Employees from the $1.8 billion Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union in Brooklyn, N.Y., present a $450,000 check to PSFCU Scholarship Program recipients. The scholarships went to 388 students in seven states. As it has done for the past 18 years, the credit union reaches deep into the community to hand out annual scholarships to credit union members and their families to help them continue their higher education. To date, the financial institution has awarded nearly $4.5 million to approximately 4,000 students from its membership ranks since it first debuted its scholarship program in 2001. This year, Polish & Slavic identified 388 high-achieving students from New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Michigan and Florida to receive checks to help offset the cost of their college education.

Oregon Community CU

New employees Nick Hiatt (left) and Justin Stafford (right) from the $1.7 billion Oregon Community Credit Union in Eugene, Ore., work to disassemble personal computers as part of a new employee volunteer day at nonprofit NextStep Recycling. It is an important way for new employees to begin to understand and embrace Oregon Community's brand pillar of community involvement. Recently, nine new employees spent an afternoon at NextStep, an organization that recycles electronics to keep them out of the community waste stream. NextStep offers free recycling for area residents on all electronic items, from computers and phones to holiday lights and microwaves. Items that can be refurbished are readied and sold in NextStep's onsite retail store, and those that can't be refurbished are torn apart and recycled. NextStep offers training programs to help individuals develop job skills in recycling, computer building and retail. It also has a program to provide refurbished computers to low-income families.

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