Youth Programs

Seaport Credit Union is committed to helping young people and their parents build a strong foundation for making financial decisions -- an important life long skill.

'Youth Programs' Contact Information:

Seaport Credit Union

Patty Tarr, Operations Manager or Glenn Paster, Director of Marketing

336 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA 01970

Phone: 978.744.1153 - email: info@seaportcu.org

Scroll down to view our savings programs for our youngest members, pre-school through eighth grade. We also have products and services for college students.

SAVINGS FOR KIDS

Seaport Credit Union offers a special Savings Program for our youngest members. Our savings program is especially designed for pre-school aged children and their parents and guardians. You can open an account with a $25.00 deposit into a Share Savings Account in your child’s name. This will be a joint account. You will need to bring your child’s and your social security card for proof of identification.

WHAT IS A SHARE ACCOUNT?

A Share Account is your primary savings account, and your money will earn interest. When you open an account, your child will be given a variety of educational coloring and activity books, stickers and crayons. We make savings fun at Seaport Credit Union.

SCHOOL YOUTH PROGRAM AND FINANCIAL LITERACY

ABC’s for Savings

Seaport Credit Union has a long standing savings program for Pre-K students through eighth grade called “Teach Your Children to Save". A Member Services Representative from Seaport Credit Union goes to the school and picks up the student deposits on a scheduled basis. Each time a student makes a deposit during the school year, his or her name is entered into a raffle for a grand prize drawing at the end of the school year! School

IN ACTION SAVINGS

Field Trips, Tours, Lessons, Activity Sheets

Seaport Credit Union has teamed up with Horace Mann Laboratory School in Salem. Field trips are scheduled during the school year where the students and their teachers tour the credit union and get a first hand look at how a credit union works. The students learn how to fill out a deposit slip, use the night deposit box, go into the safe deposit vault, and see how the drive up window works. A team of Seaport Credit Union staff visits a classroom and teaches six, 30 minute lessons from how to open an account to calculating interest on a savings account.

ADDITIONAL YOUTH PROGRAMS

Every year, Seaport Credit Union sponsors a Youth Essay contest in partnership with the Credit Union League of Massachusetts. All students who participate are awarded certificates and those who are awarded prizes from the Credit Union League of Massachusetts could win a $500 Savings Bond.

ANNUAL BOOK DRIVE

During the month of April, Seaport Credit Union holds an Annual Book Drive in cooperation with the Credit Union League of Massachusetts.

STUDENT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

College Students

Seaport Credit Union supports college students and makes it affordable and convenient to save with us! Seaport Student Checking is a free checking account for college students, with no minimum balance. Our ATM allows for withdrawals as low as $5, and is located by our drive up window, in the rear parking lot.

Click on the logo above for additional information on our Youth Savings Programs

and to see photos of our really fun and educational programs.