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4 Things Your Teen Needs to Know About Debt
Upon graduation, many high-schoolers are ready (or think they are ready) for college. They’re emotionally ready to spend time away from home, they’re prepared for the workload of classes, etc. But what many of them lack is financial know-how.
According to DailyFinance, within five years of leaving home, most teens are faced with the decision of taking out student loans, buying a car, signing up for credit cards, or even taking out a mortgage. And it’s up to parents to instill some wisdom in those bright-eyed, bushy-tailed youths before they learn it the hard way.
Your teens shouldn’t be burdened with your financial stress, and they definitely don’t need to know all of your misdeeds. But they should know the basics of the common financial situations they’re soon to encounter. Whether you’ve done right with your money, made a boatload of financial snafus, or a little bit of both, here are some worthwhile discussions to have with your kids:
Student Loans: While student loans are often times a necessary debt, they’re still money owed to someone else….
Read more at ASmarterChoice.org* Blog
*About A Smarter Choice: Credit unions make a difference for their members and the communities they serve. ASmarterChoice.org, a project of the nation’s credit unions, was developed to help everyone understand that credit unions are the best option for consumers for conducting their financial business.
Love My Credit Union Rewards
An Additional Value For Being a Mid Oregon Member
Many of our members remark how they love the Mid Oregon service they receive in our branches. We are always pleased when members and others in our community share how they appreciate our activities and investment benefiting Central Oregon. Some even recognize the direct financial value of being a credit union member ($141 per CU household in the state of Oregon in the year ending September 2015).
But one of our least known benefits is the “Love My Credit Union Rewards” program.
Love your savings. Love My Credit Union Rewards.
Everyone is looking for ways to save money, and that’s just what Love My Credit Union Rewards is all about.
Mid Oregon Credit Union is excited to offer you exclusive discounts and benefits on products and services you use every day. Credit union members have already saved over $1.4 billion with Love My Credit Union Rewards discounts. So along with lower loan rates and fewer fees, here’s another way you can save even more.
♥ Receive a 10% discount (business members a 15% discount) on select regularly priced Sprint monthly data service. Plus, waived activation fee on new lines and upgrade fees ($36 savings each)
♥ Get safety and security of roadside assistance and more for less than $1 per week* with CU Road Pal.
♥ Save up to $15 on TurboTax Federal tax products
♥ Save on services for your home from ADT, DIRECTV, Allied, and more
♥ Earn cash back when you shop at over 1,500 online retailers with Love to Shop The more offers you take advantage of, the more you save.
Start saving today at LoveMyCreditUnion.org.
*Based on individual roadside assistance plan
Beat the Rush in La Pine!
Special Opportunity on May 17
On Tuesday, May 17th, Mid Oregon Credit Union will be providing a special opportunity for residents in and around La Pine to “Beat the Rush” and join the credit union in advance of our Grand Opening in June. From 11 am to 7 pm on the 17th local staff will be opening accounts at our current La Pine Lending Center at 51473 Hwy 97 to help prospective members “Beat the Rush”.
Mid Oregon invites anyone who has decided to become members, those who just want to learn more about the credit union, and everyone in between to visit us that day. We will continue to open accounts in the lending office as available prior to our relocation to the new branch at 51675 Huntington Road, but on the 17th we will have more staff on hand to get people started on their membership. Checking accounts and student/youth savings and checking accounts are expected to be the most popular.
Grand Opening Scheduled for Saturday, June 4
To celebrate our grand opening, we will have an Open House on Saturday, June 4th, from 11 am to 3 pm. The community is invited to join Mid Oregon staff and board members in the festivities. Free hot dogs will be served, the NJROTC will be presenting the colors in a flag raising ceremony, we will hold a ribbon cutting and other local and community partners will be helping us celebrate.
At the Grand Opening meet our new staff and get a tour of the new facility. Branch manager Tiffany Zeiler will be introducing her team of Stacey Yeager, Jillian Pickle, Ashley Seits and Erin Dillon. New account openings will also be taking place that day, but we encourage prospective members if possible to visit us on May 17th to avoid the busyness of the grand opening.
New Branch Provides Services to a Large Area
Mid Oregon Credit Union is open to anyone who lives, works, worships or goes to school in Deschutes, Jefferson, Crook, Wheeler, Lake and North Klamath Counties. The new La Pine branch will serve not only those living in Sunriver and La Pine, but offers the opportunity for those who live south of the Deschutes County border to have more choice and better access to financial services. Currently there are very limited banking opportunities in those areas, and no credit union branches.
The new La Pine office will offer a wide range of convenience and financial products, including a full service drive-up ATM, instant issue debit cards and CardNav security for checking accounts, savings and investments, auto, truck, RV, boat and toy loans, home and home equity financing, commercial and business loans, Visa Credit Cards, and more. Mid Oregon members have access to more than 30,000 surcharge-free ATMs in the U.S., including 38 in Central Oregon alone.
To get your membership started or learn more, visit our current La Pine lending office, call (541) 382-1795 or go to our website at www.midoregon.com. To make an appointment on May 17, call (541) 585-1892.