Chemical Bank employees will use their banking knowledge this month to encourage and inspire more than 4,000 students across Michigan to become life-long savers as part of National Financial Literacy Month and National Teach Children to Save Day.

This week, 135 Chemical Bank representatives will be providing basic financial education to second-graders at 60 schools across the state, including Ballard Elementary School in Niles, Merritt Elementary in the Brandywine district and Moccasin Elementary School in Buchanan.