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The Top Dog. The Big Dog. The Face Behind the Name. The Leader of the Pack. The Big Cheese. The Host with the Most. The Fresh Face of Financial Literacy…Z-Dog is your financially reliable type, whilst still being able to rock out on a Saturday night.

Z-Dog had a dream to help youth become more financially secure. Z-Dog's dream became reality when Nelson & District Credit Union created a site that shared info and links to topics relevant to young people and their money.

Zippity’s cousin from down the lane who doesn’t really have it all together. A regular at alleyway gatherings and financially illiterate, Bingo tends to spend his money faster than he can beg for it. A rebel without a paws! That doesn’t even make sense…..

Z-Dog’s official spokes owl.

Cashooo fell in love with the West Kootenays in May 2004 while flying around with a group of migratory owls. She found herself spending a good portion of her day hangin’ on the telephone pole in the alley behind Nelson & District Credit Union.

She found herself intrigued by the daily sight of two dogs exiting the credit union backdoor with ‘Tom the Youth Guy’; of course these two dogs were Z-Dog and Bingo. One day she got the courage to ask Bingo, who also spends a good portion of his day in this alley also, “Why do you spend so much time at Nelson & District Credit Union?

His reply was that he was working on a one-of-a-kind web site and attending K-9 Financial Information Seminars in order to help him ‘save his bones’. Bingo and Cashooo became good friends and she was asked if she would like to help with the site Bingo and his cousin Z-Dog were working on.

She said ‘yes’ and the rest is history, Cashooo is now an important part of the zippitydodog team, working hard to keep this site the Kootenays best site for ‘Financial Information for Youth’.

Tom Atkins has been in Nelson since September 2000 and is a member of the Nelson Branch of the Nelson & District Credit Union Team. Tom is the backbone behind the Zippity Doo Dog site and since the fall of 2002 he has been assisting in developing a new position at the Credit Union titled Student and Youth Services Representative. Tom's education and work experience includes a Bachelor of Arts Degree from SFU, a Diploma from Selkirk College in Golf Club Management and Operations and Management experience in the Hospitality Industry in Vancouver. Tom is full of useful information, which can be accessed on the site and is always willing to answer questions. Contact Tom is for have any questions about Student and Youth oriented products and services at the NDCU or if you want to get involved with the Zippity Do Dog site.

Originally from the small fishing village of Plug up in the North West Territories, Chris found his way to Nelson in the fall of 1998. Starting out as a youth intern with Human Resources Development Canada Chris decided that the only person he wanted to answer to in life was himself, and maybe Andy. As a result of "not wanting to work for the man" Funktion Design and Media, a full service web development company, was created. Relying on a diet of coffee and smokes, with the occasional steak sandwich thrown in for variety, Chris and partner Andy deliver websites 24/7. A self-proclaimed "bassist extraordinaire" Chris is a member of the world's most famous rock band, BC/DC under the pseudonym of Spliff Swilliams. As a member of the ZDog crew Chris is geared up to keep the site in order.

Hailing from Wheatlip, a large Saskatchewan coastal city, Andy ventured into Nelson during the winter of 1995. One day Andy met Chris and realized that they both shared an interest in web development; the rest is what they call history. The two joined forces and Funktion Design and Media was created in Dec. 2000, providing full service web development to those in need. When not in front of the computer screen Andy finds time to collate his paperclip collection according to color and paper clipping capacity. At night Andy switches into DJ mode under the clever moniker of Capn' Fuzz but always returns to his calling in life at Funktion. As a member of the Zippity Doo Dog crew Andy is geared up to keep the site in order.