For Immediate Release  

Service 1st in Coordination with the Foundation for Free Enterprise Hosted Financial Reality Fairs this Summer for Over 1,800 High School Students

Danville, PA --  Service 1st Federal Credit Union, in coordination with the Foundation for Free Enterprise, led programming for the second year for financial reality fairs held locally during the month of July.

This year, the financial reality fairs were held July 1, 8, 22 and 29 on the campus of Lycoming College and July 30 at Penn College. They hosted 1,822 students from across the State of Pennsylvania.

“Service 1st has always embraced our core value of supporting our community through financial literacy,” said Ben McDuffee, Assistant Vice President Muncy Market, Service 1st and coordinator for the financial reality fairs. “We hope that this experience helped equip the students to make informed financial decisions as they begin their financial journey.”

Weekly, 400+ students participated in the financial reality fairs. These fairs are mock budgeting experiences where students were faced with having to make real-life financial decisions about everything from their home, automobiles, and insurance to food, clothing, internet service and more.

“One unanticipated outcome of being involved with PFEW,” added McDuffee, “has been the privilege to connect individuals and organizations with each other, resulting in cooperation on other initiatives that enhance our community.”

These events were run with the guidance of 94 unique volunteers from over a dozen local businesses and organizations, donating over 600 combined hours of service. Service 1st provided 44 volunteers.

Students participating developed skills including:

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Real-world financial awareness                         

Budgeting and money management

Decision-making

Responsibility and accountability

For additional information, contact Ben McDuffee, Assistant Vice President Muncy Market, Service 1st, at 570.271.6060 x 7461 or via email at mcduffeeb@service1.org.

Over a dozen local organizations joined us including Pennsylvania Auditor General Tim DeFoor and Executive Director, CrossState Credit Union Foundation Sue Ward-Diorio.

 Ben McDuffee, Assistant Vice President Muncy Market and Sue Ward-Diorio, Executive Director, CrossState Credit Union Foundation, help guide students through financial reality fairs.

Over 1,800 high school students attended Financial Reality Fairs throughout July to complete a mock budgeting experience and make real-world financial decisions.

About Service 1st: We’re a little different, but that’s why you’ll like us. Service 1st Federal Credit Union is a full-service financial institution with total assets exceeding $831 million. We put the financial goals of our 51,400 + members at the heart of everything we do. Whether in one of our branches located in Bloomsburg, Danville, Elysburg, Lewisburg, Loyalsock, Mifflinburg, Montandon, Muncy, Shamokin Dam, Sunbury and Wilkes-Barre, or out-and-about in the community, our credit union team shares seven core values that ensure our focus is always to strengthen the financial lives of our members and our community.

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