COLUMBUS, Ohio (March 24, 2025) – Telhio Credit Union sustained their partnership with the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) for the second consecutive year, with a continued focus on engaging with and educating youth about financial literacy.
This affiliation comes on the heels of their 2023-24 collaboration through the central Ohio youth Financial Trivia Challenge, which tested local high school students’ financial knowledge. The competition highlighted various financial topics such as investing and saving, budgeting, and taxes. 67 local high schools participated in the trivia challenge with over 23,000 plays. Five schools that had the most participation each received $300, presented by the OHSAA and Telhio.
During the 2024-25 season, Telhio maintained an intentional presence at OHSAA regional, district, and semi-final games for boys and girls basketball through an exhibitor booth to encourage financial conversations about Telhio services and resources. Telhio’s ongoing support of OHSAA enables young student athletes and their families to discover financial pathways in personal and business banking that sets them up for success.
“By providing opportunities for high school students to learn about finances we are also helping them make responsible and informed choices about their money,” said Nick Biratsis, Vice President of Marketing for Telhio. “This speaks to Telhio's commitment to community and long-lasting relationships with our members.”
As Telhio leverages their financial education and wellness resources through OHSAA, students can gain applicable skills and real-world knowledge in the classroom to feel confident in their next steps as young adults while learning to earn, save, and invest their finances.
Telhio is a proud partner of OHSAA. For more information about Telhio’s banking services, visit telhio.org.
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As Ohio’s top SBA (Small Business Administration) lending credit union, Telhio serves more than 68,000 individuals, families, and businesses across central and southwestern Ohio with the newest innovative financial technology, while providing personalized service for each member. Founded in 1934, and owned and governed by its members, Telhio’s core values of caring, commitment and integrity guide each action and decision the credit union makes. We’ve continually renewed our pledge to putting people over profit, allowing us to deliver exceptional service to our members for over 90 years.
Telhio offers 12 branching offices in Ohio and nearly 4,000 shared branching locations nationwide. Telhio is open to anyone who lives, works, worships, or goes to school in central and southwestern Ohio and participates in the highest level of combined federal and private share savings insurance available, insuring deposit accounts up to $500,000. (Federally insured by NCUA. Additional coverage up to $250,000 provided to consumer account holders by Excess Share Insurance Corporation, a licensed insurance company.)