The busy CU 4 Reality^&trade Financial Education Fair season continues with three April fairs at America’s Credit Union Museum in Manchester, NH and one in the Midwest.

On April 8, Service Credit Union of Portsmouth, NH will be hosting a fair for 180 students from Portsmouth Middle School. This is the fourth year in a row SCU has worked with Portsmouth Middle School in the CU 4 Reality™ Financial Education Program.

On April 9, Scott Credit Union of Illinois will be hosting their second annual CU 4 Reality™ Fair for one hundred students from Triad High School of Troy, IL.

On April 15, Service Credit Union will again host a middle school fair, this time for 150 Monadnock Middle School students from Keene, NH. This is Monadnock’s first fair.

On April 21 and 22, Rundlett Middle School of Concord, NH will come to America’s Credit Union Museum for their seventh annual CU 4 Reality™ Fair! As always, these are sponsored by New Hampshire Federal Credit Union of Concord. This year 350 students will practice their personal financial management skills.

On Wednesday January 13, 2010 the year's first CU 4 Reality^&trade Financial Education Fair was held at America's Credit Union Museum for 165 Goffstown High School sophomores and twenty high school aged students from the AGAPE Auburn, NH Home School Cooperative. The fair had two sessions beginning at 9:00am and ending at 12:30pm. The fair was sponsored by Bellwether Community Credit Union with assistance from America's Credit Union Museum, both of Manchester, NH.

Area businesses that participated as spending booth vendors were Best Buy, Comcast, Animal Rescue League of NH, Kohl's, Manchester YMCA, The NHHEAF Network Organizations, Credit Union Direct Lending, PSNH, and the New Hampshire Banking Department.

Additional Credit Unions joining in to participate were New Hampshire Federal Credit Union, Northeast Credit Union, Triangle Credit Union, Service Credit Union, and St. Mary's Bank.

On Tuesday January 19, 2010 the year's second CU 4 Reality^&trade Financial Education Fair was held at Nashua High School North for 460 Nashua High School North freshmen. The fair was spread over four sessions over the course of day. Students from the school's Culinary program prepared a great meal for all of the Credit Union and business representatives in attendance. The fair was sponsored by Granite State Credit Union, Bellwether Community Credit Union of Manchester, NH and Triangle Credit Union of Nashua, NH. With assistance from America's Credit Union Museum.

Area businesses that participated to date are Comcast, AT&T, The Limited, Best Buy, The NHHEAF Network Organizations, Independent Insurance Agents of NH, Credit Union Direct Lending, PSNH, and the New Hampshire Banking Department with more to follow.

New Hampshire Federal Credit Union also lent support.

Preparations for the rest of the 2010 CU 4 Reality^&trade fair season have begun. To date, there sixteen fairs being planned in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island between March and June.