May 18th, 20200101Contributions from GeoVista Credit Union enabled the credit union to donate $750 in support of the American Cancer Society.
The credit union praised its members for being "generous" and "supporting worthy causes."
May 18th, 2020298Each year GeoVista Credit Union awards three scholarships to deserving applicants. The scholarships are in remembrance of the credit union's dedicated board members who strongly believed and supported education.
The Eddy E. Rogers Scholarship was awarded to Liberty County Graduate Katherine Holandez-Lopez. Katherine will pursue a degree in Bio-Engineering at the University of Georgia and wants to work for NASA.
The Thomas A McCorkle Scholarship was awarded to Riley Thomas Murphy, a Bryan County Graduate. Riley will study computer science at Georgia Southern University.
The Walter “Jack” Jenkinson Scholarship was awarded to...
May 18th, 2020092Credit unions across the southeast have continued to remain vigilant and proactive as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread. Credit unions take pride in caring for their members. With that in mind, CUs across the southeast have begun to think through careful plans to return to normalcy as the pandemic subsides.
Alabama
Heritage South Credit Union. Heritage South Credit Union plans to continue to operate with lobbies closed for a bit longer. The credit union is using an abundance of caution and will begin reopening lobbies only after examining whether cases decrease following the state's reopening.
Florida
Community...
May 4th, 2020071All In Credit Union is partnering with the EVERFI National Financial Bee, taking place now through April 30, 2020. The National Financial Bee is a first-of-its-kind, nationwide financial literacy challenge for middle and high school students.
“During Financial Literacy Month, and especially during this time of unprecedented uncertainty, All In Credit Union is committed to helping students and families plan for their financial future and uncover additional ways to pay for college,” stated Kathy Scarbrough, Vice President of Marketing for All In Credit Union. “The National Financial Bee provides an opportunity for students to have...
May 1st, 20200120To 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 24th, 20201103Delta Community Credit Union (www.DeltaCommunityCU.com), Georgia’s largest credit union with more than $6.5 billion in assets, was recently recognized by MagnifyMoney for having the top-ranked mobile banking app in the nation.
In its Mobile Bank App Ratings 2020, MagnifyMoney compared nearly 20 million user ratings posted on Google Play and the Apple App Store. With more than 29,000 online reviews, Delta Community’s mobile app received an average rating of 4.86 out of five – a higher average score than the nation’s 50 largest banks and 50 largest credit unions as well as large online-only financial services providers.
“We are...
April 17th, 2020083Ralph Ray Story, former Florida Credit Union League board chairman, died on April 12.
Story also served on the Board of Directors of VyStar Credit Union for 56 years until his retirement on May 31, 2019. In 2015, Story was honored for his service by the renaming of the VyStar Service Center in Fleming Island to the Story Center.
His commitment to the credit union movement also earned him recognition from the Florida Credit Union League (23 years of service), Credit Union National Association (15 years), the Defense Credit Union Council (13 years), National Credit Union Foundation (three years) and the Armed Forces Financial Network...
April 13th, 2020055Local 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, 20202678McCoy 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...
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