Washington CUs Target UnbankedLatinos

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - (12/20/04) -- The Washington CU Foundation, asubsidiary of the Washington CU League, will use a new $20,000grant from the National CU Foundation to fund its Economic PowerProject aimed at serving underserved and unbanked Latinos throughthe state. The project is designed to help credit unions developinglong-term outreach programs in their respective communities. Aspart of the effort to serve the state's growing Latino populationthe league's Foundation will launch an Hispanic Task Forcecomprised to credit union representatives working on the Latinooutreach project.

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