Saving Cents
Quarterly
Quarterly Youth Newsletter
July 2012
In this issue:
• Avoid summer brain
• who said it?
• Congrats Grads
• Summer park passes
• Say What?
• Super Saver Results
• ipod touch winner
• new site
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s
ummer
brain
drain
!
drain!
it’s sum
mer,
but tha
t
doesn’t
mean
and le
tting y
v
egging
o
u
r brain
out
into a
slip an
summer
d slide
time sl
fun ac
ump. ch
tivities
eck ou
to kee
t these
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p your
ar, you
brain a
w
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ctive.
stretch
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know y
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muscle
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and Mo
s.
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d
• Cards a
nd games
.
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your math
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skills sha
games to
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keep
mmer.
• Go shop
ping.
We don’t
have to tw
ist your a
out the pe
rm for this
rcentage
one. It’s fu
off sale it
n figuring
ems and
finding a
good dea
• Look at
l!
travel ma
gazines.
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on your g
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place you
too. Look
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up an inte
isit and re
resting
currency
a
d about it
do they u
. What typ
se? How
e of
much wo
uld it cost
to fly there
?
• Get Coo
king.
Practice a
ll sorts of
math
while coo
king up s
ome good
• Go Bow
eats.
ling
Not only w
ill you get
to wear th
be using
ose awes
your math
ome shoe
skills whil
s, you’ll
e adding
up your s
core.
• Go for a
walk
This one
is simple,
but if you
your step
’re just ou
s by 2s o
t for a wa
r
4
s. Try wa
lk, count
can keep
lking faste
up with yo
r
a
n
d
u
s
r
e
brain, or if
e if you
with you!
your brain
can keep
up
• Organiz
e a yard s
ale.
Get some
friends to
gether an
your pare
d organiz
nts’ help.
e a yard s
N
ot only wil
ale with
making c
l you prac
hange, w
tice your
e’re sure
skills in
getting rid
your moth
of some o
er will tha
f that stuff
nk you fo
r
in your clo
set.
• On the ro
ad again.
If your fam
ily is takin
g a road tr
number o
ip this sum
f miles yo
mer, calc
u’ll be tra
ulate the
of gas be
v
e
li
ng. How m
?
uch will th
e cost
?
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a
s
who
hese
said t
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h
w
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aract
s?
the ch
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m
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us kid
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ur guide
ber,
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tterflies’?”
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llow the bu
it be ‘fo
hy couldn’t
ers? W
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ow it.”
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ld
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v
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a
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ery go
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my
re is an
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ear.”
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s
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They’re
back!
Stop in to any of our five locations for
discounted Mt. Olympus, Six Flags Great
America, or Noah’s Ark passes. All passes are
one day and are available at reduced prices.
$26.00
1 day pass
$28.00
1 day pass
$36.00
1 day pass
Say What?
What’s the biggest number you can think of?
One trillion? One quadrillion? See if you can
match these big numbers with their names!
find the answers in next month’s newsletter.
1000000000000000000000000000000 (1 followed by 30 zeros)
One googol
1000000000000000 (1 followed by 15 zeros)
One billion
1000000000 (1 followed by 9 zeros)
One nonillion
1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (1 followed by 42 zeros)
One quadrillion
1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000 (1 followed by 100 zeros)
One duodecillion
1000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (1 followed by 39 zeros)
One tredecillion
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SUPER SAVER
Results
Thank you to all of the Super Savers who
participated in this year’s Credit Union Youth
Week activities. VCCU opened 13 new youth
accounts. Youth account deposits totalled
$14,607.70 during Youth Week.
Stay tuned for more fun activities next year!
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8:30 to 6:00
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Brain teaser answer from last quarter:
Why are 2007 pennies worth more than 2006 pennies?
Answer: There is one more penny
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