Second-Graders From Oakland's Lincoln Elementary to Visit Comerica Bank on Monday, Dec. 14 for Children's-Eye Look at Banks and
09 Décembre 2009 - 8:48PM
PR Newswire (US)
What will kids ask about money? Are they concerned about savings?
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BACKGROUND: The
current recession has prompted bankers as well as educators to
realize the importance of what some call "financial literacy," the
tools that enable consumers to better understand - and cope with -
the pressures of the economy. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010807/CMALOGO) Banks across
the country - including Comerica Bank - are presenting workshops on
financial literacy - teaching the basics of money management,
credit, and budgets - for seniors, small-business owners, families
and college students. In Oakland, Comerica Bank is reaching even
younger. At the time when they are getting classroom lessons about
money and counting, second-graders from Lincoln Elementary will get
an in-bank lesson in money fundamentals at the Comerica Bank
banking center, 12th & Broadway, four blocks from the
award-winning inner-city school. On Monday, Dec. 14, approximately
100 Lincoln Elementary students will visit Comerica Bank, 1200
Broadway, Oakland, where they will receive a behind-the-scenes tour
of the full-service banking center, plus an "It's Fun to Save"
lesson. The Lincoln students will get a chance to ask Comerica
bankers, in both English and Chinese, questions about money and
banks. The school is predominantly Chinese-American, and the bank's
bilingual staff will answer students' questions. MEDIA OPPORTUNITY:
Watch and listen to second-graders ask questions and talk about
money - and how to save it and spend it wisely. The educational
tour at Comerica Bank will include the following: -- ATM - Students
look inside an ATM to see how money is deposited, stored and
dispensed and counted -- The vault - Students will get an inside
look at the vault, where they also will learn about safe deposit
boxes, where grownups sometimes store valuables such as jewelry --
Teller booths - Students will learn about transactions at the
teller window WHAT: Bank Learning Day at Comerica Bank WHO: Lincoln
Elementary Students, with teachers and parent chaperones; Comerica
Banking Center staff, led by manager Danny Yuen and assistant
manager Chinwe Uche WHEN: MONDAY, DEC. 14 2009, Five hours of
continuous tours, from 9:30 am - 1:30 pm WHERE: Comerica Bank, 1200
Broadway, Oakland MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR VISUALS AND
INTERVIEWS: Second-grade students exploring the bank's vault,
looking into safe deposit boxes, making pretend deposits, and
asking questions of bankers in Chinese and English.
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http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Comerica Bank CONTACT:
Barry Holtzclaw of Comerica Bank, +1-408-556-5111, +1-831-246-0648,
cell, Web Site: http://www.comerica.com/
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