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, 2020083Georgia 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, 2020155For 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, 2020169During 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, 20201190Kinetic 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, 2020070Delta 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, 20203134Coosa 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...
February 17th, 20200117Outset, a personal finance blog powered by Medium.com, recently featured Georgia's Own Credit Union Principle Experience Officer Adam Marlowe as one of several experts in an article posing the question: "How many credit cards should I have?"
Marlowe was quoted along with Crediful CEO Chane Steiner as well as Former Financial Advisor and author Krista Goodrich. Below is how Marlowe answered the personal finance question:
A good rule of thumb is to open up to 3, even if you don't plan on using them. Having open lines for long periods of time looks good for potential lenders. Just make certain to conduct one transaction annually on each...
February 17th, 20200107Each year, Robins Financial Credit Union selects an Employee of the Year, a Manager of the Year and a Branch of the Year.
The Manager of the Year and the Employee of the Year are selected by management based on their outstanding work performance and written recommendations from their peers. They represent the best of the best among employees at Robins Financial.
In addition, Robins Financial management selects a branch of the year based on performance and the contribution the branch makes to the community and to the credit union over all.
The winners chosen for 2019 were as follows:
Barbara Mead, the manager of the Houston Lake...
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