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FCCU Raises $1,660 For Family

LOS ANGELES, Calif.-First City Credit Union teamed-up with the Lancaster Jethawks California League baseball team to raise $1,660 for the family of slain Los Angeles County Shreriff's Deputy Stephen Sorensen.

ACU Featured On Television Program

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Arsenal Credit Union was featured as the pick of the week on a television program hosted by former NFL quarterback Terry Bradshaw..

SDCU Employee Works Radiothon

CHICAGO, Ill-South Division Credit Union Financial Service Representative Kim Abram volunteer as a phone pledge operator for the annual 101.9 FM The Mix Radiothon benefiting Children's Memorial Hospital.

T&CFCU Offers Financial Program

PONTIAC, Mich.-T&C Federal Credit Union is offering members and their families unlimited access to free financial education and counseling services.

CMCU Insures Higher Savings

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Charlotte Metro Credit Union is qualified to insure member savings accounts up to $350,000.

LFCU Purchases New Building

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.-Langley Federal Credit Union has acquired the former First Union building at Oyster Point. The current Oyster Point branch location will relocate to the new upgraded facility by early 2004.

GFCU Breaks Ground For New HQ

DULUTH, Ga.-Georgia Federal Credit Union held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of its new corporate headquarters.

UAECU Grants 5 Scholarships

CHICAGO-United Airlines Employees' Credit Union granted five students $2,000 college scholarships.

DCCU Collects Coats For Kids

DUBUQUE, Iowa-Dupaco Community Credit Union co-sponsored a Coats for Kids drive. Dry-cleaned items were dropped of at any Dupaco location and then distributed to needy tri-state-area families by Operation New View.

UNOFCU Has Grand Opening Event

UNO FCU's new 3,200-square-foot office at the University of New Orleans campus in La.

SSFCU Opens New Service Center

SAN ANTONIO, Texas-ecurity Service FCU opened a new 6,500 square-foot service center.

DATCU Supports United Way

DENTON, Texas-Denton Area Teachers Credit Union raised more than $14,000 for the United Way. DATCU sold cookbooks, held bake sales, dunked executives in a dunking booth, and handed out refreshments in the drive-thru to help raise money during the campaign.

FFCU Celebrates Branch Opening

Roanoke, Va.-Freedom First Credit Union cut the ribbon at the grand opening of its new branch located in the Towers Shopping Center.

RBFCU Opens Student-Run Branch

SOUTH AMBOY, N.J.-Raritan Bay FCU held a grand opening at its new student-run branch, The Eagle's Nest, located within Cardinal McCarrick High School.

RADFCU Joins Race For The Cure

SCRANTON, Penn.-Staff, family and friends from Tobyhanna Army Depot FCU participated in the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's Race for the Cure.

HVFCU Helps Protect Seniors

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union's community relations coordinators have reached out to more than 200 seniors citizens and conducted free identity theft seminars.

MCCU Participates In Walk For Hope

NORTHRIDGE, Calif.-Matadors Community Credit Union joined the City of Hope's Walk for Hope to Cure Breast Cancer.

EECU Teaches Financial Literacy

FRESNO, Calif.-Educational Employees Credit Union sponsored and taught 28 high school instructors from Fresno Unified School District to update their skills in teaching financial literacy through the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE). It was the second NEFE curriculum training sponsored and taught by EECU.

RMJ Foundation Awards Scholarships

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.-The Richard Myles Johnson Foundation awarded $38,005 in scholarships to help 25 credit union professionals attend the 44th session of Western CUNA Management School. Eleven recipients were from California, three each were from Washington, New Mexico, and Arizona, and one each was from Nevada, Idaho, Colorado, Montana, and Utah.

SESLOC Chair Aids Tornadoe Victims

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.-Sesloc Federal Credit Union Board Chairman, and member of a Red Cross Disaster Action Team Jerry Kaml traveled to Kansas to aid residents after tornadoes ravaged the Midwest.

AACFCU Wins Service Award

DALEVILLE, Ala.-Army Aviation Center Federal Credit Union received the Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Award, from the Alabama CU League, for its efforts in raising $5,600 for the Army Emergency Relief Fund.

CCU Sponsors Youth Festival

Frankfort, Ky.-More than 1,400 members attended Commonwealth Credit Union's 9th Annual Youth Festival.

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