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Credit Union Youth Month - April 2025

A Sea of Savings

Parents have the important role of teaching their children life skills that will enable them to thrive as adults. One important skill is to learn how to manage money well. Practicing this skill early will help children through the inevitable financial ups and downs common in adulthood.

Opening a savings account for your children gives them a great opportunity to begin their training. In addition to developing the habit of saving money regularly, your child will learn how to differentiate between “needs” and “wants,” control their spending, and how to plan for their future.

National Credit Union Youth Month is a great opportunity to start teaching them good financial skills. Every April, credit unions across the country focus on educating youth about financial health. This year’s theme, “A Sea of Savings”, encourages kids to start a sea of savings in their new savings account and watch how powerful it can be. A strong and healthy savings account can provide security (and a lot of fun!) for their future.

Please join DOCCU in celebrating Youth Month this April and help your child build a “sea of savings”!

All youth accounts who have a deposit to their savings account (excluding direct deposits or other automatically recurring credits) in the month of April will be matched by DOCCU up to $10.00.

Each new member will receive a custom mailed package with a variety of prizes after youth month is completed.

Equifax

LOCK & ALERT™

Lock & Alert was created with a simple premise: that you should be able to conveniently control access to your Equifax credit report, for life, and for free. We believe that credit responsibility is important, and Lock & Alert helps put you on track.

Why lock?

Locking your Equifax credit report is an effective way to help provide additional protection against unauthorized access and help stop identity thieves from opening new accounts in your name.

Credit lock vs. freeze

Both a lock and a security freeze can help prevent unauthorized access to your Equifax credit report.

The primary difference with Lock & Alert is you click or swipe in the app to lock and unlock your credit report. Freezes require contacting Equifax online or by phone to freeze and unfreeze your report. A lock affords you on-demand access-day or night.

• Lock your Equifax credit report to help better protect against identity theft

• Applying for credit? Simply click or swipe to unlock. Then relock again!

• We'll alert you each time your Equifax credit report is locked or unlocked through Lock & Alert

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