FIFE LAKE/TRAVERSE CITY/LUDINGTON, Mich.–Taking part in an International Credit Union Day Pay It Forward initiative sponsored by the Paul Bunyan Chapter of the Michigan Credit Union League, leaders of area credit unions worked with the Habitat for Humanity nonprofit organization in Ludington, Mich. to clean out a home to be used by the organization to meet the housing needs of an area family.
Participants from 4 Front Credit Union, Forest Area Federal Credit Union, NW Consumers Credit Union and Safe Harbor Credit Union worked together to move furniture, appliances, unwanted items and trash out of the home to prepare it for renovations needed to make it a nice home for a local family.
"This is a great opportunity for us to give back to the community and to a nonprofit organization with some volunteering hours. As credit union leaders it is up to us demonstrate and promote the people helping people philosophy that credit unions are known for. It is through the support and patronage of our communities that we continue to be able to provide the services that we do. It is only right that we give back to them every opportunity that we can,” said Robert Raden, CEO of Forest Area Federal Credit Union.