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orsa branch days
What are orsa branch days?
orsa branch days are a fun, interactive way for students to learn about saving, spending, and giving by playing games, participating in lessons, and completing virtual and real-life quests that start at school, then keep the learning going at home and on Roblox!
In-school savings are back!
We know you have enough to worry about, so we've made saving simpler. Instead of sending cash to school, you can load your student's personalized deposit card with any amount you’d like, split across eight orsa branch day deposits throughout the school year!
Kids High Yield Savings Account
All it takes is a High Yield Savings Account to get started!
A High Yield Savings Account is all your student needs to start saving in school and take part in all the orsa branch day fun!
Give your child a strong start with High Yield Savings
- Load your student’s deposit card for 8 orsa branch day deposits!
- No fees
- No minimums to earn dividends
- Boosted savings rate beyond the first $1,000
- Federally Insured by the NCUA up to $250,000 with additional Excess Share Insurance up to $100,000
- Only $5 to open!
NOT YOUR AVERAGE CD
9-Month MiBux Launch Pad Certificate
Build your savings habit and get rewarded along the way.
MiBux Launch Pad is designed to keep you saving. Add to your certificate throughout the 9-month term, and each month you make a qualifying deposit, your rate gets a 0.25% bump.
How it works:
- Start at 0.27% APY.† Open your MiBux Launch Pad Certificate and start building your savings.
- Make a deposit each month. You can continue adding money to your certificate throughout the 9-month term.
- Get rewarded for saving. Each month you make a qualifying deposit, your rate increases by 0.25%. You can earn one rate bump per month.
- Keep building. Continue making monthly deposits and your rate can grow up to 2.29% APY.‡
The partial month when you open your certificate doesn’t count toward a rate bump. Miss a month? You simply won’t earn a bump that month but you can pick right back up the next month.
‡ To earn the 2.29% APY, member must make a deposit each qualifying month. The deposits can be any amount.
Effective 8/27/26
Volunteer opportunities
Student volunteer opportunities
If your student wants to learn real-life leadership skills and take their learning even further, then a volunteer position is perfect! From people leaders to marketing specialists, there’s a chance for all kinds of skills to shine through as your student helps to promote smart savings habits.
New for kids!
The 52-Week Savings Challenge for kids is here!
We're kicking things up a notch with a fresh, new challenge: The 52-Week Savings Challenge for kids!
Starting at just 10 cents and increasing by 10 cents every week, it's built to help them learn to save more, more often. And end up with over $137 in savings!
The savings success is totally real!
Beyond the hands-on experience gained, the savings add up! In 2024 alone, Save. Spend. Give. Program members across Michigan saved over $47,782 for an average account balance of over $359 per student! At well over $300 bucks each, that’s more than the median checking account balance in the lowest percentile of US households in 2022!**
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Kid, Teen and Young Adult Services
Saving more at any stage
The Save. Spend. Give. Program isn't the only thing we’re doing to build a strong foundation for Michigan’s future savers—we offer accounts designed for every age, with tools and services that grow with them.
Impact Team
Meet our Team
Austin Golles
manager/impact
Amy Pashukewich
impact specialist
Jake Willing
impact specialist
Jackie Swanson
impact specialist
Jessica Brasington
impact specialist
What We Do
Making Impossible Dreams come true on the daily.
Wherever you are on your financial journey, you Belong here.
