Credit Union Donates $1,500 to Renaissance Club
August 6, 2013
LOWELL Jeanne DArc Credit Union is pleased to announce that the winner of the latest "Give a Click" campaign located on our website WeShareACommonThread.org is the Renaissance Club, based in Lowell. The Renaissance Club is a program of Eliot Community Human Services, serving adults with mental illnesses residing in Greater Lowell.
Jeanne DArc Credit Union understands the value of community and working together.� On the WeShareACommonThread.org website, community members can read about three worthy nonprofit organizations and then vote for the one they would most like to see us support.� The charity with the most votes then receives a $1,500 donation from the Credit Union.� Different charities are posted every quarter, so we encourage people to keep returning to WeShareACommonThread.org to help their favorites gain a much-needed donation.
"We consider social responsibility to be an integral part of our overall mission," said Mark S. Cochran, President and Chief Executive Officer of Jeanne DArc Credit Union. "The Give a Click campaign allows us to help people in our region become more involved with their communities and with each other. We are pleased to help the Renaissance Club continue its important work."
In this campaign, the organizations received strong support from website visitors.� When the campaign ended, the Renaissance Club received the most votes, while the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell came in second, and Circle of Friends in Dracut came in third. Individuals are permitted to vote only once.
The current "Give a Click" campaign is focused on another trio of nonprofit organizations in the region. The organizations vying for the next donation are: Lucys Love Bus, Lowell Association for the Blind, and Lifelinks, Inc.
Photo cutline: (From left) Jeanne DArc Credit Union President and Chief Executive Officer Mark S. Cochran, and Elaine Walker, Director of Renaissance Club.
About Jeanne DArc Credit Union:
Jeanne DArc Credit Union was established in 1912 and is a full-service, member-owned community-based financial cooperative with more than 60,000 members and $1 billion in assets. It operates six full-service branches in Lowell, Dracut (2), Tyngsboro, Chelmsford and Methuen, Massachusetts; two high-school branches at Lowell High and Dracut High schools; a loan center in Lowell, and a mortgage center in Chelmsford.