Tips & Tools

Making Your Life Easier

Money Mix:  Ages 18-30 (Generation Y)   click here
Money Mix engages young adults with interactive features including: blogs, videos, and articles on topics important to their lifestyle, careers and money management challenges. Money mix provides a one-stop personal finance resource by teaching budgeting and other personal finance skills. It will help answer personal finance questions through interactive calculators, and daily articles. Members can even track personal goals through MyMoneyMix.


Home & Family Finance Resource Center: Ages 18-60   click here
Home & Family Finance Resource Center is a one-stop online source for high-quality financial information that members can trust to guide them to the right money management decisions. All content is developed specifically for credit union members by personal finance experts. Features and benefits include:

• Access to a library of more than 150 personal finance articles with a new feature added each week
• Keyword search for articles, videos and more to answer any questions that may arise
• In-depth features that focus on life experiences like losing a job
• Calculators to consider “what if” and “how much will it take” scenarios
• Access to different formats to learn about money: articles, videos, radio segments etc

Plan It: Ages 40-60   click here
Plan It is a retirement planning web site loaded with interactive tools and timely features, all backed by expert retirement advice. More than an information source, it’s a “take-action” interactive site filled with financial calculators, charts, checklists, progress-tracking tools, short courses (12-13 minute presentations that walk members through assessing their retirement situation), and more.


Guides to Independence: High School Students can learn how to manage money.  click here
“Guides to Independence” is a series of 17 interactive courses with activities and quizzes that teach teenagers money management skills in a quick and fun format. These courses teach  teenagers how to use Credit Union products and services wisely. Courses include: Credit card basics, how to achieve financial goals, how to balance a checking account, how to budget income, how to buy a used car, how to choose and use a credit card, how to get a loan, how to invest in stocks and bonds, how to manage debt, how to pay for school, how to save and invest short-term, how to shop for big-ticket items, how to shop for everyday savings, how to start a checking account, how to use a check card, my credit union...where I belong.


HomeValueBot: Anyone Looking For A Home Value   click here
Makes mortgage decisions easier by providing home values immediately from the website, simply by entering an address. A great starting point to determine if it is the right time to buy, sell or remodel a home.


El Poder es Tuyo   click here
El Poder es Tuyo is a personal finance website specifically for our Hispanic members. Included are culturally relevant articles, financial coaches, videos, worksheets and calculators. This site teaches basic money management, the US banking system and how credit unions differ from other service providers.


Any Time Advisor   click here
Anytime adviser is an interactive web site that features seven expert financial coaches in English and Spanish which are accessible online anytime. Interactive coaches walk and talk members through financial decisions. They educate through games, quizzes, calculators and simulations, providing expert advice each step of the way.

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Tips & Tools For Teens and Youngsters

5-Spot; Ages 6-10 Elementary School   click here
5-Spot is an online clubhouse that helps youth practice saving, spending and sharing money in a fun way. It offers games and stories that introduce them to money concepts, stories about school, free time and using the internet appropriately and different calculators to help children understand savings, pet costs and more. Youth can even earn virtual money by playing activities and spend it decorating a personal, virtual clubhouse.


AJ’s; Ages 11-13, Middle School   click here 
AJ's, a toolkit for more advanced youth (ages 11-13) offers educational interaction while teaching responsibility. Students can vote on plot developments for the money management comic strip, post notes to friends (safely and securely monitored), build their own super-hero identities, play games, read stories about people, money and their future. They can even use calculators installed to help them understand savings, spending and budgeting.


C-Note; Ages 14-18, High School    click here
C-Note is a great teen savings and financial education program for members age 14 to 18 years.  It’s all about learning how to manage money and finances.   As a member of Googoplex, teen members have access to a quarterly newsletter with great information for teens, a C-Note website packed with videos, games, blogs, calculators and stories written by your peers. You can even enter photo contests for a chance to win and save money and have access to free music downloads.  Teen members choose which savings and/or checking account they would like to use while participating in this program.

How can you benefit? Becoming a member of C-Note is your first step towards making the most of your money. Joining C-Note will ensure that you get practical advice on financial topics that really matter like:   

• Jobs
• Entertainment
• Balancing a checkbook
• Learning how to budget and plan ahead
• Getting an auto loan
• Managing credit effectively
• Understanding financial terms