February 26th, 2020043All In Credit Union recently worked with WTVY Channel 4 to award February's "Teacher of the Month" to local middle school teacher Brendan Dow.
According to a WTVY Channel 4 article, Dow teaches history and coaches football at Dauphin Jr. High School in Enterprise, Ala. He was nominated by one of his students, Jessica Scott, who credits Dow with helping her bring her grade up to an "A."
"I just like to give back," Dow told WTVY Channel 4. "I am a product of Enterprise City Schools. I went k-12 here and I attended Dauphin, too. This is a very special place for me. Enterprise City Schools has always been the heartbeat of this town, so I...
February 21st, 2020250During its annual Employee Forum training day, Five Star Credit Union employees donated cleaning supplies to the Wiregrass Humane Society and Dothan Animal Shelter.
The staff collected 7,550 Clorox wipe, 1,279 quarts of cleaning liquids, including bleach and 182 rolls of paper towels. These were all cleaning supplies that the shelter identified as major needs. The director said the donation arrived at the right time as their cleaning supplies are getting low.
Each year, Five Star staff partners with a local homeless shelter, drop-in center, or women in crisis shelter to gather donations for everyday use by the shelter. This is the...
February 17th, 2020399Five Star Credit Union recently sponsored a fundraiser for Wiregrass Area Food Bank.
The fundraiser, called Empty Bowls Dothan 2020, produced enough funds to provide almost 3,400 meals, according to a Dothan Eagle article.
For more information, read the full article here.
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February 10th, 20200103Naheola Credit Union and the Southeastern Credit Union Foundation will partner with three Demopolis High School teachers to host a Reality Fair at the school on Feb. 14.
This is the second year Demopolis students will be able to take part in a Reality Fair, according to an article in the West Alabama Watchman. The Reality Fair is an interactive financial literacy tool for high school students in which they experience some of the financial challenges they may face when they start their adult lives. For example, the students are given a career profession and starting salaries. They then complete a budget spread sheet requiring them to live...
February 7th, 2020098Some Federal Employees Credit Union members found themselves with a little extra money in their accounts, thanks to the credit union’s recent unprecedented loan interest rebate.
Federal Employees CU refunded members 10% of interest they paid on loans from January, 2019 until September, 2019, placing the money into their share accounts. In total, the credit union rebated about $45,000.
Federal Employees Credit Union CEO and Manager Greg Keller said the refund wasn’t something for which leadership had originally planned or budgeted. It just felt like the right thing to do.
“It was a conscious decision made among management,”...
February 5th, 2020267Local publication the Montgomery Advertiser recently ran a feature on ASE Credit Union after naming it "best credit union" in the area.
"If you join ASE...it's going to be a different experience for you. Local decision making, right here in this building, in this community," ASE Credit Union CEO Mike Hart told the Montgomery Advertiser. "If you have a financial goal, a financial aspiration or a financial difficulty, you can walk into one of our branches and get in front of someone that will help you get a favorable outcome."
For more information, read the full Montgomery Advertiser here.
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February 5th, 2020165
A deserving math teacher at Arab Junior High School in Marshall County, Ala., recently won $319 to use in his classroom, thanks to a partnership between North Alabama Educators Credit Union and Yellowhammer Roofing.
Tiffany Brooks won the money for her classroom after she was nominated by a star student named Layla, according to a WHNT News 19 article.
Anybody in the community can nominate teachers through WHNT News 19 to receive $319 from North Alabama Educators Credit Union and Yellowhammer Roofing. For more information, read the full WHNT News 19 article here.
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February 5th, 2020151New Horizons Credit Union will spread a message of savings and urge its members and community to take a personal pledge to make savings a habit during National America Saves Week from Feb. 24 through Feb. 29.
To help further the saving movement, New Horizons Credit Union partners with GreenPath Financial Wellness, which offers members free budgeting resources, webinars and debt management tools designed to help develop savings goals and build credit. These resources are available at NewHCU.org. Plus, New Horizons Credit Union offers the Americasaves.org link on its site at NewHCU.org for anyone wishing to learn more and make a pledge to...
February 3rd, 2020078All In Credit Union recently partnered with the Wiregrass Boys and Girls Club in Dothan, Ala. to educate students about business principles that provide the foundation for running a business through its award-winning Bee the Boss program.
The program is designed to teach elementary and middle school students about being entrepreneurs and how they can become their own bosses, according to a CUSocialGood article. At the beginning of the program, students are given a "loan" from the credit union to purchase a Boys and Girls Club logo item that they can sell to make money. Students not only learn the basics of the loan process, but also how...
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