Soaring Into Savings in the Community
Published June 29, 2015 11:00 AM
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Updated June 1, 2021 1:21 PM
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In Raleigh, N.C., SECU's Youth Saving Challenge contest, "Dinosoar into Savings," saw 600 new youth accounts opened and attracted a total of $3.2 million. Separately, the SECU Foundation helped address the issue of homelessness in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The San Jacinto Education Foundation named Altura CU, Riverside, Calif., as the 2015 Business of the Year in recognition of its creation and sponsorship of the local Student of the Month program.
OnPoint Community CU, Portland, Ore., announced the winners of its Educator of the Year awards, one for K8 while two job-sharers won for 912. Each teacher gets his or her mortgage paid for a portion of the school year plus $1,000 for each school for resources and supplies.
Michigan First CU, Lathrup Village, Mich., opened its first Kroger in-store branch, with four additional locations coming this year.
Finger Lakes FCU, Geneva, N.Y., awarded $2,000 in scholarships to three high school seniors.
Sikorsky CU, Stratford, Conn., hosted its 6th and final Financial Reality Fair of the season at Ansonia High School.
Securityplus FCU, Baltimore, selected Christine Machovec as the winner of a $1,000 scholarship from among 400 entries in an essay contest on the topic, "Imagine you are talking with a friend. Explain to them the value of credit union membership."
Hope CU, Jackson, Miss., held the grand opening of its branch on in Greenville, Miss.
Jeanne D'Arc CU, Lowell, Mass., announced a pair of sponsorships: the "Football for You" non-contact football clinic, and the second stop of Phroogal's "Road to Financial Wellness," a 10,000-mile, cross-country road trip designed to start an in-depth conversation about money.
A group of employees and family members from SPIRE CU, Falcon Heights, Minn., gathered to pick up litter alongside a two-mile stretch of Highway 23 just west of SPIRE's Ogilvie branch.
