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Town & Country Announces 2018 Better Neighbor Fund Nominees
Scarborough, Maine – September 27, 2018 – The final list of non-profit organizations eligible for a share of $25,000 from the Town & Country Federal Credit Union’s Better Neighbor Fund charitable giving campaign have been announced. The Better Neighbor Fund has already distributed $200,000 in grants since it was introduced in the fall 2010 to… Read more »
Town & Country Federal Credit Union Launches 8th Annual Better Neighbor Fund for Area Non-Profits
Scarborough, Maine — September 4, 2018 – Town & Country Federal Credit Union’s 2018 Better Neighbor Fund charitable giving campaign kicked-off today. Since 2010, Town & Country has granted over $200,000 to support 64 local charitable programs through the Better Neighbor Fund. This fall, the credit union will grant another $25,000 to local non-profit organizations… Read more »
Contribution from Maine CUs to provide 80,000 meals during difficult season
Earlier this week, the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger ‘shared the bread’, a share that will provide 80,000 meals to food pantries across Maine. The contribution comes at a time when access to meals, and contributions to pantries are done because of the summer season. “While many people are enjoying all that summer… Read more »
CUs honored for community-service, other initiatives
From community-service and member education to financial education for youth and financial education for adults, Maine CUs have a long and storied history of helping members and communities. For those efforts, eleven Maine CUs were recognized with the Maine CU League’s Annual State Awards during the League’s Annual Meeting on Friday, May 18. A total… Read more »
League Board elects 2018-19 Table Officers, Announces election results
At the conclusion of the Maine CU League’s 80th Annual Meeting on Friday, May 18, the Maine CU League Board met briefly to elect new Table Officers for 2018-19. The Board met and unanimously elected the following officers for 2018-19: Chair – Tucker Cole, President/CEO of Maine State CU; Vice Chair – Joann Bisson, President/CEO… Read more »
Strong turnout for Maine Credit Union League’s 80th Annual Meeting & Convention
On May 18-19, at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland, the Maine Credit Union League held its 80th Annual Meeting & Convention and the celebration included a strong turnout of nearly 750 CU officials from across Maine, great speakers, and plenty of passion and enthusiasm to build upon the solid growth of Maine… Read more »
It’s Live! New Website offers enhancements, added resources to reflect forward vision
“It’s live,” are the two words that marked the official launch of the new Maine Credit Union League’s new website, which you are seeing right now. Click, surf and explore and see all that is new! Your League committed significant resources and reviewed various websites from throughout the industry in an effort to create a… Read more »
Maine CUs continue leadership of financial education with support of two, significant events
From youth to new Mainers, Maine credit unions remain one of the leaders in the state when it comes to supporting financial education efforts. This was reinforced by the Maine CU League and Maine’s credit unions recent support and involvement in two significant events. Last week, Maine’s credit unions were a lead sponsor and participant… Read more »
National Award reinforces Maine CUs’ strong commitment to Youth Financial Education
For the eighteenth consecutive year, the Maine Credit Union League and Maine CUs, already the most decorated CU System in the country when it comes to youth financial education, have received a national, first-place Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award. The League was presented with the award at a special awards ceremony, held by the Credit… Read more »
2017 Year-End Statistics Confirm: Maine consumers continue to embrace credit unions with increased membership and usage leading the way
Led by an average membership growth rate at Maine’s 56 credit unions of nearly 3%, recently-released year-end statistics for 2017 by the Maine Credit Union League confirmed that the popularity and growth of credit unions in Maine show no signs of slowing down. The average member relationship increased by nearly 5% over the past year,… Read more »