FCU Student Branch Representative Laurie Wallace, left, helps a Pottsgrove student with her banking business.

POTTSTOWN PA – Students at Pottsgrove High School no longer need to go to a bank for routine transactions like depositing paychecks, withdrawing money, or even applying for a loan. That’s because the bank has come to them.

Tri County Area Federal Credit Union, which operates on Medical Drive in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township, opened an in-school branch office last week (Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009) at the high school, 1345 Kauffman Rd., Pottstown PA. It will provide common banking services Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and also Wednesdays from 2 to 3 p.m.

High school business department Chairwoman Megan Delena said she expects having a branch of the credit union in the high school will be “very convenient for … students and teachers” alike. It’s “so much easier to walk down the hall than to drive to the credit union,” Delena noted.

Tri County Area FCU is a full-service financial institution with more than 16,000 members. “We are very excited to see the branch open,” Tri County President Andy Pistoria added. “We are always looking for new opportunities that will better our community, and there is no better time than right now to provide financial literacy to this generation of students.”

The branch hopes to teach students about responsible personal financial management. “We (want to) encourage younger students to open savings accounts and start saving for class trips while they are freshmen and sophomores,” Delena said. Beginning next month, students also will assist with branch operations under the supervision of Tri County FCU Student Branch Representative Laurie Wallace.

The credit union and Pottsgrove School District reached agreement on opening the branch last April, in a deal brokered on the district’s behalf by Market Street Sports Group. Under a three-year contract, the credit union will pay fees to the district for naming rights to the high school gymnasium, and the ability to provide in-school financial services.

Cutting a ribbon to open the Tri County Area Federal Credit Union branch office at Pottsgrove High School were, from left, Jeff Bertoni, president of sales, Market Street Sports Group; Tri County board members Dr. C. Ross McFarland and Charles Palladino; Andrew Pistoria, credit union president; Christopher Shaffer, high school principal; and Dr. Bradley C. Landis, Pottsgrove district superintendent.

Top photo from the Pottsgrove School District
Bottom photo from the TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce

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