TALLAHASSEE, Fla.–To mark its 70th anniversary, Envision Credit Union is staging a new initiative, called "70 Cruises for 70 Teachers” in which it plans to hand out free tickets for the Royal Caribbean cruise line to educators.
Out of the 70 teachers selected, five of the winners will be surprised in their classrooms with the announcement.
The $867-million credit union began its life in 1954 as Leon County Teachers CU and operated out of Leon High School.
Envision CU has already awarded its first trip to Allison Agbasoga, an English teacher at Leon High, who has been teaching for eight years, and at Leon for one.
"It's pretty nostalgic to see that one of the most loved teachers in the Leon County area is at Leon High," Kelli Walter, vice president of community development with Envision said in a statement, according to the Tallahassee Democrat. "It is super cool that it happens to be a teacher at Leon, in the very same halls where our credit union was started by 10 teachers that taught here 70 years ago.
"She had such an incredible outpouring of nominations from students, past students, parents, her colleagues and family members, she received up to 119 nominations, it was incredible,” Walter added.
Teacher is Surprised
Leon High students, faculty, and Leon County School District personnel filled her classroom wearing floral leis and prepared themselves to record the teacher's surprise before she entered the room, according to the report.
"I feel like every single day is a day to really influence the next and upcoming generation and I feel like if we're able to push them through the next day and to be better in life, that's just the biggest thing," Agbasoga told the Tallahassee Democrat. "It makes me want to cry, and I don't mean to get emotional, but they are really incredible kids."
Walter said the purpose of having the initiative be nomination based was to allow the community to be involved.
What’s Included
Envision CU said the cruise package covers two tickets, port fees and food. Agbasoga plans to take her fiancé́ along with her. She graduates from Florida State University with her master's degree in educational leadership in August and said she may take the cruise then to celebrate, the Tallahassee Democrat reported.
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