CU Philosophy in Photographs
December 5, 2014 3:32 PM
First Capital FCU, York, Pa., sponsored Leg Up Farm's Fall Fest to benefit the non-profit therapy center in York County for children with disabilities and developmental delays.
Members of Alaska USA FCU, Anchorage, Alaska, contributed $66,200 to support community food banks during the annual Cash for Cans food drive, a 37% increase over the previous year.
Twenty-six teams featuring representatives from 19 CUs and seven affiliate organizations from Los Angeles and Orange counties participated in the annual CHOC Walk at the Park, raising more than $175,000 for Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC).
During its 2014 Change for Children's fundraiser, eCO CU employees, members and the Birmingham, Ala., community raised more than $32,000 for Children's of Alabama.
Taliah Bargas won $500 in Riverside, Calif.-based Altura CU's "Better Ways to Win" debit card promotion.
Oregon Community CU, Eugene, Ore., won a CUNA Operations, Sales and Service Council award for branch design.
Vantage CU, Bridgeton, Mo., presented Thomas Smith with a ceremonial check in the amount of $10,000 after he was chosen from nearly 6,800 qualifying entries in the CU's annual summer loan campaign.
Ent FCU was voted the "Best Bank/Credit Union" by the readers of The Colorado Springs Independent in the annual Best of Colorado Springs survey. Separately, the CU said 1st Choice Flooring was the grand prize winner of Ent's "Swipe Your Way to $25k" debit card promotion.
Cheyenne, Wyo.-based Meridian Trust FCU opened the first mobile banking branch in the state of Wyoming.
1st Advantage FCU, Newport News, Va., held its 7th Annual 1st A.I.D.E. Day, collecting 4,000 lbs. of food for The Foodbank of the Virginia Peninsula, made 230 Surgery Bears for Children's Hospital of the Kings Daughters, made 25 shoulder wraps for the Giving Heart, assembled 2,000 Promise Garden Flowers and 100 caregiver packets for the Alzheimer's Association, and, wrapped and sorted 2,000 children's gifts for Operation Homefront.
PCM CU, Green Bay, Wis., used its Annual Cook Out to kick off its 110% CD Special.
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 246 employees at Clearview FCU, Moon Township, Pa., each donated $5 to Lee National Denim Day and wore jeans to work.
Employees and members of NuVision FCU, Huntington Beach, Calif., have donated more than $75,000 since 2010 to support the Children';s Hospitals of Orange County and Los Angeles and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Genisys CU, Auburn Hills, Mich., sponsored and joined Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County for the Womens Build project.
Point Breeze CU, Hunt Valley, Md., was honored with an Excellence Award by the CUNA Operations, Sales & Service Council.
Northern Piedmont FCU, Warrenton, Va., attended the Annual Benefits Fair for the local government.
Leaders from the National Cooperative Federation of Nepal visited Albany to discuss cooperative principles and the credit union movement with leaders from the CU Association of New York.
More than 1,200 member-owners of Raleigh, N.C.-based State Employees' CU made the trek to Greensboro, N.C., for the cooperative's Annual Membership Meeting at the Koury Convention Center.
Four Connecticut residents received a newfound financial "education" and various levels of prizes for their participation in a financial challenge thanks to Connex CU, North Haven, Conn.
Employees of St. Anne's CU, Fall River, Mass., supported Breast Cancer Awareness month by donating $5 or more to the American Cancer Society for breast cancer research and wore pink ribbons and denim, raising nearly $800.
GE CU, Milford, Conn., teamed up with Milford Prevention Council and the Woodruff YMCA for the first annual Superhero 5K & Family Fun Day.
San Diego County CU was recognized by San Diego's advertising and marketing industry with its Brand of the Year award in the second annual Brand Diego awards.
Each October in Herndon, Va., Northwest FCU and Northwest FCU Foundation host "NWFCU Pink Day" to rally employees and members around Breast Cancer Awareness. This year the event included a mobile mammogram unit in the CU's parking lot.
Redwood CU, Santa Rosa, Calif., donated a projector and automatic screen to the Arbor Youth Resource Center in Ukiah to help with educational and recreational programs for transition-age youth.
In Chicago, the Alliant Credit Union Foundation donated more than $200,000 to charitable causes during the fiscal year.
US FCU, Burnsville, Minn., donated a large collection of previously-used community event photo backdrops to St. Joseph's School in Rosemount, Minn.
TruMark Financial CU, Trevose, Pa., held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its newest branch on the campus of Bucks County Community College.
Firefighters Community CU, Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio, celebrated "the magic of membership" on International CU Day, with magicians at each of its branches to interact with members and give away prizes.
Great Lakes CU, North Chicago, Ill., awarded AJ Katzenmaier Elementary School $1,000 for winning the "Flat Kirby" financial literacy contest, conducted via Facebook.
LAFCU, Lansing, Mich., broke ground on its new St. Johns branch office. The branch is expected to open during the first quarter of 2015.
