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Credit Union Times provides the following archive of our On the Credit Union Scene section for readers to catch up on any they may have missed. We encourage you to submit photos for On the Credit Union Scene. Not sure if your photo fits? Send it anyway. We cover the gamut, ranging from donations and branch openings to legislative testimony and conference coverage.
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August 18, 2008
United Educational CU Supports Book Bus
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — United Educational Credit Union named Pennfield Schools the recipient of its Bright Ideas Partnership Program grant in support of their summer Book Bus.
The grant for $500 was used to fund the purchase of board games for the Book Bus. The bus travels the Pennfield community two days per week during the summer and provides area children an opportunity to check out books and now board games.
Pictured here, neighborhood kids display the board games that were purchased with the grant.
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August 14, 2008
Mountain America Awards Football Fans Memorabilia
SALT LAKE CITY — Mountain America Credit Union awarded two Utah Blaze Football fans autographed memorabilia.
Sidney Reeves of Ogden won an autographed Utah Blaze jersey and Justin Calder from Kearns won an autographed Utah Blaze football.
Mountain America held a football toss at its booth each home game and offered a chance to win the memorabilia at the end of the season.
Pictured here, Calder with his memorabilia.
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August 11, 2008
Credit Union Youth Come Together
DALLAS — Young people representing six of the nation’s leading CDCU Youth Credit Union Programs gathered together in Dallas for their own conference.
Twenty-four middle school and high school students came together and spent a full day at the Jubilee Center, which is a comprehensive revitalization project in Dallas.
Pictured here, are the CDCU Youth representatives that volunteered at the Jubilee Center.
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August 05, 2008
Teachers FCU Employees Lend a Helping Hand
FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. — Teachers Federal Credit Union sponsored a habitat build to support one of Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk’s projects.
Teachers’ branches across Suffolk County raised funds to help build the house for a family in East Patchogue. Twenty volunteers from five Teachers’ branches volunteered their time to help build the home. The home will be completed later this year and will go to Denise Nicotri a single mother with two sets of twins.
Pictured here, the volunteers outside the home.
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August 04, 2008
Digital Federal Credit Union Gives Away $100,000
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — Digital Federal Credit Union recently gave away $100,000 to a member in a recent promotion.
Digital ran the promotion along with Digital Insight, the credit unions Internet banking vendor. The winner of the promotion was David Harris who has been a member of Digital since 1986. Harris was entered in the sweepstakes after making one of his monthly bill payments using Digital’s Bill Payer.
Pictured here, Harris deposits his $100,000 that he won in the credit union sweepstakes.
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August 01, 2008
CO-OP Financial Services Reaches $1 Million Goal
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — CO-OP Financial Services has reached their annual $1 million goal of donations to Children’s Miracle Network six months ahead of schedule.
The proceeds came from the fundraising program Miracle Match. The program was a community-focused program with events ranging from balloon sales to golf tournaments. The program sought to match credit contributions at the local level and raised a matched total of $500,000.
Pictured here, Ashton Holtzinger of Bay Federal Credit Union in northern California gets his head shaved to benefit their Children’s Miracle Network “Month of May” campaign, which raised over $25,000 for the children’s charity and was part of the Miracle Match program.
