Community Involvement
Silver State Schools Credit Union believes in serving our community. Some of our activities include:
- Annual college scholarships for high school students
- Annual scholarships for SSSCU members to pursue New Teacher Certification or Masters of Education degrees.
- Commitment to financial literacy through workshops and advancement of NEFE high school curriculum in private and public schools. In 2004 over a 1,000 students were taught how to develop their own personal spending and savings plan.
- Involvement with the educational community, by providing support to the CCSD, CCSN, UNLV Alumni Association, the College of Education at UNR and the University of Southern Nevada, to name a few.
- Credit union associations and numerous charitable organizations also benefit from our support, involving both members and employees on behalf of Rex Bell and H.P. Fitzgerald Elementary Schools (our adopted schools), Children’s Miracle Network, Clark County Reads, Nevada Child Seekers, Spread the Word, Learning for Life, Reading Rocks, ATTC and many others.
Credit Union Sponsors Reading Rocks! Literacy Challenge Program for the 6th Consecutive Year.
For the 6th consecutive year, Silver State Schools Credit Union was one the major sponsors of the Reading Rocks! literacy challenge. Over 55,000 students in 100 Clark County schools participated in the program, which was developed and coordinated by CBS Radio.
Students, grades 3 through 8, are challenged to read six books from an approved reading list. For each book they receive a stamp on their "game piece" from their reading teacher, which, once completed, is submitted to CBS Radio for entry into the contest. Over 25,000 game pieces were received; and at a recent ceremony, 12 students (two from each grade level) were randomly picked from all entries to receive various prizes - including rolling backpacks and Borders and Target gift cards from the Credit Union.
Pictured in above photo: Some of the winning students with Ronald McDonald.
