Merrimack Valley Credit Union Spreads Holiday Cheer with Annual Toy Drive
The credit union collected new, unwrapped toys for donation to local organizations.

Waltham, Mass. – Dec. 22, 2023 — From Monday, Nov. 27, through Saturday, Dec. 16, Merrimack Valley Credit Union (MVCU) held its annual toy drive to support children and families in need throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. All 17 of MVCU’s Bay State retail branches participated in the event, collecting new, unwrapped toys from credit union and community members.

MVCU’s Massachusetts locations donated to local chapters of the Boys & Girls Club ranging from the Merrimack Valley to the South Shore. Boys & Girls Club chapters that received toy donations are:
The Boys & Girls Club of Lower Merrimack Valley
The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Haverhill
The Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence
The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell
The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem
The Boys & Girls Club of Marlborough
The Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester
The Boys & Girls Club of Charlestown
The Boys & Girls Club of Brockton
The Boys & Girls Club of Waltham
The Boys & Girls Club of Worcester
The Boys & Girls Club of Plymouth
The Boys & Girls Club of New Bedford
Hundreds of toys were collected and delivered to the clubs in time for the holidays.

“Our merger [with RTN Federal Credit Union] this summer resulted in MVCU having 19 retail branches, so we were able to support more organizations and many more children and families throughout our field of membership,” says Kevin Zipps, MVCU’s regional sales and service manager of the Metro West / Boston region. “It has been wonderful watching our team come together as one credit union family to support our members and the community during the holiday season.”

MVCU’s New Hampshire locations in Seabrook, N.H., and Plaistow, N.H., donated their toys to the Seabrook Firefighters Toy Bank and Ozzie’s Kids, respectively.

For more information on our branch locations, visit www.mvcu.com/locations and to learn more about MVCU’s community initiatives, visit www.mvcu.com/news.

About Merrimack Valley Credit Union
Founded in 1955, Merrimack Valley Credit Union (MVCU) is a state-chartered community and employer-based credit union with more than $2.3 billion in assets. The corporate office is located in Lawrence, Massachusetts. MVCU currently serves more than 115,000 members, primarily in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. MVCU also serves more than 1,100 employer groups, including two major Massachusetts employers, Raytheon Technologies and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and operates 19 retail branches located in Amesbury, Bridgewater, Brookline, Danvers, Dorchester, Fairhaven, Haverhill, Hanover, Lawrence, Marlborough, Methuen, North Andover, Plymouth, Quincy, Tewksbury, Waltham and Worcester, Mass., plus Plaistow and Seabrook, N.H. MVCU offers a wide range of savings and loan products, commercial services and digital banking to meet the financial needs of a growing member base.