Toyota, Truliant invest a combined $200,000 to support student financial literacy & career readiness.
GREENSBORO, N.C., Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Truliant Federal Credit Union (Truliant) announces a combined $200,000 investment with Toyota North Carolina (Toyota) for Junior Achievement of the Triad (JA)’s Finance Park Mobile. The JA Finance Park Mobile will help young people see how the choices they make today can shape their futures and bring a new, hands-on financial literacy and career-readiness experience directly to students in the Piedmont Triad region.
JA Finance Park Mobile will serve more than 5,000 students in grades 6–12 at 56 schools annually, expanding JA programming across Alamance, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph and Rockingham counties. Priority will be given to schools serving high-need communities, helping close a critical learning gap.
“The commitments from Toyota North Carolina and Truliant give JA Finance Park Mobile the momentum to become a lasting regional resource,” said Grace Thompson, president and CEO of Junior Achievement of the Triad. “By connecting classroom learning with the needs of local employers, the program will help students identify career pathways, build the skills to pursue them and see how those opportunities can contribute to long-term economic mobility.”
JA Finance Park Mobile pairs classroom lessons with an immersive mobile city simulation, giving students the opportunity to put financial concepts into practice. Working alongside community volunteers, students will explore careers, understand credit and debt, navigate realistic life scenarios and create a personal budget—experiencing firsthand the decisions that come with adulthood.
“At Truliant, we believe practical financial education should be accessible at every stage of life, not just in adulthood,” said Todd Hall, president and CEO of Truliant Federal Credit Union. “JA Finance Park Mobile gives students an early opportunity to practice managing money and make informed decisions about their futures.”
JA Finance Park Mobile will connect students with local employers while building financial knowledge, career awareness and decision-making confidence to shape their futures.
“Toyota is proud to help bring JA Finance Park Mobile directly to students across the Piedmont Triad,” said Toyota North Carolina President Don Stewart. “This investment will expand access to meaningful, hands-on financial education and career exploration, helping students across the Triad build the knowledge, confidence and decision-making skills they need to plan for their futures.”
During its first year, JA Finance Park Mobile is expected to engage more than 100 educators and 200 community volunteers, generating 1,500 volunteer hours across more than 120 days of programming on school campuses. Those connections will help students better understand the opportunities available close to home while strengthening the region’s future talent pipeline.
“Today’s students are tomorrow’s workforce,” said Thompson. “Together with Toyota North Carolina and Truliant, we are giving young people the financial confidence and career awareness to make informed choices about their futures.”
About Junior Achievement of the Triad
For more than 65 years, Junior Achievement has inspired and prepared young people to succeed by equipping them with the knowledge and skills to own their economic success. Through experiential learning in financial literacy, work and career readiness, and entrepreneurship, Junior Achievement helps students connect classroom learning with real-world opportunities. Learn more at triadjafpm.com.
About Truliant Federal Credit Union
Truliant is a not-for-profit financial institution based in Winston-Salem, N.C. that improves lives by providing great service and straightforward financial solutions. Truliant was chartered in 1952 and serves more than 328,000 members. A top 100 U.S. credit union, Truliant has more than 35 branches in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE: TM), creator of the Prius hybrid and the Mirai fuel cell vehicle, is committed to building vehicles for the way people live through our Toyota and Lexus brands and directly employs nearly 64,000 people in North America (nearly 48,000 in the U.S.).
For almost 70 years, Toyota has assembled over 50 million cars and trucks in North America at the company’s 14 manufacturing plants. In 2025, the company’s plant in North Carolina began assembling automotive batteries for electrified vehicles.
Through our more than 1,800 North American dealerships (nearly 1,500 in the U.S.), Toyota sold more than 2.9 million cars and trucks (more than 2.5 million in the U.S.) in 2025, of which more than 47 percent were electrified vehicles (full battery, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell).
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