For about two years now, the PNC Center for Financial Education (CFE), an effort led by Community Development Banking, has been collaborating with community-based nonprofits to offer financial education to individuals, first-time homebuyers and small businesses. Now, in a new collaboration with PNC Grow Up Great, the CFE is teaming up with PNC Grow Up Great partner early education centers to deliver financial education to families of pre-K children. Fred Landis of Organizational Financial Wellness and Gus Torres of Corporate & Institutional Banking, both relationship managers in Central Pennsylvania, have volunteered their time to facilitate financial education seminars for the past year. They present the CFE “banking basics” curriculum to individuals who sign up through Community Progress Council, a York County nonprofit focused on helping people move toward economic self-sufficiency. The nonprofit is a Head Start provider and PNC Grow Up Great partner; Ellen Kyzer, PNC client and community relations director for the Central PA market, also serves as board chair. The seminar explains how to create a spending plan, build a savings account and more to participants, most of whom are working toward becoming first-time homebuyers. The organization says its partnership with PNC has been an asset. “Learning how to create a spending plan, building a savings account and manage existing resources are all stepping stones to economic mobility,” said Ruth Robbins, Community Progress Council chief program officer. “With a strong foundation, York County families can better weather any unexpected challenges as they work with us toward their goals in education, employment and income.” The PNC Grow Up Great and CFE collaboration is being offered in a number of PNC markets beginning in April and continuing throughout the year. Volunteers can help teach a financial education workshop to families of pre-K children enrolled at PNC early education partner centers in their market, either in-person or virtually, following a CFE Facilitator Guide.