Veridian CU Makes $15,000 in Financial Literacy Grants

WATERLOO, Iowa – Veridian CU announced yesterday it had awarded $15,000 in financial education grants to five local organizations. They are: Youth Leadership Program for helping low-income and single-parent families to learn team-building skills; Quakerdale, for its after-school Sharks program for at-risk elementary students; Wellington Heights Neighborhood Camp Fire Club for its ‘Money Management for Teens’ program; Jessup High School for its ‘Playing in the Dirt Greenhouse Project’ teaching students horticulture and business skills; and West Union’s North Fayette Middle School to finance a field trip to seek ‘I Have a Dream–the Life and Times of Dr. Martin Luther King.’ The credit union giant, known till last year as John Deere Community CU, awards four rounds of different grants each year. The next round will provide $25,000 for Veridian’s Inclusive Community Grant for programs that celebrate and raise community awareness for traditionally excluded groups or cultures.