June 1st, 201826132Gwinnett County Public Schools recently announced its winners of the Georgia United credit Union Young Leaders Scholarship.
Each of the five winners won $2,000 toward their education.
Below are the winners:
Bailey Curtis from Mill Creek high School
Shannon Davis from Peachtree Ridge High School
Reina Mitchom from Archer High School
Hannah Roebuck from Parkview High School
Maggie Grace Yan Yan Simmons from Grayson High School
May 31st, 201822164When Andy Harris became president and CEO of Coosa Valley Credit Union (CVCU) three years ago, the organization had about $160 million in assets.
Today, that number is $345 million.
"If you want to go out and start growing, it costs money," Harris said at last week's Northwest Power Connectors luncheon at the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce. "So if your expenses are already elevated, it's going to be hard to grow, and be able to financially sound without having those expenses under control."
The road to CVCU more than doubling its assets, Harris said, began with the organization reducing its operational...
May 31st, 20182140Delta Community Credit Union recently awarded $100 savings accounts to 13 metro Atlanta-area students who submitted winning entries in the credit union's third annual Youth Month Essay Contest.
Delta Community hosts the essay contest each April during National Credit Union Youth Month. This year's contest urged students to write about how saving can help them "reach for the stars."
Winner Aaron Adams, a third-grader from Jackson Elementary School in Clayton County, wrote about how he saves his money to buy books, according to a Clayton News Daily article.
"I read lots of books so I can go to college," Adams said. "Reading helps me...
May 31st, 20181139Peach State Federal Credit Union has donated $5K to another Northeast Georgia library.
The Toccoa-Stephens County Library will receive $1,000 per year through 2022 from the credit union beginning this year.
The Toccoa-Stephens County Library is the central library for the Northeast Georgia Regional Library system, which has six affiliated libraries in Habersham, Rabun, Stephens and White counties.
"The library is an important resource to residents of Stephens County," said Library Manager Emily McConnell. "This donation will help us work to foster literacy and lifetime learning in our community by enabling us to purchase the tools...
May 30th, 20180122Robins Financial Credit Union recently awarded $2,000 each in scholarships to 11 high school seniors.
Robins Financial has presented this scholarship to graduating seniors for 22 years now and has given close to $500,000 in college scholarships to date.
Below are the recipients of the 2018 scholarships:
Alexandra Estrada, Peach County High School
Courtney Gay, Rutland High School
Alexis Jackson, Central High School
Myles Johnson, Mary Persons High School
Dylan Miller, Jefferson High School
Marissa Molnar, Houston County High School
Jada Pemberton, Howard High School
Tiffany Pike, Perry High School
Sean...
May 29th, 2018088Peach State Federal Credit Union recently made a $5,000 donation to the Currahee Military Museum, an addition to the Stephens County History Museum in Toccoa.
The museum will receive $1,000 per year through 2022 from the credit union beginning this year.
"We have a special place in our hearts for those who served in the armed forces," said Peach State President and CEO Marshall Boutwell.
Both Boutwell and Chief of Staff John Fair served in the military before beginning careers with the credit union. Today, serving the military remains an important part of the credit union's mission.
"Many of our employees and members are...
May 23rd, 20181343Robins Financial Credit Union recently announced the three employees honored as best manager, support department staff and branch staff for the first quarter of this year.
Robins Financial selects an employee to honor in each of these categories each quarter based on outstanding work performance and written recommendations from peers.
In the first quarter of 2018, Susan Collins, won manager of the quarter. Collins is the manager of Robins Financial's Perry branch. She's worked at the credit union for more than 22 years and
serves as the vice president of the local Kiwanis Club as well as a member of the Special Events...
May 23rd, 20181137Peach State Federal Credit Union recently partnered with Purple Heart Homes to renovate the home of a Vietnam veteran in need.
"I can't believe the kindness extended to me and my wife," said vet Gary Roseman. "This provides tremendous peace of mind so I can focus on supporting and enjoying the time with our three young grandsons."
Operation: Veteran Home renovation was established to raise awareness about the housing challenges faced by service connected disabled veterans and their caregivers.
"Purple Heart Homes has partnered with Peach State Federal Credit Union for the second year in a row to sponsor an approved local veteran...
May 23rd, 20182472Atlanta Postal Credit Union recently promoted two long-time employees.
Greg Jamison, a 31-year employee, has been promoted from consumer loan manager to loan servicing manager.
Jamison began working at Atlanta Postal in September 1986. In his time at the credit union, he worked as a consumer lending representative, collections representative, mortgage loan officer, mortgage manager and, most recently, consumer loan manager.
Ashley Kelley, who began working for the credit union in 2011, has been promoted from Enterprise Risk Management manager to ERM vice president. Kelley assisted in establishing and developing APCU's ERM...
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