SUWANEE, Georgia – The Peach State FCU C.A.R.E.S. Foundation has announced a $60,000 pledge to the Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) Foundation and a new scholarship honoring former GCPS Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks’ late wife, Celeste Wilbanks.
The credit union, founded by Gwinnett County educators 60 years ago, has pledged $60,000 over the next 5 years to the GCPS Foundation. The pledge was made in honor of Peach State’s foundation in education and aligns with the credit union’s decades of support for teachers and students. The pledge will support academic initiatives that benefit students in need in addition to supporting the GCPS Foundation’s college scholarship fund.
“At our core, we are an education-based credit union,” said Peach State President/CEO Marshall Boutwell. “We were formed in October 1961 by Gwinnett educators and this pledge is just one way we show our commitment to education and educators within our communities.”
The pledge is just one part of the organization’s celebration of their 60th anniversary, with $60,000 pledges going to educational, charitable, and artistic initiatives throughout their service area, which covers northwest Georgia to southwestern South Carolina.
The credit union launched the Peach State FCU C.A.R.E.S. Foundation earlier this year, putting the credit union’s longstanding history of giving on a sustainable path for the future.