February 5th, 2020178
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, 2020171New 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, 2020091All 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...
January 30th, 20202868All In Credit Union employees and family members volunteered more than 2,260 hours in their communities during 2019 -- an increase of 60% from 2018.
"As community leaders, donating our time to worthy causes is an important part of who we are," said Bobby Michael, president and CEO of All In. "We are grateful to all of our employees who are willing to donate their time to make a difference in their communities."
As part of the organization's #WeGiveBack efforts, Credit Union employees volunteered with 60 organizations during 2019. Volunteer activities included feeding the homeless, educating students, cleaning up communities and raising...
January 29th, 202030109A deserving science teacher at Monrovia Middle School in Madison County, Ala., recently won $319 to use in his classroom, thanks to a partnership between North Alabama Educators Credit Union and Yellowhammer Roofing.
Michael Massey won the money for his classroom after he was nominated by a student named Addison, according to a WHNT News 19 article.
"Mr. Massey is a great teacher," Addison told the news station. "He is one one of the best I have ever had in science."
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...
January 29th, 20202874Recently, 400 students in need gathered at Leighton Elementary School in Leighton, Ala., to open boxes of new athletic shoes provided through a partnership with Listerhill Credit Union and the non profit Shoes That Fit.
“We are thrilled to continue our partnership (with) Listerhill Credit Union," Amy Fass, executive director of Shoes That Fit, told the Times Daily. “Tragically, one child out of every five lives in poverty in the U.S. Far too many families have to make a choice between food and other basic necessities for their children, and shoes are one of the most expensive items for families to purchase."
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January 28th, 202030118Listerhill Credit Union will act as one of three community sponsors for Shoals Spark, an upcoming idea competition for students.
Elementary, middle and high school students living in the Shoals can now submit applications to participate in the competition, according to a Courier Journal article. Video applications are due by Feb. 19.
Shoals Spark will allow the community's young minds to generate unique ideas that could benefit how the Shoals lives and works. There are no limits on the type of ideas students can present -- they can be related to business, technology, education, the arts, social services, the environment and...
January 22nd, 2020179A local fourth-grade teacher recently received $319 for her classroom, thanks to a partnership between WHNT News 19, Yellowhammer Roofing and North Alabama Educators Credit Union.
Haley Roberts, a 4th-grade teacher at Bridgeport Elementary in Jackson County, was excited to win the money for her classroom, according to a WHNT News 19 article. Principal Emily Waldrop told the station that Roberts often spends her own money on the students.
"If you ask anyone in this school about Ms. Roberts, she is just the all-around best teacher," Waldrop said. "She's wonderful. She's caring. She cares about her students and her parents."
Roberts,...
January 17th, 20202878The Shelby County Schools system recently held a dinner to publicly recognize a group of educators as Teachers of the Year, thanks to a sponsorship from eCO Credit Union.
Each of the 32 schools in the school system selected one teacher as its Teacher of the Year, according to a Shelby County Reporter article. That teacher, in turn, was entered as a nominee for a district-wide Teacher of the Year award in one of three categories.
"Teachers are so special and we're honored to be able to recognize them," Shelby County School Education Foundation director Kendall Williams told the Shelby County Reporter.
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