From left to right, President/CEO Joe Anderson and Vice President of Marketing and Member Relations Tabitha Baszynski, both of PSE Credit Union, present Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital Development Specialist Samantha Davison with a $10,000 check during the Rainbow Radio-thon event in December 2020. As part of its HUGE-A-Thon Auto Loan promotion, the $180 million, Parma, Ohio-based PSE donated $25 to the Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland for every auto loan booked. Half of the $10,000 donation was collected during the auto promotion, and the other half stemmed from fundraising events held by the credit union throughout the year, including a community shred-it day, holiday basket raffles, staff jeans days and candy sales.

Hanscom FCU

Member Services Representative Judy Houle (left) and Member Services Liaison Sheila Mavropoulos, both with the $1.6 billion, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.-based Hanscom Federal Credit Union, stand with several raffle prizes up for grabs. The Hanscom FCU Charitable Foundation hosted its annual Holiday Raffle, which raised a grand total of $15,400 benefitting A Bed for Every Child, an initiative of the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless. Contributions from Hanscom FCU employees totaled $7,700, which was matched by a $7,700 donation from the credit union. The funds raised from the raffle and various other fundraising campaigns throughout the year, combined with an additional $2,500 contribution from the credit union, resulted in total donation of $38,106 for the Coalition in 2020. The Coalition launched A Bed for Every Child after learning that many children struggle in school because they do not get a good night's sleep, often because they do not have their own bed to sleep in. The $38,106 donation will provide over 150 beds for children in the Commonwealth.

Marine at LAFCU

U.S. Marine Corps representative, First Sergeant Mike Gonzalez, discusses the benefits of the Toys for Tots program to a socially-distanced Los Angeles Federal Credit Union staff prior to the kickoff of the credit union's fundraising campaign in November 2020. Due to the pandemic, toys were not collected as they were in the past – instead, funds were raised through online contributions, in-person branch donations and an employee raffle, and totaled $10,000. With every dollar raised, the $1.16 billion, Glendale, Calif.-based LAFCU also matched up to $5,000 through its charity, the Los Angeles Charitable Association, bringing the total to $15,000. All proceeds were used to buy toys that were distributed to less fortunate kids in the Greater Los Angeles area during the holidays. Since 1947, the U.S. Marine Corps Foundation has distributed 584 million toys to 265 million children.

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