No. 7: Yolo Federal Credit Union

Published October 17, 2014, 12:47 p.m. EDT

Updated August 26, 2020, 10:00 p.m. EDT

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Category: Between $200 Million and $500 Million in Assets
Woodland, Calif.
www.yolofcu.org
Assets: $215.6 million
No. of employees: 56
President and CEO: Jenee Rawlings

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Workplace benefits:

Activity to relieve stress/promote fun: Twice-yearly all-staff meetings start with team-oriented games that are usually nonwork-related.

Fitness/wellness program: Each CU office features a treadmill for employee use.

Community service initiative: Yolo operates a deposit program at local schools that allows students in first through sixth grades to open savings accounts and make deposits at school.

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