UNBANKED TO BANKED: More Than 40 Graduates Open Bank Accounts In the last 2 months, more than 40 of our Jobs for Life grads and Staffing Service employees have opened bank accounts with Independent Bank. None of these individuals have ever had bank accounts before. Now they are in a position to deposit and cash checks without paying a fee, and to begin saving.
When did you open your first bank account? Did you open it on your own, or did someone open it for you, and put some money in it to get you started? Have you ever considered how your bank has helped you with major purchases? Have you thought about how essential a checking account is in your day to day life?
Here are some things we've heard people say upon opening account:
"I just walked into a bank for the first time. You know I never had a bank account before."
"He said they were even gonna send me a bank card and checks in the mail."
We thank Independent Bank for helping with this daunting process, and we praise God that so many grads have taken a significant step towards financial independence.
Washington Scholar Graduates from UT
In the early years of Advance Memphis's ministry, we operated a program called Washington Scholars, where excellent students from Booker T. Washington Highschool, here in the neighborhood, were chosen to participate in internships and job training. Scholars then received a scholarship to use towards college, as well as a guaranteed paid internship with Advance Memphis after graduation. While we've discontinued the Washington Scholars program in order to focus our efforts entirely on adults, we're so pleased to share that one of our Scholars, Michael Russom, has graduated from the University of Tennessee, and is now serving his internship here at Advance. He has also been offered a position with Nashville City Schools, with the Nashville Teaching Fellows. We're proud of all Michael has accomplished, we're grateful for his work at Advance Memphis, and we wish him well as he goes on to a career in teaching!
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