Annual TCUF Award Presented to Ft. Worth Chapter of Credit Unions
Posted by Scott Ward on April 27, 06
In case you missed this bit of news from last week…...
The Texas Credit Union Foundation (TCUF) awarded its first annual FOCUS Awards to Kathy Crim of Texas Dow Employees CU in Lake Jackson, Security Service FCU in San Antonio and the Fort Worth Chapter of Credit Unions, as the individual, credit union and chapter that best exemplify “people helping people” through financial education. TCUF Chair Curtis Collins and Executive Director Jill Pharr presented the awards at the Volunteers Networking Breakfast at the TCUL Annual Meeting in Galveston last week. Pharr remarked that each winner exhibited “uncommon” commitment to financial education.
The chapter FOCUS Award went to the Fort Worth Chapter of Credit Unions for their extensive work in the Fort Worth and nearby school districts, providing financial education curriculum, as well as supporting the Newspapers In Education program in Fort Worth. Each year, chapter credit union volunteers provide NEFE instruction in the classrooms throughout Tarrant County. Donna Couch, former President and Board Member of the Fort Worth Chapter, has served on the Board of Texas Jump$tart for many years. The chapter has formally adopted financial education as a core initiative and continues to be active in promoting and volunteering. Current Chapter President, Walter Furnace of American Airlines FCU and Chapter Vice President Kathie Wood, CEO of Member Preferred FCU, accepted the FOCUS Award on behalf the chapter.
Related article from November 2005
Congrats, Fort Worth Chapter!!!
As of today, an individual FW Credit Union deserves some accolades, too, as Tarrant County Credit Union launched a very innovative “Change is Good” program where members can choose to have their debit card purchases round up to the dollar with the “change” being deposited into a special savings account!
Way to go TCCU!
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