Greylock Federal Credit Union Celebrates Financial Literacy Month

PITTSFIELD — April is Financial Literacy Month, and for Greylock Federal Credit Union, this means an opportunity to share its collection of free financial literacy tools and resources to support individuals of all ages.

“We live and breathe financial literacy every day, but during this month, it’s deeply personal to us, so we want to bring special attention to the entire package of Greylock’s on-demand resources, products, and tools,” said Roberta McCulloch-Dews, vice president of Marketing. “From our interactive Banzai tools and calculators to our hybrid classes and workshops, and our content, there’s something for everyone.”

Greylock’s Money Mindset blog at greylock.org offers expert advice and helpful tips for numerous financial goals and challenges. Recent blogs include “How to Build an Emergency Fund,” “5 Tips to Improve Your Credit Score,” and “Don’t Let Debt Get You Down.”

Greylock’s video content offers another pathway for education. The credit union’s social media channels offer timely, relatable, and humorous takes on important topics.

“We have a lot of fun educating people in our community,” said Jeff Lowenstein, a certified credit union financial wellness coach at Greylock’s Community Empowerment Center (CEC) located inside the branch at 75 Kellogg St. in Pittsfield. “We hope the silliness of our reels helps people feel that Greylock and our coaching team are accessible and approachable. Financial literacy can be simple and even fun.”

Greylock offers three free classes and workshops this month. To learn more and register, visit greylock.org/cec.

“Prepare-se para Comprar uma Casa” will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 6 at the CEC. Presented in Spanish, the workshop aims to support individuals who are ready to purchase a home. They will have the opportunity to discuss the process and meet with Spanish-speaking professionals.

Another first-time homebuyer class, also offered in Spanish, is “Clase Para Compradores de Vivienda por Primera Vez.” This in-person workshop will be held on Monday, April 27 at 5:30 p.m. at the CEC.

A third free workshop on estate planning will be held on Wednesday, April 29 at 6 p.m. via Zoom. The class is designed to help people consider how to best protect loved ones.