Univest Bank and Trust Co. continued its tradition during the 2017-18 school year, of offering financial literacy programs in area schools — reaching a total of 5,406 students during the school year that just ended. Twenty-four Univest employees visited more than 15 local schools and youth organizations during the school year to teach age-appropriate lessons about saving money and making smart financial choices.

According to Kimberly Detwiler, senior vice president and director of corporate communications for Univest, the company officially launched a financial literacy program in 2007, but has been providing financial education to its customers and members of the community for decades writes Donna Rovins in The Times Herald.

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Detwiler added that some states require schools to adopt financial education into their curriculum.

“Pennsylvania is not one of them. Some districts in our area do have a requirement but most do not,” she said. “This is why it is ever more important for Univest to do its part by bringing this important curriculum to our local students.”

The lessons are based on the age of the students, according to Detwiler. Topics include saving and budgeting for kindergarten and first graders to managing your credit and ways to avoid debt for high school students.

“We align our presentations to connect with each grade level,” she said, adding that the company aims to avoid a lecture format, instead presenting the information in an interactive format.

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