Fairway Home Mortgage is honored to be among the 34 recipients recognized for extraordinary service as a Savings Champion upholding the 2022 theme of “Building Financial Resilience” during America Saves Week, February 21–25, 2022. With 3,100 participating organizations, this annual event promotes corporate engagement to encourage and enable their members and community in taking control of their financial wellbeing.
This year, roughly 415,000 individuals set up a new savings account or deposited into an existing savings account totally $1,134,122,355.00 in a single week!
“Currently, Americans are burdened with many economic challenges like inflation and rising home costs, all while still attempting to rebound from the effects of the ongoing pandemic. There’s a fundamental need for companies, agencies, employers, and organizations to step up and take action to support the people they serve in extraordinary and unique ways, helping everyday Americans build financial resilience. These organizations have answered that call,” said Kia McCallister-Young, Director of America Saves. “Our Savings Champions went above and beyond to amplify a positive, shame-free approach to saving that truly meets people where they are on their individual savings journey.”
The COVID-19 pandemic brought economic factors that caused stress over money to the forefront across our country and worldwide. Fairway was quick to respond rolling out a Financial Fitness program mid-year 2020. The offering is a wealth of resources and tools on a variety of financial topics imparting ideas and encouragement year-round to all employees.
America Saves is managed by the nonprofit Consumer Federation of America supporting low-to-moderate-income households in their effort to save money, reduce debt and build wealth. Behavioral economics and social marketing are the foundation of their toolkit available to all organizations seeking to improve the long-term financial health of their employee community and our nation. For more information on America Saves, we encourage you to visit americasaves.org and join the community of employers positioning their communities for financial stability and mitigating the stress of debt burden.
Written by Sheila Landis for The Landis Group
