FAIRBORN, Ohio – Wright-Patt CU has a different twist on its second Savings Race – members will vote on the $10,000 grand prize winner this year.
Voters can register to become members of the Savings Race Fan Club and vote daily for one of the five competing families in the eight-month contest. Members can track each family’s progress on savings and debt reduction, as well as how they are doing against the other four competing families. Public voting results will account for a portion of the families’ final scores. Their success in meeting or exceeding their savings and debt reduction goals will weigh heavily in the final results.
The Savings Race grand prize winner will receive $10,000. All runner-up families who complete the Race will receive $2,000.
Each family will be given savings and debt reduction goals to achieve by the end of the Race and will work with a team of Wright-Patt CU coaches to develop strategies for achieving these goals. The coaches will work with their families throughout the Race to provide support, encouragement, and accountability as the families try to change the way they save forever.
The Savings Race families’ journeys will be followed on WDTN Channel 2 News on Tuesdays and Saturdays and at the website savingsrace.com.
The five families who participated in Wright-Patt CUs first Savings Race increased their savings by $80,000 and reduced their debt by $65,000.
