Greater Texas Credit Union has partnered with the TEXAS YES Project to provide Little Lockers at elementary schools in the Manor Independent School District. Little Lockers are stocked with new books and activities that children can access anytime. The brightly colored blue waterproof cabinets were installed outside of Oak Meadows, Presidential Meadows, and Blake Manor Elementary schools to make their contents accessible to children and the community year-round. The TEXAS YES[...]

This credit union’s staff-led Community Action Team supports organizations that are important to their employees. Black Hills Federal Credit Union (BHFCU) believes it is imperative to support the passions of its staff. That’s why they promote the staff-led Community Action Team (CAT) program and are proud to share that in January, staff contributions raised $4,200 for Hunger $ Homelessness organizations across the state. Employees also collected 258 food items and volunteered [...]

American 1 Credit Union is pleased to announce their sponsorship in hosting the Lean Rocket LOCAL Event in partnership with Lean Rocket Lab. Tickets and sponsorships are now available for the event that will take place on April 11, 2023, at the American 1 Event Center located at 128 W. Ganson Street. The Luncheon will feature keynote speaker Shawn Harper, a former NFL Player who now is a CEO, motivational speaker, author, and life coach. Tickets are $50 a person and will include an[...]

Sikorsky Credit Union organized a Book Drive and donated over 200 books to the Literacy Volunteer Center in Milford, CT. Sikorsky Credit Union celebrated Love to Read Month with a Book Drive to give back to the community. The Book Drive took place during the month of February and employees generously donated over 200 new and gently used books. Ken Ferrari, SVP, Chief Lending Officer explained, “Sikorsky Credit Union takes great pride in giving back to the communities we serve. We are [...]

The Westerly Hospital Foundation has received a $200,000 donation from Westerly Community Credit Union to support the hospital’s 100th anniversary Centennial Campaign which will allow the hospital to provide additional services and improve the patient experience. The hospital will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2025. The donation is part of Westerly Community Credit Union’s #WCCUCares initiative to support local community organizations that directly help people in the[...]

GCS employees joined together to raise $1,130.00 in the month of February to benefit the Junior Service Club of Edwardsville/Glen Carbon. The Smile for Jeans Program is funded by GCS employees who make monthly, monetary donations out of their own pockets to a local organization. By donating $15 or more to a specific organization, GCS employees are able to wear jeans and tennis shoes on Fridays and Saturdays during that month. Nothing gets better than seeing a smile on an organization’s [...]

To celebrate National Canned Food month Kellogg Community Credit Union (KCCU) hosted a food drive during the month of February. They invited their members, team, and community to bring nonperishable food items to any branch location throughout February. The food drive was a great success and will have an immediate impact on the local communities and individuals who are food insecure. Due to the increasing prices in the grocery stores food banks and pantries have consistently seen an[...]

The Westerly Community Credit Union (WCCU) held their 2022 Annual Holiday Basketball Tournament which supports local athletes, sports programs, and schools. WCCU is the sole sponsor of the tournament and donates 100% of the proceeds back to the participating schools’ sports boosters. The tournament took place on Dec. 27th, 28th, 29th & 30th and raised a total of $8,456.80. Chariho, Stonington, South Kingstown, and Westerly High School’s [...]

Inspired by employee Blaise Kubesch’s desire to honor her late father-in-law who died from brain cancer, Greater Texas Credit Union has donated $1,800 to Wigs for Kids. Kubesch donated 16 inches of her own beautiful brunette hair to be turned into a custom handmade hairpiece for a child who has lost hair due to a medical condition. The Wigs for Kids crafted wig is given at no cost to the recipient. The Greater Texas donation covers the cost of creating the[...]

The RCU Foundation made a $30,000 gift to the Friends of the Ellsworth Public Library. The funds from this campaign were used to move the Ellsworth Library to its new larger home in downtown Ellsworth. The newly re-located and renovated library is four times larger than the old library. The Royal Credit Union Foundation Children’s Area in the new library is designed to meet the literary needs of the area’s youth. “The RCU Foundation's gift made it possible to create a[...]

Greater Texas|Aggieland Credit Union donated nearly $200,000 to charities in Central Texas, the Brazos Valley and other service areas of Texas last year. The donations were part of the credit union’s Greater Good campaign, a corporate-wide initiative to increase community service and engagement. In addition to monetary donations, credit union employees devoted more than 1,000 hours of volunteer time to serve and support local causes. Greater Texas offers employees 16 hours a year[...]

Summit Credit Union is pleased to announce the success of their third “Join the Huddle” campaign. In the months of August through December 2022,Summit Credit Union set up an online auction for tickets to Carolina Panthers’ regular season home games. Each winning bidder was given the choice among five pre-selected charities for where to donate the funds from their bid. These charities included Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Children’s Miracle Network[...]