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                               BUCS Financial Corp
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                               BUCS FINANCIAL CORP
                             10455 Mill Run Circle
                         Ownings Mills, Maryland 21117









March 30, 2003

Dear Fellow Stockholder:

         On behalf of the Board of Directors and  management  of BUCS  Financial
Corp (the "Company"),  we cordially invite you to attend the 2003 Annual Meeting
of  Stockholders  (the "Meeting") to be held at the offices of BUCS Federal Bank
at 10802 Red Run Boulevard,  Owings Mills,  Maryland, on April 30, 2003, at 5:00
p.m. The attached Notice of Annual Meeting of  Stockholders  and Proxy Statement
describe the formal business to be transacted at the Meeting.

         The Board of Directors of the Company has  determined  that the matters
to be considered at the Meeting,  described in the accompanying Notice of Annual
Meeting  and Proxy  Statement,  are in the best  interest of the Company and its
stockholders.  For the  reasons set forth in the Proxy  Statement,  the Board of
Directors unanimously recommends a vote "FOR" each matter to be considered.

         WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE SIGN AND DATE THE
ENCLOSED  PROXY  CARD AND RETURN IT IN THE  ACCOMPANYING  POSTAGE-  PAID  RETURN
ENVELOPE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. This will not prevent you from voting in person
at the  Meeting,  but will assure that your vote is counted if you are unable to
attend the Meeting.

                                          Sincerely,



                                          /s/Herbert J. Moltzan

                                          Herbert J. Moltzan
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer






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                               BUCS FINANCIAL CORP
                              10455 MILL RUN CIRCLE
                          OWINGS MILLS, MARYLAND 21117
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                    NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                          TO BE HELD ON APRIL 30, 2003
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of  Stockholders  (the "Meeting")
of BUCS  Financial  Corp (the  "Company")  will be held at the  offices  of BUCS
Federal Bank at 10802 Red Run Boulevard,  Owings Mills,  Maryland,  on April 30,
2003, at 5:00 p.m. The Meeting is for the purpose of considering and acting upon
the following matters:

          1.   The election of three directors of BUCS Financial Corp; and

          2.   The  ratification  of the appointment of Stegman & Company as the
               Company's independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December
               31, 2003.

         The  transaction of such other business as may properly come before the
Meeting  or any  adjournments  thereof  may also be  acted  upon.  The  Board of
Directors is not aware of any other business to come before the Meeting.

         The Board of Directors of the Company has  determined  that the matters
to be considered at the Meeting,  described in the accompanying Notice of Annual
Meeting  and Proxy  Statement,  are in the best  interest of the Company and its
stockholders.  For the  reasons set forth in the Proxy  Statement,  the Board of
Directors unanimously recommends a vote "FOR" each matter to be considered.

         Action  may be  taken  on any  one of the  foregoing  proposals  at the
Meeting  on the date  specified  above,  or on any date or  dates to  which,  by
original or later  adjournment,  the Meeting may be  adjourned.  Pursuant to the
Company's  Bylaws,  the Board of  Directors  has fixed the close of  business on
March  10,  2003,  as the  record  date for  determination  of the  stockholders
entitled to vote at the Meeting and any adjournments thereof.

WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING,  YOU ARE REQUESTED TO SIGN,  DATE
AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED  PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED  POSTAGE-PAID  ENVELOPE.  YOU MAY
REVOKE  YOUR  PROXY BY  FILING  WITH THE  SECRETARY  OF THE  COMPANY  A  WRITTEN
REVOCATION OR A DULY EXECUTED  PROXY BEARING A LATER DATE. IF YOU ARE PRESENT AT
THE MEETING YOU MAY REVOKE YOUR PROXY AND VOTE IN PERSON ON EACH MATTER  BROUGHT
BEFORE THE  MEETING.  HOWEVER,  IF YOU ARE A  STOCKHOLDER  WHOSE  SHARES ARE NOT
REGISTERED IN YOUR OWN NAME, YOU WILL NEED  ADDITIONAL  DOCUMENTATION  FROM YOUR
RECORD HOLDER TO VOTE IN PERSON AT THE MEETING.

                                              BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

                                              /s/M. Robin Copeland
                                              M. Robin Copeland
                                              Secretary
Owings Mills, Maryland
March 30, 2003

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IMPORTANT:  THE PROMPT  RETURN OF PROXIES  WILL SAVE THE  COMPANY THE EXPENSE OF
FURTHER REQUESTS FOR PROXIES IN ORDER TO INSURE A QUORUM AT THE MEETING. A SELF-
ADDRESSED  ENVELOPE IS ENCLOSED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.  NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED IF
MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.
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                                 PROXY STATEMENT
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                               BUCS FINANCIAL CORP
                              10455 MILL RUN CIRCLE
                          OWINGS MILLS, MARYLAND 21117
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                         ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                                 APRIL 30, 2003
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                                     GENERAL
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         This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection  with the  solicitation
of proxies by the Board of Directors of BUCS Financial  Corp (the  "Company") to
be used at the Annual Meeting of  Stockholders of the Company which will be held
at the offices of BUCS Federal Bank at 10802 Red Run  Boulevard,  Owings  Mills,
Maryland,  on April 30, 2003, at 5:00 p.m.  (the  "Meeting").  The  accompanying
Notice of Annual  Meeting of  Stockholders  and this Proxy  Statement  are being
first  mailed to  stockholders  on or about March 30,  2003.  The Company is the
parent company of BUCS Federal Bank (the "Bank").

         At the  Meeting,  stockholders  will  consider  and  vote  upon (i) the
election of three  directors  of the Company  and (ii) the  ratification  of the
appointment  of Stegman & Company as the Company's  independent  auditor for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2003.

         The Board of  Directors  knows of no  additional  matters  that will be
presented  for  consideration  at the Meeting.  Execution  of a proxy,  however,
confers on the designated  proxyholder the  discretionary  authority to vote the
shares  represented by such proxy in accordance with their best judgment on such
other  business,  if any,  that may  properly  come  before  the  Meeting or any
adjournment thereof.

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                       VOTING AND REVOCABILITY OF PROXIES
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         Stockholders who execute proxies retain the right to revoke them at any
time. Unless so revoked, the shares represented by such proxies will be voted at
the  Meeting  and all  adjournments  thereof.  Proxies may be revoked by written
notice to the  Secretary of the Company at the address above or by the filing of
a later dated proxy prior to a vote being taken on a particular  proposal at the
Meeting.  A proxy will not be voted if a  stockholder  attends  the  Meeting and
votes in person.  Proxies  solicited by the Board of Directors  will be voted as
specified  thereon.  If no specification  is made,  signed proxies will be voted
"FOR" the nominees  for director as set forth herein and "FOR" the  ratification
of Stegman & Company as the  Company's  independent  auditor for the fiscal year
ending  December  31, 2003.  The proxy  confers  discretionary  authority on the
persons  named  thereon to vote with  respect to the election of any person as a
director where the nominee is unable to serve, or for good cause will not serve,
and with respect to matters incident to the conduct of the Meeting.

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                 VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS THEREOF
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         Stockholders  of record as of the close of  business  on March 10, 2003
(the  "Record  Date"),  are  entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock
then held. As of the Record Date, the Company had 364,585 shares of Common Stock
issued and outstanding.

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         The   articles  of   incorporation   of  the  Company   ("Articles   of
Incorporation")  provide  that  in no  event  shall  any  record  owner  of  any
outstanding Common Stock which is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by
a person who beneficially  owns in excess of 10% of the then outstanding  shares
of Common Stock (the  "Limit") be entitled or permitted to any vote with respect
to the shares held in excess of the Limit.  Beneficial  ownership is  determined
pursuant to the definition in the Articles of Incorporation  and includes shares
beneficially owned by such person or any of his or her affiliates (as such terms
are defined in the  Articles of  Incorporation),  or which such person or any of
his or her  affiliates  has the right to acquire upon the exercise of conversion
rights  or  options  and  shares  as to which  such  person or any of his or her
affiliates or associates have or share  investment or voting power,  but neither
any employee stock  ownership or similar plan of the Company or any  subsidiary,
nor any trustee with respect thereto or any affiliate of such trustee (solely by
reason of such capacity of such trustee),  shall be deemed,  for purposes of the
Articles of  Incorporation,  to beneficially own any Common Stock held under any
such plan.

         The  presence  in  person  or by proxy of at  least a  majority  of the
outstanding  shares of Common  Stock  entitled  to vote (after  subtracting  any
shares held in excess of the Limit) is necessary  to  constitute a quorum at the
Meeting.  Shares for which a broker indicates on the proxy that it does not have
discretionary authority to vote on certain matters (the "Broker Non-Votes") will
be considered  present for purposes of determining  whether a quorum is present.
In the event  there  are not  sufficient  votes  for a quorum  or to ratify  any
proposals at the time of the  Meeting,  the Meeting may be adjourned in order to
permit the further solicitation of proxies.

         As to the  election of  directors,  the proxy  provided by the Board of
Directors allows a stockholder to vote for the election of the nominees proposed
by the Board of  Directors,  or to withhold  authority  to vote for the nominees
being proposed. Under the Company's bylaws, directors are elected by a plurality
of votes cast,  without regard to either (i) Broker Non-Votes or (ii) proxies as
to which authority to vote for the nominees being proposed is withheld.

         Concerning all other matters that may properly come before the Meeting,
the ratification of the independent auditors, by checking the appropriate box, a
shareholder may: (i) vote "FOR" the item, (ii) vote "AGAINST" the item, or (iii)
"ABSTAIN" with respect to the item.  Unless otherwise  required by law, all such
matters  shall be  determined  by a  majority  of votes  cast  affirmatively  or
negatively  without  regard  to (i)  Broker  Non-Votes  or (ii)  proxies  marked
"ABSTAIN" as to that matter.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

         Persons and groups owning in excess of 5% of the outstanding  shares of
Common Stock are required to file reports  regarding such ownership  pursuant to
the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"). The following
table sets forth, as of the Record Date,  persons or groups who own more than 5%
of the Common Stock and the ownership of all executive officers and Directors of
the Company as a group. Other than as noted below, management knows of no person
or group that owns more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock at the
Record Date.

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                                                                                   Percent of Shares of
                                                             Amount and Nature of     Common Stock
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner                         Beneficial Ownership     Outstanding
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BUCS Federal Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP")
10455 Mill Run Circle                                               32,410(1)            8.9%
Owings Mills, Maryland 21117

Jeffrey L. Gendell
200 Park Avenue, Suite 3900                                         32,500(2)            8.9%
New York, New York 10166

All directors and executive officers of the
     Company as a group (11 persons)                                50,590(3)           13.8%


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(1)      These  shares are held in a suspense  account and are  allocated  among
         participants  annually on the basis of compensation as the ESOP debt is
         repaid. As of the Record Date, 5,834 shares have been allocated to ESOP
         participants.  The ESOP Plan Committee  directs the vote of unallocated
         shares and shares for which voting directions are not received.
(2)      Based upon a Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on March 28, 2001.
(3)      Includes  shares of Common Stock held directly as well as by spouses or
         minor children, in trust and other indirect beneficial ownership,  over
         which  shares the  individuals  exercise  voting or  investment  power.
         Includes 3,197 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired  pursuant to
         the  exercise of options  within 60 days of the Record  Date.  Excludes
         shares  held by the ESOP over which the ESOP Plan  Committee  exercises
         voting power.  The Board of Directors  appointed  Directors  Pescrille,
         Bowers,  Ohrt and Summers to serve as the ESOP Trustees and as the ESOP
         Plan Committee. The ESOP Plan Committee directs the vote of unallocated
         shares and shares for which voting directions are not received.

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         Section 16(a) of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
requires the Company's officers and directors, and persons who own more than ten
percent  of the  Common  Stock,  to file  reports of  ownership  and  changes in
ownership of the Common Stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to
provide copies of those reports to the Company.  The Company is not aware of any
beneficial  owner,  as defined under Section 16(a),  of more than ten percent of
its Common  Stock.  To the best of the  Company's  knowledge,  all Section 16(a)
filing requirements  applicable to its officers and directors were complied with
during the 2002 fiscal year.

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                       PROPOSAL I - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
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         The  Articles of  Incorporation  require that the Board of Directors be
divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, each class to
serve for a three-year  period,  with  approximately  one-third of the directors
elected  each year.  The Board of Directors  currently  consists of ten members.
Three  directors will be elected at the Meeting,  each to serve for a three-year
term or until their successors have been elected and qualified.

         Brian Bowers,  Harry Fox and Peg Ohrt have been  nominated by the Board
of Directors to serve as  directors.  Each of the nominees is currently a member
of the Board of Directors. It is intended that proxies solicited by the Board of
Directors will,  unless  otherwise  specified,  be voted for the election of the
named  nominees.  If any  of  the  nominees  is  unable  to  serve,  the  shares
represented  by all  valid  proxies  will  be  voted  for the  election  of such
substitutes as the Board of Directors may recommend or the size of the Board may
be reduced to eliminate the vacancy.  At this time, the Board of Directors knows
of no reason why any of the nominees might be unavailable to serve.

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         The  following  table sets forth the names,  ages,  terms of, length of
board  service  and  the  number  and  percentage  of  shares  of  Common  Stock
beneficially  owned by both nominees and for each other  director of the Company
who will continue to serve as a director after the Meeting.



                                                                                           Shares of
                                        Age at           Year First        Current        Common Stock         Percent
                                     December 31,        Elected or        Term to        Beneficially            of
Name                                     2002           Appointed(1)       Expire           Owned(2)            Class
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Nominees for Term to Expire in 2006
Brian Bowers                              39                1995            2003              133(3)(4)           *
Harry Fox                                 54                1987            2003            2,633(4)              *
Peg Ohrt                                  54                1999            2003            1,133(3)(4)           *

Directors Continuing in Office
Allen Maier                               54                1983            2005            2,133(4)              *
M. Robin Copeland                         47                1992            2005              383(4)              *
Herbert J. Moltzan                        57                1998            2005           15,914(5)             4.3%
Thomas Markel                             49                1994            2005           10,723(4)             2.9%
Joseph Pescrille                          65                1995            2004            8,422(3)(4)          2.3%
A. Virginia Wampler                       56                1983            2004            6,133(4)             1.7%
Dale Summers                              44                1991            2004            2,983(3)(4)           *


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*    Less than 1%.
(1)  Refers to the year the individual first became a director of the Bank.
(2)  Beneficial ownership as of the Record Date. Includes shares of Common Stock
     held directly as well as by spouses or minor children,  in trust, and other
     indirect beneficial ownership.
(3)  Excludes  shares of Common  Stock  held  under  the ESOP  over  which  such
     individual,  an ESOP  Trustee,  exercises  voting  power.  Such  individual
     disclaims beneficial ownership with respect to ESOP shares.
(4)  Includes  133 shares that may be acquired  pursuant to options  exercisable
     within 60 days of the Record Date.
(5)  Includes 2,000 shares that may be acquired pursuant to options  exercisable
     within 60 days of the Record Date.

Biographical Information

         Directors and Executive Officers of the Company. Set forth below is the
business  experience for the past five years of each of the directors,  nominees
and executive officers of the Company. All directors of the Bank in October 2000
became directors of the Company at that time.

         Brian Bowers has served as a director  and  Treasurer of the Bank since
1995.  Mr. Bowers is licensed as a  broker-dealer  and was recently  employed as
Chief Financial  Officer/Portfolio  Manager with FBR Asset  Investment  Corp. He
currently manages mortgage-backed securities, money market mutual fund, and bond
mutual fund  portfolios  totaling  over $3 billion.  From April 2000 until March
2002, he was employed as a consultant/analyst  with BB&T Capital Markets. For 10
years  prior  to  that,  he was a  Portfolio  Manager  for  CareFirst  BlueCross
BlueShield.

         Harry Fox has been a director of the Bank since 1987.  Mr. Fox has been
an Account  Manager in large  group  renewal  and  upgrade  sales for  CareFirst
BlueCross  BlueShield  since 1972.  He also serves on the Board of Directors for
the  Pikesville  Chamber of  Commerce.  Mr.  Fox's wife is a cousin of  Director
Maier.

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         Peg Ohrt has been a director  of the Bank since 1999.  Since 1998,  Ms.
Ohrt has served as a Vice  President of Human  Resources  for  Corporate  Office
Properties Trust, a business engaged in real estate investment trusts. From 1996
to 1997,  Ms.  Ohrt  was  employed  by  Aether  Technologies  Inc.,  a  software
development  company,  and served as its Vice  President of Human  Resources and
Customer Service.

         Allen  Maier has been a director  of the Bank since 1983 and has served
as Chairman  since 1996.  Mr.  Maier is a Sales  Representative  with  CareFirst
BlueCross  BlueShield,  a position he has held since 1972. Mr. Maier also serves
on the Board of Directors for the Leukemia  Society of Maryland.  Mr. Maier is a
cousin of the wife of Director Fox.

         M. Robin  Copeland  has been a director  of the Bank since 1992 and has
served as Secretary  since 1994. Ms.  Copeland has been the Assistant  Treasurer
and Vice President of Treasury for Magellan  Behavioral  Health,  a managed care
organization,  since 1995. Her duties include  management of relationships  with
banks.

         Herbert J. Moltzan has been a director of the Bank since  January 1999.
He has served as President and Chief  Executive  Officer of the Bank since 1985.
Mr.  Moltzan also serves as the senior loan officer of the Bank.  Mr. Moltzan is
active in the Red Cross and serves as  Committee  Chairman for a local Boy Scout
troop.  He is also a member  of the  Board of  Directors  of The 1st Tee  Howard
County and The Howard County  Volunteer  Center,  and is Treasurer of the Rotary
Club of Columbia, Maryland.

         Thomas Markel has been a director of the Bank since 1994. Mr. Markel is
a certified  public  accountant  and since 1985 has served as the Controller and
the  Assistant  Vice  President in Finance for Med Star  Physician  Partners,  a
physician practice management firm.

         Joseph  Pescrille  has been a  director  of the Bank  since  1996.  Mr.
Pescrille  retired  during 1999. He was  self-employed  as an  actuary/financial
consultant  from 1996 to 1999.  From 1994 to 1996, Mr.  Pescrille  served as the
Chief Financial Officer of United Health Care of Mid Atlantic. Prior to that, he
was a Senior Vice President and the Chief Actuary for Blue Cross and Blue Shield
of  Maryland,  Inc.  He is  active  in  volunteering  for the  Baltimore  County
Department  of Aging and is a member of the Board of Advisors  for Play  Centers
Inc., a non-profit child care organization.

         A.  Virginia  Wampler has been a director  of the Bank since 1983.  Ms.
Wampler  retired in January 2002. She served as a Systems  Manager for CareFirst
BlueCross  BlueShield  from 1966 until  2002 and was  responsible  for  business
design and support of core software  systems for health  insurance  products and
claim processing administration.

         Dale  Summers  has served as a director  of the Bank  since  1991.  Mr.
Summers has been employed as a marketing manager by Advance  Paradigm,  a health
benefits management  company,  since 1998. From 1995 to 1998, he was employed as
the Director of  Management  Services for Ascendia  Healthcare  Management.  Mr.
Summers is also active in fund-raising for educational institutions in the local
community.

         Matthew J. Ford joined the Company in August 2003 and currently  serves
as the Vice  President  of Finance  and Chief  Financial  Officer.  Mr. Ford has
formally  been  active  with  several   non-profit   organizations   in  central
Pennsylvania including,  County Manager,  Centre County Special Olympics;  Board
Member Transitional Housing,  Inc., a non-profit housing assistance shelter; and
Executive  Director of the State  College  Community  Land Trust,  a  non-profit
housing assistance organization.

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Meetings and Committees of the Board of Directors

         The Board of Directors  conducts its business  through  meetings of the
board and through  activities of its committees.  During the year ended December
31, 2002, the Board of Directors  held twelve  regular  meetings and one special
meeting.  No director attended fewer than 75% of the total meetings of the Board
of  Directors  and the  committees  on which he  served  during  the year  ended
December 31, 2002.

         Nominating  Committee.  The  entire  Board  of  Directors  serves  as a
Nominating  Committee to select persons to be nominated to serve as directors of
the Company and met once in such  capacity  during the year ended  December  31,
2002. The Nominating  Committee is not required to consider nominees recommended
by stockholders of the Company.

         Compensation  Committee.  The  Company has no full time  employees  and
relies on the  employees  of the Bank for the limited  services  required by the
Company.  All compensation paid to executive  officers of the Company is paid by
the Bank. The Compensation  Committee of the Bank's Board of Directors  consists
of Directors  Pescrille,  Bowers,  Summers,  Ohrt and Moltzan.  The Compensation
Committee met three times during the year ended December 31, 2002.

         Audit  Committee.  The Audit  Committee  consists of Directors  Markel,
Wampler and Fox. All members of the Audit  Committee are  independent  under the
rules of the Nasdaq stock market.  As the  Company's  stock is traded on the OTC
Electronic  Bulletin Board, the Company is not required to and has not adopted a
written  charter for the Audit  Committee.  The Audit  Committee  meets with the
Company's  independent  auditor  to review the  results of the annual  audit and
other related  matters.  The Audit Committee met two times during the year ended
December 31, 2002.

         Report of the Audit  Committee.  For the fiscal year ended December 31,
2002,  the Audit  Committee:  (i) reviewed and discussed  the Company's  audited
financial  statements  with  management,   (ii)  discussed  with  the  Company's
independent  auditor,  Stegman & Company,  all matters  required to be discussed
under Statement on Auditing  Standards No. 61, and (iii) received from Stegman &
Company  disclosures  regarding Stegman & Company's  independence as required by
Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 and discussed with Stegman & Company
its  independence.  Based on the  foregoing  review and  discussions,  the Audit
Committee  recommended  to the Board of  Directors  that the  audited  financial
statements  be included in the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form 10-KSB for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.

         Audit Committee:
                  Thomas Markel, A. Virginia Wampler and Harry Fox.

         Audit Fees.  For the year ended  December  31,  2002,  the Company paid
approximately $32,000 for professional services rendered by Stegman & Company in
connection with the audit of the annual  financial  statements and review of the
quarterly financial statements.

         Financial  Information  Systems Design and  Implementation  Fees. There
were no fees billed by Stegman & Company for professional  services rendered for
information technology services relating to financial information systems design
and implementation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.

         All Other  Fees.  The  aggregate  fees paid by the Company to Stegman &
Company for services rendered to the Company,  other than the services described
above  under  "Audit  Fees," for the fiscal  year ended  December  31, 2002 were
$3,750 for miscellaneous accounting services.

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         The audit committee determined that the provision of non-audit services
is compatible  with  maintaining the  independence of the Company's  independent
auditor.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

         The Bank,  like many financial  institutions,  has followed a policy of
offering residential mortgage loans for the financing of personal residences and
consumer loans to its officers,  directors and employees.  Loans are made in the
ordinary  course of business  on  substantially  the same terms and  conditions,
including  interest rate and  collateral,  as those of  comparable  transactions
prevailing  at the time with other  persons,  and do not  include  more than the
normal risk of collectibility or present other unfavorable features.

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                   DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION
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Compensation of Directors

         Board Fees. The Company does not presently compensate its directors for
membership  on the Board of  Directors.  Each  director of the Company is also a
director  of the Bank.  During  2002,  each  director  was paid an annual fee of
$6,000.  Directors do not receive compensation for attending committee meetings.
The total fees paid to the directors  for the year ended  December 31, 2002 were
approximately $54,000.

         Stock Awards.  Each non-employee  director has been awarded 200 options
to  purchase  shares of Common  Stock at an  exercise  price of $21.12 per share
under the BUCS  Financial  Corp 2002  Stock  Option  Plan.  Stockholders  of the
Company  approved  the option plan at the annual  meeting of  stockholders  held
April 29,  2002.  These  awards vest at the rate of one-third on April 29, 2002,
the date of the award, and one- third annually thereafter.

Executive Compensation

         General.  The  Company  has no full time  employees  and  relies on the
employees  of the Bank for the limited  services  required by the  Company.  All
compensation paid to officers of the Company is paid by the Bank.

         Summary Compensation Table. The following table sets forth the cash and
non-cash  compensation awarded to or earned by the Company's President and Chief
Executive Officer.



                                                                                           Long Term
                                                        Annual Compensation               Compensation
                                                    --------------------------     --------------------------
                                                                                   Restricted      Securities
Name and                                Fiscal                                       Stock         Underlying           All Other
Principal Position                       Year         Salary          Bonus          Award         Options(1)        Compensation(2)
- ------------------                       ----         ------          -----          -----         ----------        ---------------
                                                                                                    
Herbert J. Moltzan, President and        2002       $130,712        $ 15,000           --            3,000              $16,853
CEO                                      2001        117,568          15,000           --              --                15,488
                                         2000        107,578          10,700           --              --                 7,958


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(1)  Mr.  Moltzan was awarded 3,000 options at the exercise  price of $21.12 per
     share, equal to the last reported sales price for the Common Stock on April
     29, 2002, the date of the award.
(2)  For 2002,  represents the award of 465 shares under the ESOP as of December
     31, 2002,  based upon the last reported  sales price of the Common Stock on
     the date of the award of $20.90,  and includes the Bank's  contribution  to
     Mr. Moltzan's account under a 401(k) Plan of $7,135 during 2002.

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         Stock Awards.  The following  tables set forth  information  concerning
options granted to Mr. Moltzan during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.



                                                       Option Grants in Last Fiscal Year
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                                                               Individual Grants
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                                                    Percent of Total
                                                     Options Granted
                                Number of            to Employees in         Exercise Price             Expiration
Name                       Options Granted(1)          Fiscal Year             ($/Share)(1)                Date
- ----                       ------------------          -----------             ------------                ----
                                                                                           
Herbert J. Moltzan                3,000                    29%                   $21.12                  4/29/12


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(1)  Mr. Moltzan was awarded 3,000 options at the exercise price of $21.12 equal
     to the last  reported  sales price for the Common  Stock on April 29, 2002,
     the date of the award.



                                   Aggregated Option Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and FY-End Option Values
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                                                                                                                  Value of
                                                                         Number of Options                  In-the-Money Options
                           Shares Acquired         Value               at Fiscal Year-End(#)                at Fiscal Year-End($)
Name                       on Exercise (#)      Realized($)          Exercisable/Unexercisable          Exercisable/Unexercisable(1)
- ----                       ---------------      -----------          -------------------------          ----------------------------
                                                                                                    
Herbert J. Moltzan               --                 $ --                   1,000 / 2,000                          $ 0 / $ 0


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(1)  Based upon the difference  between the option  exercise price of $21.12 and
     the last reported sales price of the Common Stock of $20.90 per share as of
     December 31, 2002.


         Employment  Agreements.   The  Bank  has  entered  into  an  employment
agreement with its President and Chief  Executive  Officer,  Herbert J. Moltzan.
Mr.  Moltzan's  current base salary under the employment  agreement is $136,500.
The employment  agreement has a term of three years. The agreement is terminable
by the Bank for "just  cause" as defined  in the  agreement.  If Mr.  Moltzan is
terminated  without  just cause,  he will be entitled to a  continuation  of his
salary from the date of termination through the remaining term of the agreement,
but in no event for a period of less than one  year.  The  employment  agreement
contains a provision  stating that in the event of the termination of employment
in connection with any change in control of the Bank or the Company, Mr. Moltzan
will be paid a lump sum amount equal to 2.99 times his five-year  average annual
taxable cash  compensation.  If such payment were to be made under the agreement
as of December 31, 2002,  the payment would equal  approximately  $358,000.  The
aggregate  payment that would have been made to Mr.  Moltzan would be an expense
to the Bank and would have  resulted in  reductions to the Bank's net income and
capital.  The agreement may be renewed annually by the Bank's Board of Directors
upon a  determination  of  satisfactory  performance  within  the  board's  sole
discretion.  If Mr.  Moltzan  shall  become  disabled  during  the  term  of the
agreement, he shall continue to receive payment of 100% of his base salary for a
period of 12 months  and 65% of his base  salary for the  remaining  term of the
agreement.  The payments  shall be reduced by any other  benefit  payments  made
under other disability programs in effect for the Bank's employees.

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              PROPOSAL II - RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS
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         The Board of Directors of the Company has  appointed  Stegman & Company
as the  Company's  independent  auditor for the fiscal year ending  December 31,
2003, subject to ratification by the Company's stockholders. A representative of
Stegman & Company  is  expected  to be  present  at the  Meeting,  will have the
opportunity  to make a statement if he or she so desires,  and is expected to be
available to respond to appropriate questions.

         Ratification   of  the   appointment  of  the  auditors   requires  the
affirmative  vote of a majority of the votes cast, in person or by proxy, by the
stockholders  of the Company at the Meeting.  The Board of Directors  recommends
that  stockholders  vote "FOR" the  ratification of the appointment of Stegman &
Company as the Company's auditors for the 2003 fiscal year.

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                              STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
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         In  order  to be  considered  for  inclusion  in  the  Company's  proxy
materials  for the annual  meeting of  stockholders  for the fiscal  year ending
December 31, 2003, all  stockholder  proposals must be received at the Company's
executive office at 10455 Mill Run Circle, Owings Mills, Maryland 21117 no later
than  November 30,  2003.  In addition,  stockholder  proposals  must meet other
applicable  criteria  as set  forth  in the  Company's  bylaws  in  order  to be
considered for inclusion in the Company's proxy materials.

         Under the Company's bylaws, stockholder proposals that are not included
in the Company's  proxy  statement for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2003,
will  only  be  considered  at the  annual  meeting  to be  held  in 2004 if the
stockholder  submits  notice of the proposal to the Company at the above address
by March 1, 2004. In addition,  stockholder proposals must meet other applicable
criteria as set forth in the  Company's  bylaws in order to be considered at the
2004 annual meeting.

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                                  OTHER MATTERS
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         The Board of Directors is not aware of any other matters to come before
the Meeting.  However,  if any other  matters  should  properly  come before the
Meeting or any  adjournments,  it is intended  that proxies in the  accompanying
form will be voted in respect  thereof in  accordance  with the  judgment of the
persons named in the accompanying proxy.

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                                   FORM 10-KSB
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         A copy of the  Company's  annual  report on Form  10-KSB for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2002 will be furnished without charge to stockholders as
of the Record Date upon written  request to the Secretary,  BUCS Financial Corp,
10455 Mill Run Circle, Owings Mills, Maryland 21117.

                                        BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

                                        /s/M. Robin Copeland
                                        M. Robin Copeland
                                        Secretary

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                               BUCS FINANCIAL CORP
                              10455 MILL RUN CIRCLE
                          OWINGS MILLS, MARYLAND 21117
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                         ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                                 APRIL 30, 2003
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         The  undersigned  hereby  appoints  the  Board  of  Directors  of  BUCS
Financial  Corp  (the  "Company"),   or  its  designee,   with  full  powers  of
substitution,  to act as attorneys and proxies for the undersigned,  to vote all
shares of Common Stock of the Company, which the undersigned is entitled to vote
at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Meeting"),  to be held at offices of
BUCS Federal Bank at 10802 Red Run Boulevard,  Owings Mills,  Maryland, on April
30, 2003, at 5:00 p.m. and at any and all adjournments thereof, in the following
manner:

                                                 FOR     WITHHELD
                                                 ---     --------
1.  The election as director of the nominees
    listed with terms to expire in 2006
    (except as marked to the contrary below):    |_|       |_|

    Brian Bowers
    Harry Fox
    Peg Ohrt

INSTRUCTIONS: To withhold your vote for any nominee, write the nominee's name on
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the line provided below.

________________________________________________________________________________


                                                 FOR     AGAINST    ABSTAIN
                                                 ---     -------    -------
2.  The ratification of the appointment
    of Stegman & Company as the
    Company's independent auditor for the
    fiscal year ending December 31, 2003.        |_|       |_|        |_|

         The  Board of  Directors  recommends  a vote  "FOR"  the  above  listed
nominees and proposal.                                  ---





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THIS  SIGNED  PROXY  WILL BE  VOTED  AS  DIRECTED,  BUT IF NO  INSTRUCTIONS  ARE
SPECIFIED,  THIS  SIGNED  PROXY  WILL BE VOTED FOR THE  NOMINEES  LISTED AND THE
PROPOSAL STATED. IF ANY OTHER BUSINESS IS PRESENTED AT SUCH MEETING, THIS SIGNED
PROXY WILL BE VOTED BY THOSE NAMED IN THIS PROXY IN THEIR BEST JUDGMENT.  AT THE
PRESENT TIME, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS  KNOWS OF NO OTHER BUSINESS TO BE PRESENTED
AT THE MEETING.
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                THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

         Should the undersigned be present and elect to vote at the Meeting,  or
at any  adjournments  thereof,  and after  notification  to the Secretary of the
Company at the Meeting of the  stockholder's  decision to terminate  this Proxy,
the power of said  attorneys  and proxies shall be deemed  terminated  and of no
further force and effect. The undersigned may also revoke this Proxy by filing a
subsequently  dated Proxy or by written  notification  to the  Secretary  of the
Company of his or her decision to terminate this Proxy.

         The  undersigned  acknowledges  receipt  from the Company  prior to the
execution  of this  proxy of a Notice of Annual  Meeting of  Stockholders  and a
Proxy Statement dated March 30, 2003.


                                          [_]  Check Box if You Plan
Dated:                                         to Attend the Annual Meeting.
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PRINT NAME OF STOCKHOLDER                 PRINT NAME OF STOCKHOLDER


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SIGNATURE OF STOCKHOLDER                  SIGNATURE OF STOCKHOLDER



Please  sign  exactly  as your name  appears  on this  Proxy.  When  signing  as
attorney, executor,  administrator,  trustee, or guardian, please give your full
title. If shares are held jointly, each holder should sign.


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PLEASE  COMPLETE,  DATE,  SIGN,  AND MAIL THIS PROXY  PROMPTLY  IN THE  ENCLOSED
POSTAGE-PREPAID ENVELOPE.
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