November 16th, 20213207Atlanta, Ga. (Nov. 16, 2021) – LGE Community Credit Union recently honored hometown hero and LGE spokesperson Dansby Swanson with a mural displayed at the Marietta Square.
The mural features a portrait of Swanson in a Marietta High School letterman jacket, paying homage to LGE and Swanson’s shared Marietta roots. Swanson is a 2012 graduate of Marietta High School.
LGE commissioned the portrait through its sponsorship of Chalktoberfest – a widely-attended event hosted annually by the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art. Artist Ivann Garc painted the portrait live over the two-day Chalktoberfest event on October 9 & 10, 2021. The...
November 12th, 20215154Warner Robins, GA — Each quarter, Robins Financial Credit Union selects three employees that represent the best of the best in three categories – Manager, Support Department Staff and Branch Staff. Employees are selected by management based on their outstanding work performance and written recommendations from their peers. The winners chosen for the third quarter of 2021 are as follows:
Barbara Mead, Houston Lake Branch – Mead is the Branch Manager and has been employed with Robins Financial for almost 38 years with 18 of those years as the Houston Lake Branch Manager. Mead is a member of Warner Robins Civitan that assists those...
November 8th, 2021581Warner Robins, GA — Robins Financial Credit Union recently made a corporate donation to the Macon Area Habitat for Humanity.
In addition to the corporate donation, a team of Robins Financial Credit Union employees met at a home in Lynmore Estates for Habitat’s “Women Build Day.” These awesome ladies completed projects like interior/exterior painting, cleaning, building stair handrails and installing storm doors.
Robins Financial Credit Union has partnered with the Macon Area Habitat for Humanity since 2008, and employees have frequently donated their time to construct Habitat homes.
Robins Financial Credit Union is a local...
November 5th, 20218157Jacksonville, Florida — VyStar Credit Union announced today the launch of its Military Heroes Mortgage
Program, which honors those who protect, serve and care for our country and communities. This new program
supports our heroes through a wide variety of benefits, payment and closing options and assistance from a
specially created VyHero Mortgage Support Team.
“Since our founding at Naval Air Station JAX in 1952, supporting our military members and their families has
been at the core of what we do,” said Jennifer Kouchis, VyStar’s Senior Vice President of Real Estate Lending.
“We understand the unique challenges our troops...
November 4th, 20213165Meet Moira.
Moira has been a Florence Federal Credit Union teller for just shy of a decade, though the word “shy” does not describe her at all. She is vibrant, gregarious, tenacious. Moira demonstrated this to the world in November of this past year, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. By the end of that same month, Moira had already returned to Helen Keller Hospital for a lumpectomy and returned home that very afternoon. She underwent twenty-one rounds of radiation treatment at the Singing River Cancer Center, and was given the all-clear to ring the Cancer-Free bell on March 11, 2021, only four months later. ...Did we mention...
November 2nd, 20217118KENNESAW – October 25, 2021 – On Wednesday, October 20th, award-winning Credit Union of Georgia hosted a Grand Opening celebration for their newest location at 4178 Jiles Road NW, Building 200 in Kennesaw. Their ‘People Helping People’ philosophy is what continues to drive the Credit Union to create deeper roots in the communities they serve and give back to their community.
The Grand Opening had guests from the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, local businesses as well as members from the community. All guests were welcomed with a gift and complimentary lunch catered by Jim n’ Nick’s BBQ and dessert from the local Nothing Bundt...
October 27th, 20214125WOLVERHAMPTON, UK and JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – October 21, 2021 - Community First Credit Union of Florida and Penny Post Credit Union in Wolverhampton, UK announce a working partnership to strengthen the credit unions and the credit union movement across two countries. The partnership is a pilot program led by the League of Southern Credit Unions (LSCU) and the Association of British Credit Unions Limited (ABCUL). This partnership is the first of its kind for a Jacksonville-based credit union and a first for one in Wolverhampton.
The credit unions announced the partnership on International Credit Union Day which celebrates the spirit of the...
October 27th, 2021491Warner Robins, GA — Warner Robins Mayor Randy Toms along with Robins Financial Credit Union and members of the community came together to sign a proclamation on Thursday, October 21, 2021 to be recognized as International Credit Union Day in the city of Warner Robins. Christina O’Brien, President and CEO of Robins Financial Credit Union, along with representatives from CGR Credit Union, Combined Employees Credit Union, MidSouth Community Federal Credit Union and HEA Federal Credit Union were there to witness and celebrate this event.
In addition to the Proclamation event, Robins Financial Credit Union held a weeklong celebration for...
October 26th, 2021669Naperville, Ill. (October 26, 2021) – In honor of its tenth anniversary on October 24, Alloya Corporate Federal Credit Union launched a “10 for 10 for 10” program in which the corporate donated $10,000 to 10 charities over 10 business days. The charities were chosen through a nomination and selection process driven by Alloya’s credit union membership. In total, Alloya received 101 nominations over the 10-day nomination period.
“We were thrilled to see such strong interest in our ‘10 for 10 for 10’ program,” commented Todd Adams, chief executive officer of Alloya. “We wanted to give back to our members and their...
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