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n response to the challenge facing community banks to
address this crucial need, Legence Bank, Eldorado initiated
its own financial-literacy program, Legence Bank University
(LBU). The program:
• Was developed by Legence financial-service professionals
who understand personal finance beyond mere theory, and
who can effectively share the characteristics of positive
money-management skills in real life;
• Is motivating, fun, and accessible to parents,
teachers, and students;
• Is free to schools; and
• Features a unique, identifiable mascot, Lucky the Star.
LBU is an educational program to educate, inform, and encourage
financial knowledge in the communities Legence Bank serves.
LBU programs reach children in kindergarten through high school,
plus continuing education for adults. Legence Bank’s website,
, features a special LBU section that takes
the consumer to the area appropriate for their station in life.
Elementary School
Worksheets, games and activities are provided such as
word search, maze, coloring sheets and “Fun Facts about
Money.” The emphasis is on the three basic areas of money
management: spend, save and share. Provisions are made for
online privacy and security for children.
Young Adults
Videos are provided on “How To Save Money” and “How
Mobile Banking Works.” Articles include “Frequently Asked
Banking Questions for Teens and Grads,” “Financial Terms
Dictionary,” and “Resumes – Tips To Get You Started.”
Legence Bank University
Ginger
Hampton,
Kevin Becke-
meyer, and
Arla Wasson
of Legence
Bank,
Eldorado
accept the
2013 BKD
Award at the
CBAI Annual
Convention &
Exposition in
Springfield.
“In the past few years, we have been working through the worst financial crisis we have known since the Great Depression.
...We hear every day from people who lament the choices they made, often expressing anguished regret that
they did not know more about the risks involved in financial decisions.”
Financial Literacy and Education Summit held in Chicago, April, 2013
2 0 1 3 B K D AWA R D F O R E X C E L L E N C E
& I N NO VAT I ON R E C I P I E N T
