The Member Story Project

The Member Story Project celebrates the powerful, personal moments between credit unions and the people they serve. Through heartfelt stories of real-life impact, this initiative highlights the moments when credit unions made a meaningful difference. Whether they offered support during a crisis, helped a dream come true, or simply showed up when it mattered most, these stories speak volumes.

They reflect the essence of the credit union movement: real people helping real people. We hope they inspire you as much as they inspire us.

Do you have a story to share? We’d love to hear it. Submit your story here and be featured on CreditUnions.com.

The Member Story Project is sponsored by Callahan & Associates
Operations & HR

Advia Credit Union proud to announce Recent Key New Hires and Promotions

Advia Credit Union is pleased to announce various internal promotions and new hires within the organization. These updates demonstrate the ...
Making A Difference

Day Air Credit Union Awards Two $1,000 Scholarships to Area Students

Day Air Credit Union is pleased to announce that Sydney Wilson and Cole Malenich are the recipients of the 2024 ...
Industry Analysis & Trends

Baker Market Update – Week in Review: May 31, 2024

Released every Friday, BMU is a brief and informative newsletter that provides financial institutions a review of the week’s economic ...
Other

Corporate Central Welcomes Laurie Butz as New Board Member Following Retirement of Eric Chrisinger

After 15 years of dedicated volunteer service, including serving as Chair from 2017 to 2019, Eric Chrisinger, President/CEO of Co-op ...
Operations & HR

Corporate Central Welcomes Clare Krupar as Accounting and Office Assistant

Corporate Central is pleased to announce the hiring of Clare Krupar as Accounting and Office Assistant. In this role, Krupar ...
Making A Difference

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union Surpasses Fundraising Goal for CHLA Walk & Play L.A. 2024

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union in California and the largest serving school employees and their families, today ...
Personnel Promotions

For Immediate Release: Mission City Federal Credit Union Appoints Kamil Sakici as Chief Executive Officer

Santa Clara, CA – June 4, 2024. The Board of Directors of Mission City Federal Credit Union is pleased to ...
Personnel Promotions

Tasha Kostick Appointed to Corporate One Federal Credit Union’s Board of Directors

Corporate One Federal Credit Union announced today that Tasha Kostick, senior vice president and chief financial officer at 1st Northern ...
Making A Difference

Holly Gotwals, Teacher for Adult Transition Program at Rocklin Unified School District, Named 2023/2024 Esquire IMAX Teacher of the Year

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union serving school employees and their families, in partnership with ABC10 Sacramento, Esquire ...
Strategic Partnerships

Encurage Financial Network Credit Union Members Vote in Favor of GLCU Merger, Legal Day 1 Upcoming

Chicago, Ill. (May 29, 2024) – On May13, encurage financial network credit union (EFNCU) members voted in favor of the ...
Operations & HR

Tower Federal Credit Union Earns Great Place to Work® Certification—Six Years in a Row!

For the sixth consecutive year, Tower Federal Credit Union has been named a “great workplace” by the independent analysts at ...
Operations & HR

United Federal Credit Union Names New Mortgage Advisor in Mishawaka

United Federal Credit Union is pleased to announce the appointment of Justin Prawat to Mortgage Advisor in Mishawaka, Indiana. Prawat ...
Making A Difference

Aggieland Credit Union Gives $10,000 to Texas A&M RBI Campaign, Benefitting the RB Eye Foundation

Aggieland Credit Union upped the ante for the Texas A&M baseball team’s RBI campaign, benefitting the RB Eye Foundation. The ...
Strategic Partnerships

eDOC and VisiFI Launch an e-Sign Collaboration

eDOC Innovations CUSO specializing in mobile enterprise digital transaction management, and VisiFI, an API-first core solution and digital banking provider ...
Making A Difference

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union Announces Winners of 2024 Member Education Award Scholarships

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union serving school employees and their families, today announced that the Credit Union ...
Personnel Promotions

For Immediate Release: NACUSO Expands Executive Team with Industry Professionals Adam Lee, Rebecca Isaacs, and Sedric Brinson

Eugene, OR – May 24, 2024 – The National Association of Credit Union Service Organizations (NACUSO) is thrilled to announce ...
Industry Analysis & Trends

Baker Market Update – Week in Review: May 24, 2024

Released every Friday, BMU is a brief and informative newsletter that provides financial institutions a review of the week’s economic ...
Making A Difference

GTE Financial Partners With Largest Charitable Dental Clinic In Florida To Offer Free Dental Care To Underserved Individuals

GTE Financial is proud to volunteer with Florida Mission of Mercy (FLA-MOM), the state’s largest charitable dental clinic that provides ...
Strategic Partnerships

CUNA Strategic Services Announces New Alliance Provider

CUNA Strategic Services is pleased to announce its new alliance with Carefull, an AI-powered financial protection platform that safeguards credit ...
Making A Difference

Christian Financial Outreach & Impact Foundation Empowers Local Community with Grant Distributions

Christian Financial Credit Union (CFCU) is proud to announce recent grant awards from its Outreach & Impact Foundation to local ...
Making A Difference

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union Celebrates School Employee Appreciation Night at May 10 Angels Game

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union in California and the largest serving school employees and their families, sponsored ...
Making A Difference

Gulf Winds Cares Foundation Awards $25,000 in Scholarships

The Gulf Winds Cares Foundation awarded $25,000 in scholarships this year to five outstanding students: Kenna Alverson, Edward Bridges, Garrett ...
Marketing

LGE Community Credit Union celebrates grand opening of newly relocated Roswell branch

On Thursday, May 9, LGE Community Credit Union celebrated the official grand opening of its Roswell branch, located at 655 ...
Making A Difference

Civic Local Foundation awards 125K in college scholarships

Civic Local Foundation, made possible by funding from Civic and Local Government Federal Credit Unions (LGFCU), is proud to announce ...
Strategic Partnerships

cPort Credit Union Joins Velera’s Co-op ATM Network, Benefiting Credit Union Members Throughout Maine

Velera – formerly PSCU/Co-op Solutions – has announced that cPort Credit Union has joined the Co-op ATM network.
New Product Releases

Eltropy EMERGE 2024 User Conference Brings the Hottest Topics for Credit Unions into Focus, Launches Customer Community

Eltropy, the leading AI-powered conversations platform for community financial institutions (CFIs), hosted its annual EMERGE 2024 user conference last week ...
Personnel Promotions

GTE Financial Promotes Julie Smith To Assistant Vice President Of Internal Auditing

Locally owned and operated credit union GTE Financial is pleased to announce the promotion of long-time team member Julie Smith ...
Operations & HR

United Federal Credit Union Branch Manager Named to South Bend Regional Chamber’s 40 Under 40 List

United Federal Credit Union Branch Manager, Fares Farhan was named to the South Bend (Indiana) Regional Chamber’s 2024 40 Under ...
Other

First Harvest Supports Camden Youths Through The Martha F. Wilson Memorial Scholarship

Deptford, NJ – May 17, 2024 – First Harvest Credit Union has been proudly supporting the Martha F. Wilson Memorial ...
Personnel Promotions

OCCU adds new VP

OCCU is excited to announce that Cheleana Stafflund has been promoted to vice president of retail operations.
Operations & HR

Advia Credit Union proud to announce Recent Key New Hires and Promotions

Advia Credit Union is pleased to announce various internal promotions and new hires within the organization. These updates demonstrate the ...
Making A Difference

Day Air Credit Union Awards Two $1,000 Scholarships to Area Students

Day Air Credit Union is pleased to announce that Sydney Wilson and Cole Malenich are the recipients of the 2024 ...
Industry Analysis & Trends

Baker Market Update – Week in Review: May 31, 2024

Released every Friday, BMU is a brief and informative newsletter that provides financial institutions a review of the week’s economic ...
Other

Corporate Central Welcomes Laurie Butz as New Board Member Following Retirement of Eric Chrisinger

After 15 years of dedicated volunteer service, including serving as Chair from 2017 to 2019, Eric Chrisinger, President/CEO of Co-op ...
Operations & HR

Corporate Central Welcomes Clare Krupar as Accounting and Office Assistant

Corporate Central is pleased to announce the hiring of Clare Krupar as Accounting and Office Assistant. In this role, Krupar ...
Making A Difference

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union Surpasses Fundraising Goal for CHLA Walk & Play L.A. 2024

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union in California and the largest serving school employees and their families, today ...
Personnel Promotions

For Immediate Release: Mission City Federal Credit Union Appoints Kamil Sakici as Chief Executive Officer

Santa Clara, CA – June 4, 2024. The Board of Directors of Mission City Federal Credit Union is pleased to ...
Personnel Promotions

Tasha Kostick Appointed to Corporate One Federal Credit Union’s Board of Directors

Corporate One Federal Credit Union announced today that Tasha Kostick, senior vice president and chief financial officer at 1st Northern ...
Making A Difference

Holly Gotwals, Teacher for Adult Transition Program at Rocklin Unified School District, Named 2023/2024 Esquire IMAX Teacher of the Year

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union serving school employees and their families, in partnership with ABC10 Sacramento, Esquire ...
Strategic Partnerships

Encurage Financial Network Credit Union Members Vote in Favor of GLCU Merger, Legal Day 1 Upcoming

Chicago, Ill. (May 29, 2024) – On May13, encurage financial network credit union (EFNCU) members voted in favor of the ...
Operations & HR

Tower Federal Credit Union Earns Great Place to Work® Certification—Six Years in a Row!

For the sixth consecutive year, Tower Federal Credit Union has been named a “great workplace” by the independent analysts at ...
Operations & HR

United Federal Credit Union Names New Mortgage Advisor in Mishawaka

United Federal Credit Union is pleased to announce the appointment of Justin Prawat to Mortgage Advisor in Mishawaka, Indiana. Prawat ...
Making A Difference

Aggieland Credit Union Gives $10,000 to Texas A&M RBI Campaign, Benefitting the RB Eye Foundation

Aggieland Credit Union upped the ante for the Texas A&M baseball team’s RBI campaign, benefitting the RB Eye Foundation. The ...
Strategic Partnerships

eDOC and VisiFI Launch an e-Sign Collaboration

eDOC Innovations CUSO specializing in mobile enterprise digital transaction management, and VisiFI, an API-first core solution and digital banking provider ...
Making A Difference

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union Announces Winners of 2024 Member Education Award Scholarships

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union serving school employees and their families, today announced that the Credit Union ...
Personnel Promotions

For Immediate Release: NACUSO Expands Executive Team with Industry Professionals Adam Lee, Rebecca Isaacs, and Sedric Brinson

Eugene, OR – May 24, 2024 – The National Association of Credit Union Service Organizations (NACUSO) is thrilled to announce ...
Industry Analysis & Trends

Baker Market Update – Week in Review: May 24, 2024

Released every Friday, BMU is a brief and informative newsletter that provides financial institutions a review of the week’s economic ...
Making A Difference

GTE Financial Partners With Largest Charitable Dental Clinic In Florida To Offer Free Dental Care To Underserved Individuals

GTE Financial is proud to volunteer with Florida Mission of Mercy (FLA-MOM), the state’s largest charitable dental clinic that provides ...
Strategic Partnerships

CUNA Strategic Services Announces New Alliance Provider

CUNA Strategic Services is pleased to announce its new alliance with Carefull, an AI-powered financial protection platform that safeguards credit ...
Making A Difference

Christian Financial Outreach & Impact Foundation Empowers Local Community with Grant Distributions

Christian Financial Credit Union (CFCU) is proud to announce recent grant awards from its Outreach & Impact Foundation to local ...
Making A Difference

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union Celebrates School Employee Appreciation Night at May 10 Angels Game

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union in California and the largest serving school employees and their families, sponsored ...
Making A Difference

Gulf Winds Cares Foundation Awards $25,000 in Scholarships

The Gulf Winds Cares Foundation awarded $25,000 in scholarships this year to five outstanding students: Kenna Alverson, Edward Bridges, Garrett ...
Marketing

LGE Community Credit Union celebrates grand opening of newly relocated Roswell branch

On Thursday, May 9, LGE Community Credit Union celebrated the official grand opening of its Roswell branch, located at 655 ...
Making A Difference

Civic Local Foundation awards 125K in college scholarships

Civic Local Foundation, made possible by funding from Civic and Local Government Federal Credit Unions (LGFCU), is proud to announce ...
Strategic Partnerships

cPort Credit Union Joins Velera’s Co-op ATM Network, Benefiting Credit Union Members Throughout Maine

Velera – formerly PSCU/Co-op Solutions – has announced that cPort Credit Union has joined the Co-op ATM network.
New Product Releases

Eltropy EMERGE 2024 User Conference Brings the Hottest Topics for Credit Unions into Focus, Launches Customer Community

Eltropy, the leading AI-powered conversations platform for community financial institutions (CFIs), hosted its annual EMERGE 2024 user conference last week ...
Personnel Promotions

GTE Financial Promotes Julie Smith To Assistant Vice President Of Internal Auditing

Locally owned and operated credit union GTE Financial is pleased to announce the promotion of long-time team member Julie Smith ...
Operations & HR

United Federal Credit Union Branch Manager Named to South Bend Regional Chamber’s 40 Under 40 List

United Federal Credit Union Branch Manager, Fares Farhan was named to the South Bend (Indiana) Regional Chamber’s 2024 40 Under ...
Other

First Harvest Supports Camden Youths Through The Martha F. Wilson Memorial Scholarship

Deptford, NJ – May 17, 2024 – First Harvest Credit Union has been proudly supporting the Martha F. Wilson Memorial ...
Personnel Promotions

OCCU adds new VP

OCCU is excited to announce that Cheleana Stafflund has been promoted to vice president of retail operations.

Meriwest Credit Union Announces Gene Fichtenholz as Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

Meriwest Credit Union announces Gene Fichtenholz as Vice President, Chief Technology Officer (CTO). We are confident his expertise will advance our commitment to secure, cutting-edge ...

BECU names Carla Costa-Perales as Chief Impact Officer

BECU, the nation’s fifth largest credit union, today announced Carla Costa-Perales as executive vice president and chief impact officer. In this role, Costa-Perales will lead ...

TowerCares Foundation Donates $70,000 to Local Food Banks to Help Marylanders Impacted by the Government Shutdown

To help local food banks meet the increased demand brought on by the federal government shutdown, the TowerCares Foundation has donated $70,000 to six local-area ...

CUNA Strategic Services Announces Huloop Automation as Latest Alliance Provider Driving Efficiency Through Work Intelligence and Automation for Credit Unions

CUNA Strategic Services (CSS) announces its new alliance with HuLoop Automation, a leader in AI-powered work intelligence for financial institutions. This new relationship will broaden ...

Centra President and CEO Rick Silvers announces retirement; Centra’s Brad Davis named next President and CEO

COLUMBUS, IND. (October 31, 2025) — Centra Credit Union President and CEO Rick Silvers has announced his retirement effective January 9, 2026. Following a nationwide ...

Vizo Financial’s November 2025 Education Calendar

At Vizo Financial we are committed to providing quality education to credit unions and their staff, which is why we provide a wide array of ...
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