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VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. — The Foundation of VCCU, Ventura County Credit Union’s (VCCU) philanthropic nonprofit organization, has awarded $75,000 in grants to 17 nonprofits. 

CINCINNATI—Member Student Lending, a network of credit unions offering private student loan and student loan refinance solutions, and LendKey, a provider of network digital lending, announced the list of winners for their $20,000 in college scholarships. 

HARRISBURG, Penn–PSECU has made a $25,000 donation to the Central Pennsylvania Region of the American Red Cross.

LYNN, Mass.–Thanks to a recently formed “give-back” program designed to produce a new source of revenue for charitable giving by credit unions, the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless and its “A Bed for Every Child” initiative was the recipient recently of a check topping $5,000 from LTI Business Solutions (LTI) presented on behalf of Workers Credit Union.

BANNOCKBURN, Ill.–Great Lakes Credit Union said its community-wide school supply drive gathered more than 7,500 individual items from collections at its branches. 

OAK RIDGE, Tenn.–To celebrate its 75th anniversary, ORNL FCU recently offered its members the opportunity to nominate worthy non-profit organizations to receive a grant up to $75,000. 

TAMPA, Fla.–GTE Financial Credit Union has won in the financial literacy and education category for its GTE Level Up program at the Gramercy Institute’s 2023 Financial Content Marketing Awards.

CAPITOLA, Calif.– Bay Federal Credit Union employees raised $16,420.15 during its annual Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals fundraiser.