May 1st, 20200124To thank teachers for their dedication, Addition Financial has donated gift baskets to four local school districts for Teacher Appreciation Week.
Founded by Orange County teachers in 1937, Addition Financial has a longstanding tradition of supporting education in Central Florida. As schools have transitioned to distance learning, the credit union wanted to recognize teachers and thank them for their work both in the classroom and virtually. To do so, Addition Financial donated care baskets with gift cards to the school districts in Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Lake counties.
Teacher Appreciation Week runs from May 4 to May 8. Each...
April 13th, 2020062Local economies across Alabama, Florida and Georgia are about to receive an injection of support, thanks to local credit unions in partnership with the Southeastern Credit union Foundation (SECUF).
Considering the COVID-19 pandemic’s detrimental effect on local businesses, the SECUF has invited League of Southeastern Credit Unions (LSCU) credit unions in its three-state footprint to join the #CreditUnionsCareChallenge. By doing so, credit unions commit at least $25 per employee; which the employee will use to carry out a good deed in their community while supporting a local business of their choice. Employees are encouraged to follow...
April 8th, 20202685McCoy Federal Credit Union and partners of 27 Community Connection sponsored Walk For Wishes in Orlando, FL, a nationwide Make-A-Wish fundraiser celebrating over 315,000 wishes granted to critically ill children since the foundation’s inception in 1980. Each year, 15,800 life-changing wishes are endowed to children nationwide to give them, their families and care givers renewed energy, strength, excitement, and optimism.
Walk For Wishes in Orlando, FL surpassed their fundraising goal, raising over $400,307 to bestow children’s wishes ranging from a day at Disney to meeting their heroes.
McCoy Federal Credit Union embodies the...
March 25th, 202033125America’s credit unions have been working diligently to meet the financial needs of the states’ families and businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
The League of Southeastern Credit Unions (LSCU) is the regional trade association representing credit unions in the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. On behalf of our member credit unions, we want to share the following important information with you. The Georgia Credit Union Association – a subsidiary of LSCU representing Georgia credit unions – recently partnered with the state’s banking trade associations to spread similar information.
Here are some key...
March 17th, 202031113A former VyStar Credit Union board member is running for an open city council position in Surprise, Ariz., according to an AZCentral article.
Wendell Fountain served on the board of VyStar Credit Union in Jacksonville, Fla., for 25 years before moving to Arizona. As a candidate for city council, he wants to ensure the city experiences controlled growth, pays attention to its water supply and brings in new business, according to the article.
"I want to do everything I can to make this place a better place than how I found it," Fountain told AZCentral.
For more information, rad the full article here.
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Small businesses fuel the economic engine of the United States. In 2019 alone, they added 1.8 million net new jobs and employed 47.3% of the private workforce. Small-business owners, however, face myriad challenges when it comes to transitioning their work from a scrappy startup to an established enterprise.
Five years ago,...
March 16th, 2020071First Florida Credit Union is constructing a new branch, according to an article in The Coastal.
The credit union recently received a permit for the construction of a 2,960-foot branch located on Tamaya Boulevard in Jacksonville, Fla. First Florida Credit Union currently has 14 branches throughout Florida. Approximately six of those branches serve Jacksonville.
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March 13th, 2020196The president of the Punta Gorda Rotary Club recently wrote a letter to the Sun Port Charlotte thanking all those in the area who helped host Taste of Punta Gorda and Beyond, including Suncoast Credit Union.
The president, James Williams, explained in his letter than all funds from the event went toward local charitable organizations, local emergency relief funds and international charitable projects. The credit union acted as a major sponsor of the event, along with Publix Super Markets, Ingman Marine, McCrory Law Firm and Sysco West Coast Florida.
"Our community would be much poorer without your generous contributions," Williams...
March 12th, 20203180A recent SRQ article featured in Achieva Credit Union, its origin story and the way in which it carries out the credit union difference.
SRQ is a magazine local to the Golf Coast of Florida which strives to engage "an eclectic group of readers from many walks of life, seeking to influence their community with the information that surrounds them," according to the magazine's website. The article about Achieva -- titled "Who says you need a bank to bank?" -- begins by telling the story of the seven Pinellas County teachers who began their own small financial institution after they were denied a loan from a bank in 1937. It also highlights...
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