MAPLE GROVE, MN — (Marketwired) — 10/01/13 — -s assistant vice-president of marketing, Vicki Erickson, has been appointed to 2013-2014 Board of Directors. Jump$tart is a national nonprofit that promotes for children through professional development for educators, school partnerships and policy research.
“TopLine has a long legacy of supporting , and Vicki Erickson has been very involved in those efforts. Her experience teaching financial literacy at schools, colleges and organizations, and her work serving as spokesperson for TopLine-s own youth program — makes her a valuable asset for Jump$tart,” says Jim Eisenreich 2012/13 Minnesota Jump$tart President, Minnesota Jump$tart Board of Directors. “Teaching about financial literacy from an early age is an essential step toward creating smart, financially literate adults — and TopLine plays a big role in furthering these goals in our community.”
“I am honored to serve on the Minnesota Jump$tart Coalition Board — I have long admired the work that Jump$tart does in Minnesota and nationally,” says Vicki Erickson, TopLine Federal Credit Union assistant vice-president of marketing. “Jump$tart-s mission and vision align perfectly with TopLine-s — to provide kids with the financial understanding they need now to help them make smart financial decisions throughout their lives.”
TopLine offers its members , an ongoing community initiative encouraging kids of all ages and their families to talk about spending, saving and sharing money wisely, and is a longstanding advocate of financial education. The credit union also regularly offers youth literacy programs — for ages 5-8, for ages 9-13 and for ages 14-18. In addition to Jump$tart, TopLine has worked with , the and , which provides learning tools for financial literacy educators.
The for Personal Financial Literacy® is a 501-c-3 non-profit organization based in Washington, DC. It is a coalition — an organization of organizations that share an interest in advancing financial literacy among students in pre-kindergarten through college throughout the United States. Jump$tart consists of a network of 49 affiliated state coalitions and their local partners.
, a Twin Cities-based credit union, is Minnesota-s 13th largest, with assets of more than $340 million. Established in 1935, the not-for-profit cooperative offers a complete line of financial services, as well as auto and home insurance, from its five locations — in Bloomington, Brooklyn Park, Maple Grove, Plymouth and in St. Paul-s Como Park — as well as by phone and online at . Membership is available to anyone who lives, works, worships, attends school or volunteers in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott or Washington Counties and their immediate family members.
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Vicki Roscoe Erickson
Assistant Vice-President, Marketing
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