On Thursday, October 21, 2021, Southeast 605 Chapter of Credit Unions joined over 56,000 credit unions around the world to celebrate International Credit Union Day. The chapter, which is made up of eight credit unions located in the southeastern part of South Dakota, celebrated the day by dropping off treats to various organizations in the Sioux Falls and Madison area.

“Cooperation among cooperatives is one of the seven guiding principles for credit unions,” said Joey Rotert, president of the chapter and VP of Marketing and Business Development at Levo Credit Union. “Coming together to give back to those who already give so much to our communities was something our chapter wanted to do this year for International Credit Union Day.”

The chapter dropped off bagels in Sioux Falls at Community Blood Bank, PatientCare EMS, MED-Star Paramedic Ambulance Inc., Schools Bus Inc., and the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System. The chapter also gave cookies to Horizon Health Care in Howard, S.D. and Madison Regional Health System in Madison, S.D.

Every summer, Southeast 605 Chapter of Credit Unions raises money through a golf tournament held in Sioux Falls. The chapter has also supported Feeding South Dakota with over $15,000 in funds donated over the past couple years.

The chapter is a nonprofit organization governed by a board of directors which are employees of credit unions in the southeast South Dakota area. Credit unions that are part of the chapter include Black Hills Federal Credit Union, Bluestone Federal Credit Union, East River Federal Credit Union, Explorers Credit Union, First Century Federal Credit Union, Levo Credit Union, Vermillion Federal Credit Union and Voyage Federal Credit Union.