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From left to right: Nancy M. Cyr, Executive Vice President at NorState FCU and Susan G. Whitehead, CEO at NorState FCU, are photographed with the credit union’s donation check. The amount of $5,092.45 is being divided and distributed to eleven local nursing care and assisted living facilities.
NorState FCU is donating the fees it collected last year from its coin counter machines in Madawaska, Presque Isle, and Fort Kent locations to local nursing care and assisted living facilities. They will use the funds to support their respective activities departments. The credit union is coinciding its donation with National Activity Professionals Week.
In presenting the donations, Susan G. Whitehead, CEO at NorState FCU, stated, “On behalf of NorState FCU members, staff, and volunteers, we sincerely thank you for your professionalism during a year of pandemic and isolation. We give special thanks to your activities departments who brought residents moments of joy and inclusion during these trying times.”
Facilities receiving donations include:
- Highview Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
- Country Village Estates
- Ridgewood Estates
- St. Joseph Memory Care
- Crosswinds Residential Care
- Forest Hill Manor
- Eagle Lake Mercy Home
- Borderview Rehabilitation and Living Center
- Presque Isle Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
- Caribou Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
- Maine’s Veterans Home in Caribou
Each facility will receive a NorState Visa gift card totaling $462.