CLARK COUNTY — OnPoint Community Credit Union made two $50,000 donations to financial education partners Financial Beginnings Oregon and Junior Achievement of Oregon and Southwest Washington.
Since 2019, OnPoint has deepened its partnership with Junior Achievement, donating a total of $70,000 and sending employee volunteers into schools in Oregon and Southwest Washington to teach students about personal finance, money management and careers.
OnPoint’s $50,000 donation will engage 1,300 students through in-person classes in the 2020-2021 school year and will support 4,000 volunteers and 500 teachers in the region with new online training materials.
“Expanding our partnership with Financial Beginnings Oregon and Junior Achievement will allow us to engage more people, equipping them with the personal finance skills they need to achieve their own definition of financial well-being,” Rob Stuart, president and CEO at OnPoint Community Credit Union, said in a news release.
“Junior Achievement is proud to collaborate with such a fine, respected financial institution here in Oregon and SW Washington,” Ryan Deckert, President of Junior Achievement, said in the release.
