March 5th, 20201116Georgia United is inviting the local community to its 2020 Shred Day events held at select locations starting in March and lasting until May.
Community participants are encouraged to bring up to three boxes of personal documents -- such as old checks, statements and meidcal information -- and Iron Mountain will shred and recycle the documents on site from their mobile destruction truck.
"Georgia United Credit Union is committed to helping members safeguard their personal identity," said Kim Wall, director of business and community development at Georgia United. "Our shred days offer a safe place to securely destroy personal documents...
March 3rd, 2020085Three metro-Atlanta-based credit unions were recently granted 2020 Top Workplace awards from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
LGE Community Credit Union placed 32nd on a list of top mid-sized employers in the area. Georgia United Credit Union ranked 50th and Associated Credit Union ranked 51st on that same list, which included 63 top-ranked companies.
The AJC's Top Workplace awards are granted solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage, LLC. The anonymous survey uniquely measures 15 drivers of engaged cultures that are critical to the success of any...
March 3rd, 20201170Robins Financial Credit Union recently sponsored the Macon Volunteer Clinic by contributing to the Third Annual Sporting Clay Fun Shoot.
Macon Volunteer Clinic provides free primary medical and dental care, as well as medication assistance, to uninsured working adult residents of Bibb County. The Annual Sporting Clay Fun Shoot benefits the Macon Volunteer Clinic Annual Campaign, which helps fund the clinic's work.
To learn more about the Macon Volunteer Clinic, visit their website at http://maconvolunteerclinic.org....
March 2nd, 2020079Georgia United Foundation is inviting the local community to help make a difference in the lives of children by nominating a deserving school for a facility makeover as part of the Foundation's seventh annual School Crashers program.
From March 2 through March 31, community residents, educators, students and businesses are encouraged to nominate an accredited K-12 school in Georgia that would benefit from a facility improvement project by sharing a compelling story with supporting photo at gucufoundation.org/schoolcrashers. All nominations will be taken into consideration and the top School Crashers recipient will be announced in...
March 2nd, 2020154For the eighth consecutive year, LGE Community Credit Union has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2020 honor by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
This list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage, LLC. The anonymous survey uniquely measures 15 drivers of engaged cultures that are critical that are critical to the success of any organization: including alignment, execution and connection.
"For more than a decade, the Top Workplaces award has helped organizations stand out among their competitors to attract talent," said Eric Rubino, CEO of...
February 27th, 2020167During its recent annual training day, MidSouth Community Federal Credit Union employees made a donation to help local homeless men and women.
The employees donated items to the Daybreak Day Resource Center, a division of DePaul USA, which is a national nonprofit organziation providing services to homeless men and women across the nation. Every weekday in Macon, an average of 100 homeless mena nd women visit Daybreak to receive services that can help them overcome the immediate crisis of homelessness. Those services include: housing placement, case management, breakfast and snacks, laundry facilities, showers, a free health clinic,...
February 24th, 20201185Kinetic Credit Union recently awarded its Golden Apple award to a deserving third-grade teacher at Blanchard Elementary School in Columbus.
Kinetic awards this honor to local teachers in conjunction with WRBL, a local TV station.
According to a WRBL article, this most recent Golden Apple went to third-grade teacher Janet Malcomb, who was nominated by Africa Lattimore, the mother of one of her students.
Lattimore told WRBL that "Ms. Malcomb applies great effort into ensuring all of her students are successful."
For more information, read the full WRBL article here.
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February 20th, 2020068Delta Community Credit Union recently donated a total of $20,000 to two deserving local charities, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article.
The credit union donated $10,000 each to MUST Ministries and the Tommy Nobis Center.
The money going toward MUST will support the charity's Neighborhood Pantry Program, which work out of Cobb and Cherokee county school to support families in those areas. The donation to Tommy Nobis will go toward its Early Youth Employment Services program, which offers job training, education and other skills for high school students with disabilities.
For more information, read the full AJC...
February 18th, 20203129Coosa Valley Credit Union runs a regular feature called "Savings Corner" in local publication CoosaValleyNews.com. The credit union's latest column deals with refinancing auto loans. Below is an excerpt from that feature:
Most of us have heard of mortgage refinancing, but oftentimes, I come across people who don't realize that they can refinance their auto loans as well. Refinancing your auto loan could get you a lower interest rate or allow you to remove a cosigner from your loan, especially if your credit score has recently improved. The good news is, this process is usually much simpler than refinancing a home loan. It's simple and...
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