TAMPA, Fla.–GTE Financial Credit Union is fulfilling the holiday wish lists of eight member families through its Make Hope Real initiative for the ninth consecutive year.
According to the Credit Union, Make Hope Real is an internal philanthropic effort to help families in need during the holiday season. With eight local families selected and 38 recipients, GTE Financial said it “fulfills each chosen member's wish list to ensure each family has a special and memorable holiday season.”
Items on the wish lists included clothes, groceries, toys for their little ones, and more.
"It’s nothing short of a miracle that GTE could do this for our family at these times,” the credit union quoted Billy C., a recipient of Make Hope Real, as saying. “I want this holiday season to be different for my kids, and now I can't wait for them to wake up Christmas morning to everything they’ve ever wanted."
Employees Do the Gift-Wrapping
GTE Financial said the Make Hope Real initiative celebrates the credit union's mission of people helping people, and that its employees wrap each gift and deliver them in time for the holidays.
GTE members' families were selected by submitting their personal stories and Christmas lists on GTE’s website during the submission process.
“Make Hope Real is near and dear to all of us at the credit union. It is extremely rewarding to work with our member families during this time of year and now more than ever, they need us,” said Chief Marketing Officer Mandy Zurbrick.