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DEARBORN, Mich.–Four Detroit-area credit unions and a forward thinking business instructor recently shared the months of planning and collaboration it took to produce a Financial Reality Fair in mid-March for nearly 100 high school students from Dearborn Public Schools at the Michael Berry Career Center in Dearborn Heights.

ANSCOM AFB, Mass. – Hanscom Federal Credit Union participated in a “Build a Bed” event supported by Cooperative Credit Union Association (CCUA) member credit unions.

WILLISTON, Vt.–Bill Smith, chief retail officer of New England Federal Credit Union (NEFCU), presented a check for $29,439, collected during the annual Big Change Roundup, to Vermont Children's Hospital.

FORT WASHINGTON, Penn.–More than 325 juniors at Wissahickon High School tested their budgeting skills at a Financial Reality Fair sponsored by TruMark Financial Credit Union in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Credit Union Foundation. 

MADISON, Wis.--MEMBERS Development Company (MDC), a research and development CUSO, has elected two new board members and new board leadership. The new board members are James Nastars, President and CEO of Meritrust Credit Union in Kansas, and Kyle Markland, COO of Bethpage FCU in New York.

RALEIGH, N.C.–The SECU Foundation has announced a $500,000 grant in support of Lead for North Carolina, a new pilot developed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government.