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MONTICELLO, Fla.—Jefferson County Teachers CU has launched a savings promotion aimed at members 12 and under. In addition to free memberships, JCTCU is giving away colorful piggy banks that already have anywhere from $10 to $25 inside.

“We believe this is a great way to teach children to save money and feel strongly there is no better place to learn than your credit union,” JCTCU said in a statement.

LONG BEACH, Fla.– LBS Financial Credit Union partnered with three local school districts over the summer to collect school supplies for the 2014-2015 school year.  The program, promoted during summer months at all of LBSFCU’s six branch locations, via marketing materials, newspaper advertisement, Facebook page and on its website, raised more than $1,300, which the credit union then matched.

DOVER, N.H. – Holy Rosary Credit Union has opened the new HRCU Community Room within its branch here. The room is designed to provide conference and meeting space to local businesses and non-profit organizations free of charge, even outside of regular business hours. The meeting space officially opened with the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce hosting their New Member Welcome, an event that greets new members of the Chamber and briefs them on their member benefits and opportunities.

 

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Credit Union West was named to the 2014 CareerBuilder Top Companies to Work for in Arizona for a second year in a row. BestCompaniesAZ, in partnership with CareerBuilder and Republic Media, compiled the list of Top Companies using an employee questionnaire as well as employee engagement and satisfaction surveys.  “We have an employee engagement rate of over 90% (based on the AZ top companies survey).  You don’t find that often and it says a lot,” said Credit Union West EVP Karen Roch.  The credit union offers an array of employee benefits, including comprehensive medical and dental insurance, an employer-matched 401(k) plan, pension plan, tuition reimbursement and an employee bonus program. 

SAN RAFAEL, Calif.— Nearly 500 people attended Redwood Credit Union’s (RCU’s) free Financial Wellness event, “Making Money Make Sense,” featuring author, TV personality and Today Show personal finance expert Jean Chatzky. 

WOODBURY, Minn.—The Ideal CU Community Foundation raised a record $16,800 at its fifth annual golf tournament, which was $3,000 more than the previous year. The foundation will use the funds to aid local education, food shelf and community initiatives.

 

AURORA, Ill.—One-hundred seventy high school students from Metea Valley High School learned just how complicated it is to make household budgetary choices when they participated in the recent Mad City Money program facilitated by Great Lakes Credit Union. The program helps young adults learn what it is like to try to budget and manage a real life salary and real life situations. Students were given an occupation along with a salary, family, student loan debt, credit card debt, and cost of medical insurance to create a monthly budget as they visited various merchants and made decisions based on the management of their income.

 

PLYMOUTH, Minn. – TruStone Financial FCU has broken ground on a future branch in Golden Valley that will replace the current location at 6500 Olson Memorial Highway. Chief Executive Officer Tim Bosiacki and Chairman of the Board Tom Alagna turned the first shovel of earth as the board of directors, key credit union stakeholders, general

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.- Teachers Federal Credit Union donated school supplies and $500 to Family & Children’s Association, a not-for-profit agency helping to protect and strengthen vulnerable children, seniors, families and communities. The check was presented at TFCU headquarters. Separately, TFCU presented a $500 check to the Cleary School for the Deaf.

SONOMA, Calif.-Redwood Credit Union marked the grand opening of its new, expanded branch here with a special grand opening event at which approximately 250 people were in attendance, including local community leaders.