Lansing SAVE

The 2025-2026 school year has come to an end, and we are so proud of the students and educators for all their hard work! As the program celebrates, we want to highlight some amazing numbers:

- 🎒 12 years completed

- 📝 54 lessons shared

- 🧑🏻‍🎓 17,846 students reached

- 🏫 20 schools visited

- 🕐 473 hours taught

We’ll see you next year and have a fun, safe summer!

To wrap up our summer income lessons for May, we’re reviewing gross and net pay! If it’s your first time receiving a paystub, there are two amounts that may be confusing.

- Gross pay is the amount of money you earn for your work.
- Net pay is the amount of money that you can deposit or spend after deductions.
- Deductions are taken from your earnings for taxes or specific employer benefit packages. When building your budget, be sure to plan with your net pay, as that is the amount of money in your wallet.

An easy equation to remember is:
Gross Pay ➖ Deductions 🟰 Net Pay

Happy National Otter Day! 🦦

MSU Federal Credit Union and Lansing SAVE are grateful for the amazing partnership with Potter Park Zoo, which allows us to support the North American River Otter exhibit. You can see our four friends, Miles, Nkeke, Copper, and Petoskey this summer!

MSUFCU employees also visited Potter Park this spring and planted trees to celebrate Arbor Day!

You can learn more about otters here: https://potterparkzoo.org/animals/river-otter/

💙 💚 We received some thank you cards from students during pizza parties. Thank you to the amazing students, school administrators, and educators!

All your deposits add up, so congratulations to all the classrooms that got pizza! 🍕

Congratulations to Ja’Cyla and Ka'Mya! These students won the Lansing SAVE High School Deposit Raffle. Each year, students are encouraged to deposit funds into their SAVE account and with each deposit, they are entered into a raffle with a grand prize.

We are so excited to see students save for their future!

Starting a new job or internship can feel intimidating. Enter your first day with these professionalism tips in your pocket!

- 👔 Dress Code: identify your uniform or dress code before you arrive.

- 📱 Phone Break: ensure you’re not distracted.

- ⌛ Deadlines: be prompt and communicate any delays.

- 🙋🏻 Ask Questions: it’s okay to ask for help!

This week, Everett High School seniors visited Cavanaugh STEAM Elementary School! We are so proud of the graduating seniors and it was a great opportunity for elementary school students to see what they can achieve. 🎓

⏩ Lansing SAVE lessons may be over, but the SAVE educators are busy! Swipe to see Ms. Cece and Ms. Bacon in action! ⏩

🌳 Ms. Cece joined a kindergarten registration night to help families learn more about the Lansing SAVE program and planted trees at Pattengill Biotechnical Magnet School with MSUFCU.

🪙 Ms. Bacon hosted a Seminar Series Lunch & Learn for MSU Federal Credit Union members on the topic of saving!

💙 Thank you to Michigan Arbor Day Alliance for ensuring the Lansing School District has green spaces for students! Shoutout to our educators for their work around the community!💙

💼 Summer is a great time to explore your interests and apply for a job or internship. For the month of May, we’re sharing summer income tips and tricks! 💼



Make sure you bring the best version of yourself to an interview. Check off these tips before you enter the room:

👔 Dress for success - make a great first impression

⏰ Be personable and punctual – greet people by name and arrive early

🤳🏻 Remove distractions – virtual or in person

🔍 Do research – prepare questions and read materials

😃 Be yourself – you bring something special to the job, that no one else can. Make sure they know that!