Visions FCU
The $5.16 billion, Endwell, N.Y.-based Visions Federal Credit Union recently donated $6,000 to Café Esperanza, a "pay-what-you-can" café run by Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church in Reading, Pa. The credit union made the donation to help fund the Grow Hope Initiative launched by the café, which provides a space for art, music, education and job training for people in the community. Pictured from left to right are Milagros (Millie) Lockhart of Visions, and Pastor Mary Wolfe and David Nazario of Cafe Esperanza.
Canvas CU The $3.7 billion, Lone Tree, Colo.-based Canvas Credit Union has partnered with local chef Alex Seidel to provide outdoor heaters for his three restaurants to allow more patrons to visit them safely and comfortably. Local restaurants have been struggling to stay afloat amid the pandemic, and with outdoor heaters currently in high demand, their cost has increased and created an extra burden and expense for many businesses. Canvas provided a total of 15 heaters to Seidel's eateries:
- Six at Mercantile, located in Downtown Denver's Union Station (pictured)
- Four at Chook, located in Aurora, Colo., at Stanley Marketplace
- Three at Chook, located in Denver at 8th Avenue and Birch Street
- Two at Fruition, located in Denver at East Sixth Avenue and North Marion Street
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Natasha Chilingerian
Natasha Chilingerian has been immersed in the credit union industry for over a decade. She first joined CU Times in 2011 as a freelance writer, and following a two-year hiatus from 2013-2015, during which time she served as a communications specialist for Xceed Financial Credit Union (now Kinecta Federal Credit Union), she re-joined the CU Times team full-time as managing editor. She was promoted to executive editor in 2019. In the earlier days of her career, Chilingerian focused on news and lifestyle journalism, serving as a writer and editor for numerous regional publications in Oregon, Louisiana, South Carolina and the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, she holds experience in marketing copywriting for companies in the finance and technology space. At CU Times, she covers People and Community news, cybersecurity, fintech partnerships, marketing, workplace culture, leadership, DEI, branch strategies, digital banking and more. She currently works remotely and splits her time between Southern California and Portland, Ore.
