PAPILLION, Neb. (June 16, 2017): Veridian Credit Union celebrated the opening of its new branch in Papillion, Nebraska on Thursday, June 15. City officials, chamber representatives and local educators gathered at a ribbon-cutting event for the branch at 10324 S. 71st Terrace, where three local schools were awarded donations as part of the Veridian Gives Back campaign.

“We’re celebrating each new branch with an interactive giving campaign,” said Veridian’s Papillion Branch Manager Cathy Alm. “Veridian Gives Back is a demonstration of who we are as a credit union and our commitment to being a strong community partner.”

In the weeks following the branch’s May 1 opening, the credit union launched Veridian Gives Back for public input on which of eight local schools within closest proximity to the branch should receive a portion of $4,000 in donations. In response, the community voted for La Vista West Elementary School to receive $500, Tara Heights Elementary School to receive $1,000 and G. Stanley Hall Elementary School to receive $2,500.

Event attendees toured the branch and received an announcement on the credit union’s next branch location. Veridian plans to open on South 144th Street (one block north of Center Street) in Omaha in early 2018. The new location will follow the Papillion branch’s 5,104-square-foot layout with space for consumer and commercial lenders, an entertainment-equipped family office to accommodate members with children during longer visits and biometric access to safe deposit boxes. The new location will be Veridian’s 31st branch across its field of membership and fourth in the greater Omaha area within the last two years. Veridian announced plans last year to open 10-15 greater Omaha branches in the next decade.

Veridian Credit Union is a member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative founded in 1934 in Waterloo, Iowa as John Deere Employees Credit Union. Earnings are returned to members through better rates and low-to-no fees. The credit union offers a full range of business and consumer financial services, including accounts, loans, guidance, investments and insurance. Membership is open to anyone living or working in the credit union’s geographic field of membership, including Council Bluffs, Omaha and surrounding communities. For more information, visit veridiancu.org or call (800) 235-3228.

Photo (School Donation): Veridian Credit Union presented three local elementary schools with donations at a ribbon cutting event for its new Papillion, Nebraska branch on Thursday, June 15. The schools were selected with community input during the credit union’s Veridian Gives Back program in the weeks following the branch’s May 1 opening. Pictured left to right: Principal Jamie Boyer and Jen Noble from G. Stanley Hall Elementary School, Principal David Fritson from Tara Heights Elementary School, and Principal Lisa Wood and Trish Foster from La Vista West Elementary School.

Photo (Ribbon Cutting): Veridian Credit Union celebrated the opening of its Papillion, Nebraska branch with a ribbon cutting event on Thursday, June 15. Pictured right to left: Veridian President and CEO Monte Berg; Congressman Don Bacon’s Deputy District Director James Wright; Papillion Mayor David Black; Sarpy County Chamber of Commerce Membership Manager Candice Jacobs; Veridian Branch Manager Cathy Alm and Veridian Market President Jay Ferris.