Financial wellness is not just a destination, it's a journey. Certain life events are unavoidable, and we understand the importance of having someone by your side to help guide you through them. At HomeTown, educating on financial wellness is at the core of our credit union's philosophy of being your trusted partner for financial success. And we have several ways we help you and your family access financial wellness tools and resources – all at no expense to you!
HomeTown Learning Center
The HomeTown Learn Center is a place for you to access the learning tools needed to assist you in making difficult financial choices. We are committed to giving you all the resources you need to achieve your financial goals from managing and borrowing money, to protecting your finances and planning for the future.
Explore our variety of short videos that provide you with rich content and additional resources to help set you on the right path to financial confidence.
Visit The HomeTown Learning Center
Ask HomeTown - Financial Answers From Your Trusted Partner
Ask HomeTown is our question and answer initiative created to respond to our members' toughest financial questions through short, easy to follow videos.
Through this series, we encourage you, our members, to ask any question relating to financial matters. We'll then share the answers and knowledge with all our members in the videos below because chances are, if you have a question, someone else likely does too!
So if you have a question you'd like answered, simply click below to submit it and we'll do our best to answer it in the next Ask HomeTown video.
Submit a Financial Question
Ask HomeTown Video Library
View our question and answer video library by scrolling through the videos below. All videos can also be found on our YouTube channel.
Should you have any questions about our Learning Center, Ask HomeTown, or if you are interested in any other financial education support, please email KHalverson@hometowncu.coop.
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