"Go Local" with Choice

Are you thinking about making the switch to a community bank? You're not alone. Other smart consumers like you are doing the same. Here are a few reasons to "go local."

• By banking locally with Choice Financial, you will enjoy the many benefits of community banking, including a relationship-based banking experience and superior customer service.
• The money you deposit in a community bank will be reinvested in ways that drive your local economy, such as in the forms of loans to local residents who want to buy a home or to small business owners looking to open shop.
• As small businesses themselves, community banks only thrive when their customers and communities do the same, so taking care of our customers and looking out for the best interests of our communities is ingrained in the way Choice Financial conducts business.

Junior Bank Board

The Choice Financial Junior Bank Board is a program offered to high school juniors and seniors as an opportunity to learn about businesses and the role they play within the community and the economy.

Goals of the Junior Bank Board:

• Financial literacy
• Preparation for life outside high school
• Lessons in preparing for a job interview
• Students become more of an asset in the employment world
• Making leaders among peers
• Networking for peers and community

Sample topics at Junior Bank Board Meetings:

• Importance of investing and saving at a young age
• Insurance seminar regarding rates, deductibles, etc.
• Small business owner to talk about how they started their business
• How to read a credit report and the importance of credit scores
• How to apply for loans and manage a checking account
• Managing credit cards
• Ways to prepare for job interviews
• How the monetary system works

For more information, please contact Sara Gullickson at 701.352.0242.