DAHLER'S Saving Ideas

Work out a savings plan with your parents and decide how much you will get to spend, and how much should go to your savings account. Example: If you receive money for your birthday or for doing odd jobs, deposit half in your savings account and keep the rest to spend on something fun for yourself. Another option might be to deposit all of it in your savings and then take some of it out when you find that special toy or game you've been saving for.

All fat cats start as little kitties. Don't be discouraged if you can only deposit a few pennies or dollars at a time. Every little bit adds up to be something big. All you have to do is keep saving no matter how much that amount might be.

It's okay to keep some money at home for the things you might need to buy right away, but you shouldn't keep all of your money at home.

Here's why:

1. Your money at home isn't safe from fire or theft. At the Credit Union, your money is kept safe for you.
2. When you keep your money at home, it doesn't earn interest like it does in your Dahler Club savings account. Interest is extra money the Credit Union pays you just for having your money kept at the Credit Union. The more money you put in your savings account, the more interest you earn.
3. When you put money in your piggy bank at home, you probably don't get to pick a prize for putting your money there. At the Credit Union, you get to pick a prize from Dahler's Doggy Dish, every time you deposit money to your savings account!

Promise yourself, and your friend Dahler, that you will deposit at least some of your money EVERY time you get money.

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For more information please call 248-1720 (800-347-9222 outside the Yakima calling area), send an e-mail, or visit any Yakima Valley Credit Union location.

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