Credit Union Supports Community with "Give a Click" Campaign
January 24, 2014
LOWELL MA� 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 Recreational Adult Resource Association (RARA).This nonprofits main mission is to promote public awareness and understanding of the needs and issues specific to the developmentally delayed and their families.�
Jeanne DArc Credit Union understands the value of community and working together.� On theWeShareACommonThread.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.
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"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 Recreational Adult Resource Association continue its important work."
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In this campaign, the organizations received strong support from website visitors. When the campaign ended, RARA received the most votes, while the Center for Hope and Healing came in second, and the Horn Home for the Aged came in third. Individuals are permitted to vote only once.
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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: the Light of Cambodian Children, the Lowell Humane Society, and the Power of Flowers.
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Photo:�(From left) RARA President John Broussard, Jeanne DArc Credit Union President and Chief Executive Officer Mark S. Cochran, RARA board member Kevin Donnelly, RARA client board member Leeanne Barry, RARA Vice President Pauline King, and RARA members Donald Beauregard and Janice Cady.
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About Jeanne DArc Credit Union:
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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.