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Youth

Caisse Desjardins du Haut-Saint-Laurent has a long tradition of involvement with local youth. That's why we're so enthusiastic about the massive concerted effort being made by all Desjardins components toward youth outreach.

Your caisse is proud to support:

• La Fondation du Collège de Valleyfield
• All primary and high schools in the Haut-Saint-Laurent area
• L'Association du hockey mineur
• Le Club de soccer Ormstown
• Une Affaire de Famille organization

A team of experts dedicated to our youth clientele

With the goal of providing products and services tailored to the needs of everyone, a team of the caisse's expert advisors dedicated to our youth clientele can help you achieve your financial goals. Our advisors will develop a personalized relationship with you to help you make informed decisions and make your projects a reality.

Social media

Follow the caisse's Facebook page - External link. This link will open in a new window. and be among the first to learn about events, what's new and your caisse's involvement in the community. You'll also find news, advice and tips to help you manage your finances. Ask us anything about finance!

Youth Intern Director

To pave the way for dynamic new officers, for several years now, the caisse has been participating in the Youth Intern Director Program. An internship on the board of directors gives you a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience and where your opinions are taken into consideration to better serve members.

Scholarship program

Caisse Desjardins du Haut-Saint-Laurent, as well as its employees and its directors, contribute to the Desjardins Foundation, which awards over $500,000 in scholarships every year.

In 2020, we allocated a total of $34,250 in scholarships to high school, vocational, CEGEP and university students.

As part of Desjardins Co-op Week, which will run from October 11 to 17, 2020, the caisse will award its post-secondary student members 21 scholarships for a total of $29,500.

Best of luck to all participants!

See the 2020 scholarship program rules (in French only, PDF, 225 KB) - This link will open in a new window..

Desjardins Co-op Week

As part of Desjardins Co-op Week which will be held from October 13 to 19, 2019, the caisse will award 10 scholarships for a total value of $14,000 to its post-secondary student members.

Good luck to all participants!

Read the rules (in French only, PDF, 172 KB) - This link will open in a new window..

Job shadowing internship program

Caisse Desjardins du Haut-Saint-Laurent works directly with local high schools to encourage kids in the community to stay in school and introduce them to the job market. To do this, we've implemented a job shadowing internship program for these schools.

Each year, the caisse receives students from Arthur-Pigeon School and Châteauguay Valley High School. Selected students have the opportunity to spend a day at the Caisse Desjardins du Haut-Saint-Laurent head office.

The job shadowing internship in a professional environment lets young people to discover various trades in the cooperative, learn about working conditions, follow company rules and habits, and evolve within a team and work environment.

These internships also help build the interns' professional and interpersonal skills. Integrating in a company also allows them to better orient their career choices.

For more information or to apply for an internship, contact your communication advisor by email - This link will open in a new window..

School caisse

To help introduce children to sound savings habits at an early age, the caisse actively supports the educational school caisse services at the following schools:

• Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Ormstown
• Ormstown Elementary
• École Centrale, Saint-Antoine Abbé
• Franklin Elementary, Franklin
• École Montpetit, Saint-Chrysostome
• Howick Elementary, Howick
• École Saint-Jean, Howick
• École Notre-Dame, Huntingdon
• Heritage, Huntingdon
• École Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka
• École des Jeunes-Riverains, Saint-Anicet.

As well, the caisse is proud to encourage primary schools with their projects. We've created a partnership with each one to provide students financial assistance for their innovative projects and in this way contribute to their success and well-being.

In particular, we've supported projects such as the LÜ interactive whiteboard at École des Jeunes-Riverains, restoring Ormstown Elementary School's auditorium chairs and creating the sticker trail at Howick Elementary School.

In 2019, Caisse Desjardins du Haut-Saint-Laurent also donated our office furniture as part of modernizing our distribution network. The value of goods donated to schools is more than $32,000.

Personal Finance: I'm in Charge lectures

Several lectures have been organized for young people in our area to help them pursue their financial education. The goal is to make young people aware of savings, credit, overspending, and most of all, the importance of making a budget.

Learn more about the Personal Finance: I'm in Charge program.

Desjardins Youth Offer

To learn more about what Desjardins has to offer to young people, go to the following sections:

• High school students
• Post-secondary students
• Young workers

Finance Lab

Caisse Desjardins du Haut-Saint-Laurent encourages the personal and professional development of young students in the area through its cooperative enterprise of financial services, operated entirely by student volunteers from Chateauguay Valley Regional High School.

The Finance Lab provides financial services for the school's students and staff, as well as:

• introduces students to sound savings habits
• provides an enriching experience
• helps students develop skills related to running a board of directors of a cooperative enterprise

Finance Lab mission

• Encourage members to practice saving
• Provide basic services like deposits and withdrawals
• Promote cooperation

Just like Caisse Desjardins du Haut-Saint-Laurent's involvement in its community, the Finance Lab is a unifying project that will certainly have a positive impact.