Will Work for Food
January 25, 2015 11:00 PM
Suffolk FCU, Medford, N.Y., hosted its 6th annual food drive benefiting Long Island Cares.
MidSouth Community FCU, Macon, Ga., presented a donation to Café Central soup kitchen.
The Hanscom FCU Charitable Foundation, Hanscom AFB, Mass., sponsored the Mission Gratitude event hosted by the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program. Separately, the CU presented a $1,500 Board of Directors Memorial Award to the Natick Soldiers Systems Center Civilian Welfare Fund.
Service CU, Portsmouth, N.H., donated 50 food gift certificates for holiday turkeys and other food to the Salvation Army. Separately, hundreds gathered for the third annual Salute Our Soldiers Gala, sponsored by Service CU, to benefit Veterans Count.
Voyage FCU, Sioux Falls, S.D., donated $500 to the Avera McKennan Foundation for breast cancer research.
GTE Financial CU, Tampa, Fla., drew the "Pays for Your Pad for a Year" contest winners, as one employee and one member had their rent or mortgage paid for 12 months.
Merrimack Valley CU, Lawrence, Mass., presented Emmaus, Inc., in Haverhill with a $30,000 donation.
In Duluth, Ga., Georgia United CU member Dana Meadows (left) received $1,000 as the winner of the CU's Home Renovation Inspiration Facebook contest.
Alaska USA FCU, Anchorage, Alaska, opened its first branch in Mount Vernon, Wash., its 28th branch in Washington state. Separately, members raised $66,000 during the annual Cash for Cans food drive.
Webster First FCU, Worcester, Mass., hosted vice president Joe Biden at a rally at the Lynn YMCA.
R.I.A. FCU, Rock Island, Ill., held a Turkey Bowling contest at its Silvis Hy-Vee location. The winner, Jerry, received a $100 Hy-Vee gift card and all participants got to keep their turkeys.
Quincy CU, Quincy, Mass., raised $3,000 for breast cancer awareness and research.
Educational Systems FCU, Greenbelt, Md., wrapped up its "Tips & Tools for Back-to-School" sweepstakes as grand prize winner Dollye Simmons selected Perrywood Elementary School in Prince George's County to receive a $1,000 donation.
The Employee Community Outreach Committee of RTN FCU, Waltham, Mass., collected hundreds of Thanksgiving food items to benefit those in need.
Mid-Atlantic Corporate's family of companies and CU from central Pennsylvania supported 2014 Pay 4 Play, an annual fundraising event to benefit the Corporate's local CMN Hospital, Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital.
Ideal CU, Woodbury, Minn., collected 224 new or gently used coats, plus 123 winter accessories, for children in the Twin Cities area. In addition, the Ideal Community Foundation donated $2,500, which the Salvation Army will use to make 156 more coats for needy children.
Peach State FCU, Decatur, Ga., donated food to the Decatur-Area Emergency Assistance Ministry.
Members and employees of American Heritage FCU, Philadelphia, donated 4,375 new books to local hospitals, community centers and special care facilities. In addition, staffers assembled and decorated instruments for music therapy at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
In Valdosta, Ga., Southeastern FCU's 5th Annual Thanksgiving Meal Drive donated full Thanksgiving meals to 10 families in need identified by local schools.
Veridian CU, Waterloo, Iowa, joined United Auto Workers Local 838 in serving 900 people at the Annual Mike and Leona Adams Thanksgiving Dinner.
Altura CU participated in the 11th annual Day of the Dead Festival in downtown Riverside, Calif., sponsoring an altar where Altura employees and members honored deceased loved ones. Separately, Sayori Baldwin won $500 as part of its "Better Ways to Win" debit card promo.
Pen Air FCU, Pensacola, Fla., donated 200 turkeys to Naval Air Station Pensacola to feed 1,500 troops unable to make it home for Thanksgiving.
The Houston Chapter of CUs held its annual cake auction to benefit TCCUL PAC, raising $10,000.
Dover FCU, Dover, Del., contributed $3,000 to the First Sergeants' Councils Good Shepherd Fund at Dover Air Force Base to supply Airmen and their families with Thanksgiving baskets.
WEOKIE, Oklahoma City, celebrated the official Grand Opening of its new northwest location.
US FCU, Burnsville, Minn., celebrated youth financial literacy by offering youth account opening bonuses, prize drawings, a movie trivia contest and movie displays in participating branch locations.
Approximately 100 members of the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Illinois Air National Guard, attended the Military Appreciation St. Louis Blues hockey game for free, thanks to a $2,500 donation from Scott CU, Edwardsville, Ill.
After 3,000 coloring sheets were distributed to local schools, the winners of the Weirton-Wellsburg Chapter Coloring Contest have been chosen.
State Employees' CU and the SECU Foundation celebrated the opening of SECU Family House at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
