April 11th, 20232660Warner Robins, GA — Robins Financial Credit Union recently donated 10 Chromebooks to Men About Change to help develop their computer lab.
Men About Change/Women About Change is an educational enrichment, mentoring, early learning, and childcare/supervision project. They enhance the lives of at-risk young men and women by improving their academic performance, emotional and psychological development, and self-esteem through a supportive environment that fosters and promotes learning and growth, and through mentorships that expose our youth to the infinite possibilities and opportunities in their lives. They serve their students by...
April 10th, 202327310Washington, DC – Today, Vice President Kamala Harris and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) has awarded over $1.73 billion in grants to 603 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) across the country through the CDFI Equitable Recovery Program (CDFI ERP). These funds will strengthen the ability of CDFIs to help low- and moderate-income communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and invest in long-term prosperity.
Authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116-260) to...
April 7th, 20233190Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (April 7, 2023) - Eglin Federal Credit Union is pleased to recognize Mary Esther Head Teller Kimberly Stovall for 25 years of service. Kimberly currently resides in Fort Walton Beach.
“We congratulate Kimberly on becoming a member of the National Association of Federal Credit Union’s Quarter Century Club in recognition of her 25 years of service to the credit union industry,” said SVP/COO Kim Nauta. “She does a great job building trusted relationships with our members, and we appreciate her five-star service and commitment to EFCU.”
Kimberly joined the Credit Union in 1998 as a Teller in at the Fort...
April 7th, 2023077Team members at the Barnwell SRP Federal Credit Union collected items to create “bunny cups” to deliver to residents at the Pruitt Healthcare Residential and Rehabilitation Center. Each cup contained lotions, chocolate candy, a plush bunny, and an Easter egg stress ball for the forty-four people who reside there and the patients at the facility for rehabilitation purposes.
The treats were delivered by staff members Victoria Gunnells, Rachael Neece, and Angela Cotton. The staff enjoyed their time visiting with everyone in the center as they made their Easter deliveries. The Social Director of the facility, Kerri Newsome, also gave SRP...
April 7th, 2023267 — Alabama loves a winner and Alabama’s own AlaTrust Credit Union just had a huge win.
S&P Global Market Intelligence has released its annual rankings for 2022’s best-performing credit unions. A ranking that recognizes an excellent year in the Credit Union category based on several key performance metrics.
AlaTrust Credit Union ranked 44th in this prestigious group of 100. Only 4 credit unions in the state of Alabama received this achievement and AlaTrust is proud to be one of the top performing credit unions out of out of 1,797 credit unions eligible for the analysis.
"Proud is an understatement when I think about the...
April 6th, 2023066SRP Federal Credit Union received a record number of baskets from our staff as we participated in the United Way’s Be-A Bunny program this Easter season. The baskets collected were distributed to senior citizens who are part of the Meals-on-Wheels program in Aiken County.
SRP Federal Credit Union is very active in the communities we serve, and we encourage this spirit of volunteerism in our staff. We are extremely excited our employees created baskets both individually, and through their departments and/or branches, to help those who may need a little extra support. Baskets were filled with items such as bath toiletries and supplies,...
April 6th, 2023063SRP Federal Credit Union was recently part of local Board of Education meetings to present checks for the monies donated to each district as part of the High School Affinity School Debit Card Program last year. The Aiken County Public School district in Aiken, SC was awarded a check totaling $204,966.45, with nine schools participating in the program. The Columbia County School System in Evans, GA was also presented a check in the amount of $38,097.70, with five participating schools.
The Affinity School Debit Card Program began in 2018 to assist participating area high schools with funding. Each participating high school designs its own...
April 5th, 2023089NASHVILLE, GA – First Commerce Credit Union recently partnered with Chaparral & Robalo Boats, one of South Georgia’s largest employers, to host a Financial Literacy Challenge for their more than 950 employees. Over a two-week period, employees were challenged to complete a series of online financial wellness courses to be entered to win more than $1,500 in prizes ranging from gift cards to local businesses to a new Apple iPad.
First Commerce created the Financial Literacy Challenge for Chaparral & Robalo Boats by developing a customized playlist of six financial literacy modules focusing on topics such as building financial...
April 5th, 20231129DULUTH, GA (April 4, 2023)— Georgia United Credit Union announced its plans to merge with North Main Credit Union, headquartered in Cornelia, GA. The proposed merger was approved on March 9 by the Board of Directors and will strengthen the service and community impact in Habersham and Banks counties along with the employees of Fieldale Farms Corporation and Ethicon, Inc. (a Johnson & Johnson Company). The merger is dependent on regulatory and North Main Credit Union member approval which we anticipate in late June with a merger date of July 1, 2023.
“We have been working with Georgia United to make sure that this merger is a...
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