Technology Credit Union Uses Blog Power to Create Social Change

SAN JOSE, Calif.–Tech CU has a campaign aimed at encouraging individuals to give back to their community. Called the “Community Change Project: What Would You Change with $1,000?” it is centered on a contest that is being run through the $1.3-billion CU's new blog site at http://www.techcublog.com. Individuals are invited to submit their ideas for a deserving charity or a community project aimed at creating social or environmental change in the Bay Area through Aug. 31. A short summary of all project submissions will be posted on the Tech CU blog where visitors can review, comment and vote on each submission through Sept. 7. The top five vote winners will be featured during the week of Sept. 10. Tech CU will then select and announce the Grand Prize Winner on Sept. 19 and sponsor that project with a $1,000 cash grant. Tech CU isn’t the first to try to create an environment that promotes social change. Vancity Savings CU in Vancouver, B.C., has its own “Change Everything” program. Read more about it by typing “Vancity Creates A ‘Thriving E-Community’” in the archive here at www.cujournal.com .