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FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
JS-1505
To 1st Educational Savings Branch at
Wakefield Memorial High School in Westfield, Massachusetts
Treasury Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, Wayne A. Abernathy, will present a certificate of recognition to 1 st Educational Savings Branch (1st ESB) for its financial education efforts to high school students. Assistant Secretary Abernathy will lead the presentation of the certificate with remarks about the importance of financial education for students, at Wakefield MemorialHigh School.
The 1 st ESB is a fully operational bank branch of The Savings Bank operated by students attending Wakefield Memorial High School. The Savings Bank established the 1stESB in April of 1981, the first of its kind in the country.
WHO:
Assistant Secretary of Financial Institutions Wayne A. Abernathy
Brian D. McCoubrey, President and CEO, The Savings Bank
Cindy Lyons, Branch Manager and Student Trainer, 1 st Educational Savings Branch
WHAT:
Senior Treasury official will present an honorary certificate of recognition to 1 st Educational Savings Branch for its efforts in financial education to high school students.
WHEN:
Thursday, May 6, 2004
9:45 a.m. EDT
WHERE:
Wakefield Memorial High School
60 Farm Street
Wakefield, MA 01880
**Media interested in covering this event should call
Treasury’s Office of Public Affairs at (202) 622-2960
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