Ready to #SynergizeYourSummer? Submit your photos and challenges below by August 31, 2021. (You get entry point per submission!)
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WEEK 1: AUGUST 2, 2021
Challenge #1: Voluntary and Open Membership!
What it means to you: No matter what your financial situation looks like, the door is open, without gender, social, racial, political or religious discrimination.
Your challenge(s):
Option 1: Visit your local credit union and use the outdoor sidewalk chalk to draw a picture that represents diversity. Take a picture of your work and share with us!
Option 2: Watch our 7 Cooperative Principles Video from It’s A Money Thing, and submit a photo of you and your team eating ________ like Jen!
Challenge #2: Democratic Member Control!
What it means to you: You help call the shots by electing a board of directors. One member equals one vote. This is local democracy in action.
Your challenge(s):
Option 1: Choose a fun outdoor activity with your family and friends, and make sure you have a photo to submit! (Just like you have a voice in picking your activity, you have a voice in your credit union too!)
Option 2: Check out this It’s A Money Thing article in our blog, What does it mean to be a member? and take a photo with the sweet treat Jen has been asking for!
WEEK 2: AUGUST 9, 2021
Challenge #3: Member Economic Participation
What it means to you: Better rates, lower fees and services that benefit the entire credit union. The more that members participate, the more there is to go around.
Your challenge(s):
Option 1: Check out 5 Totally Free Things You Can Do to Support Your Local Economy in our It’s A Money Thing Blog. Take a screenshot of Jen’s mode of transportation in the video.
Option 2: We challenge you to support a business. Submit a photo of you and your team purchasing an item, leaving a nice review, or bringing employees a card/ gift for all their hard work.
Challenge #4: Autonomy and Independence
What it means to you: As a financial co-operative, your credit union is controlled by real members like you, instead of outside shareholders. Decisions and partnerships with the credit union are made with the members’ interests first.
Your challenge(s):
Option 1: Write an online review for Synergy CU! Tell us what it feels like to be a member with us and what it means to you. Don’t forget to screenshot your review and attach it with your challenge submission.
Option 2: Refer a friend or family member! Take a picture with your referral and submit the photo with this week’s challenge.
Option 3: Create team banner or poster! Submit a photo of your creation.
WEEK 3: AUGUST 16, 2021
Co-operative Principle #5: Education, Training and Information
What it means to you: Access to financial literacy tools and resources. Credit unions believe that education contributes to personal growth
Your challenge(s):
Option 1: We’re passionate about learning! And, we know many of you are too. Visit your favorite place to learn (like your school or a library) or you’re a person who inspired you. Snap a photo and submit. Plus, tell us why you value you what they taught you and why!
Option 2: Visit our It’s a Money Thing section of our blog. Pick two topics you have not previously watched. Submit a photo to show us what you learned. We encourage you to show your learnings in a creative way!
Co-operative Principle #6: Co-operation Among Co-operatives
What it means to you: Your credit union strengthens the co-operative movement by partnering with organizations that share the same important values.
Your challenge(s):
Option 1: Do some research! Communities are made up of many cooperative groups. We would love to hear about some of the ones in your community! Send us a picture of a cooperative organization in your community.
Option 2: Show us how you co-operate with family or friends and build a fort (pillow forts are totally acceptable!) with your friends & family and share a photo of your creation!
Option 3: Host an outdoor gathering with your team, like a picnic. Show how you co-operate and divide tasks like who’s bringing the burgers, among each other!
Co-operative Principle #7: Concern for Community
What it means to you: Knowing that your day-to-day banking translates into benefits for charities, local businesses and the entire community.
Your challenge(s):
Option 1: Get out in your community and make a difference. It could be anything from pick up a piece of trash, help a neighbor with yard work, or a random act of kindness and make sure you send us a photo!
Option 2: Watch this video about the Town of Kindersley. Where do you see Synergy in your community? Submit a photo of the many ways Synergy can be seen around you!