Show Me the Money Day

On Saturday, January 28 United Way hosted a free Show Me the Money event at the First Congregational Church in Saginaw. This was teh first time that the event had been offered in Saginaw County. Saginaw was one of six locations across the state of Michigan providing residents with resources from various local financial institutions and nonprofit organizations.

State Representative, Stacey Erwin Oakes and IRS Media Relations, Luis Garcia kicked off the event by speaking to the group of participants on the benefits of financial education. Lavel Jackson served as the event emcee.

Following the kick-off, participants were able to attend free financial education workshops. The workshop topics featured a housing panel discussion, tips for repairing your credit and how to find hidden cash. Participants had the opportunity to visit vendors from 24 various financial institutions, community groups and nonprofit organizations.

Door prizes were very generously donated, which allowed us to raffle off 9 items in each workshop. The final raffle prize was a Dell laptop computer and case, donated by Custom Built Computers.

The event was sponsored by the CRA Bankers Forum and welcomed close to 60 participants.

Thank you to all the participants, volunteers, sponsors, vendors and speakers for making this first-annual event such a success and for providing Saginaw County residents with helpful information.

*View a recap from the Saginaw event - produced by CEDAM

*View more pictures from the event in our Image Gallery.