Grand Rapids State Bank stepped up to make partial or full remote learning in the wake of COVID-19 easier. Thanks to their sponsorship, over 1,280 students and teachers at ten schools in Itasca County will have free access to Banzai, an award-winning online financial literacy program and content library of articles, calculators, and personalizable coaches. All of these resources are available to students at home or in the classroom via any device that can access the internet. âBanzai is a web-based financial literacy program. Kids get their own accounts, and they work through assignments that are based on real life,â says Morgan Vandagriff, co-founder of Banzai. âBut because Grand Rapids State Bank is sponsoring it, local schools get it for free. More than ever, itâs important that kids develop sound financial skills to prepare them for the real world, and Grand Rapids State Bank realizes that and theyâre doing something about it.â