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AIB BUILD A BANK CHALLENGE

We created a bank called ”Live Lounge Banking” hours were exciting, with live music and themed
for the AIB Build a Bank Challenge. To create events for Halloween, Christmas and of course
awareness of our bank, we took part in many Valentine’s Day.
activities. We raised over €400 for concern by A movie day was also had with the 1st years,
carol singing downtown. We taught the students in which they got to watch the “Pitch Perfect”
in Cavan No1 school all about online banking, movie which is about music.
by making it a fun experience, with games such When we went to the AIB Build a Bank regional
as “Guess the song”.
finals it was so much fun, we set up our stall
We also helped our own school by teaching which I must say looked beautiful and we gave
the first years about online banking and the it our all when the judges came around to judge
advantages of using it. our bank. A judge even made Danny and Cian
In the period leading up to Christmas, we visited perform the Bank Song, it was pretty good!
Esker Lodge Nursing Home. Here we displayed After lunch we had to make our presentation in
our musical talents by performing a selection of two minutes. David Nzewi our Bank Manager
Christmas carols for the residents and staff. Our performance gave the speech his all. They also asked us a question and we
went down a treat. answered as honestly as we could. When we returned to our
The bank also had an array of techniques in promoting and seats, we were feeling confident.
advertising the bank, including our social media accounts Unfortunately it wasn’t enough; we didn’t proceed to the
which informed people when the bank was opening and to National Finals. However, it was a wonderful experience which
bring in money to lodge into the bank. all of us enjoyed immensely.
There was also a Grand opening that we had to promote the
bank, Alex and Gemma hosted it. Sam and the Band played Danny McKeon.
and they had no trouble getting the whole school to their feet.
Danny McKeon and Cian Walker also performed the sensational
Bank Song, other acts also performed beautifully on the day.
There was a competition during the Grand Opening, in which
if people found a musical note under their chair, they had a
chance to win an Odeon gift card.
There were guerrilla tactics used to promote our bank, from
putting flyer into people’s lockers so they couldn’t help but
notice them, to plastering the school in posters about saving
money with our bank.
We opened a Tuck Shop and used the profits for the wonderful
prizes for our competitions; Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
concert tickets and an Irish Rugby jersey. Our bank opening

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