Collinsville, IL - GCS Credit Union employees joined together to raise $985 in the month of February to benefit St. John’s Community Care. In an ongoing effort to support the local community, GCS employees participate in Jeans Days each month. In exchange for a donation of $15 or more, employees are allowed to wear jeans on Fridays and Saturdays during the month of February.  St. John’s Community Care offers many free or low cost programs, support groups and medical equipment[...]

Service Credit Union employees at both Portsmouth, N.H. headquarters and overseas in Germany recently participated in Wear Red Day, raising a total of nearly $3,300 for the American Heart Association through employee donations and a company match. Attached, please find photos of participating employees in Portsmouth and Germany. [...]

Westerly Community Credit Union helped celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Special Olympics Rhode Island by hosting a 50 Year Celebration Banner signed by the Special Olympics athletes. The banner has traveled throughout Rhode Island to various credit unions representing the contributions they made as part of the Cooperative Credit Union Association (CCUA). To date, the CCUA has raised over $1 Million dollars and has been a major sponsor for over 18 years! In addition to donations through[...]

Hanscom AFB, MA (February 12, 2019) – For the ninth consecutive year, Hanscom Federal Credit Union participated in the Cooperative Credit Union Association’s (CCUA) annual blanket drive to benefit the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless. The credit union collected a total of 244 blankets to donate to families experiencing homelessness.  Eighty-nine of the blankets were purchased through a grant made by the Enterprise Holdings Foundation to the Hanscom FCU Charitable[...]

SAN ANTONIO, TX –– The Security Service Charitable Foundation has presented $2,500 to the San Antonio Food Bank who has been fighting hunger in Southwest Texas through food distribution programs, education, and advocacy since 1980. Funds will be used to purchase kitchen equipment for the food bank’s community kitchen at Haven for Hope. This kitchen serves 55,000 meals monthly and is open 365 days a year for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. “We believe no one should go to [...]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Supporting their community, employees and members at Black Hills Federal Credit Union contributed a variety of supplies and donated more than $3,700 to local nonprofits and charitable causes in January. During a recent Community Action Team project to benefit the Autism Society of the Black Hills, employees raised $1,000 through a donation-based eat-in and jeans day fundraiser. The funds will assist the nonprofit’s efforts to provide information, support and[...]

Photo (L to R): Ben Wiseman, senior vice president of member service—Mountain West Region for Security Service Federal Credit Union presents Kevin Stickelman, chief executive officer for the National Ability Center with a donation for $2,500. (SALT LAKE CITY, UT – February 8, 2019) –– The Security Service Charitable Foundation has presented The National Ability Center (The NAC) with $2,500 to assist their efforts in empowering individuals of all abilities by building[...]

RICHMOND (FEB. 8, 2019) – Make-A-Wish Greater Virginia, a nonprofit that grants life-changing wishes to children diagnosed with critical illnesses, announced today that the organization has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the We Promise Foundation, Chartway Federal Credit Union’s charitable arm. This grant will help fund the wishes of approximately 15 children this year in the Tidewater region. “We can only get closer to achieving our vision of granting every eligible[...]

BETTENDORF, IOWA – Gilda’s Club of the Quad Cities is teaming up with Ascentra Credit Union to Stick it to Cancer.  How?  They are joining the Quad City Storm for their Hockey Fights Cancer game on Saturday, Feb. 9 against archrivals, The Peoria Rivermen. When the Quad City Storm, known as the team that gives back, offered Ascentra the opportunity to sponsor this special game, the credit union knew it was the right call.  With many of their members, families, and[...]

Queensbury, NY, January 24, 2019 — TCT Federal Credit Union’s Cancer Awareness Campaign raised $1,000 to benefit Randy’s Patient Assistance Fund at the C.R. Wood Cancer Center. Glens Falls Hospital Staff received a $1,000 monetary donation from TCT Staff on January 24, 2019. Funds were raised by donations from TCT Federal Credit Union members and staff at all four of their branch locations. “This donation was made possible thanks to the generosity of our members[...]

Enfield, CT – February 6, 2019 - The Tobacco Valley Teachers Federal Credit Union (TVTFCU) kicked-off the American Heart Association’s (AHA) “Go Red for Women” campaign on Friday, February 1, National Wear Red Day. This movement was started by the AHA to bring awareness to the fact that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the United States, claiming more lives than all forms of cancer combined.  According to the AHA, it doesn’t affect all women[...]

Photo: (L to R) Mike Gilliam, chief executive officer for San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind and Vision Impaired, Braden Graham, assistant vice president of risk management for Security Service Federal Credit Union and SA Lighthouse board member, Shamzy Romero, vice president of member service – central region for Security Service Federal Credit Union, and Michael Dippo, chairman of the board for San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind and Vision Impaired. (SAN ANTONIO, TX –[...]