Photo: Jeanne DArc Credit Union President and Chief Executive Officer, Mark S. Cochran, presents Michael Gys, Vice President of Zacks Team Foundation, with a check donation to support their cause. The Foundation is the winner of the Credit Unions Give-A-Click Campaign.
LOWELL, MA Through community support and simple clicks of a mouse, Zacks Team Foundation is the latest winner of Jeanne DArc Credit Unions Give-A-Click campaign. Zacks Team is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing attention to the common misconceptions of substance abuse by providing knowledge, hope and funds to people and their families impacted by the wide-spread disease.
The Give-A-Click campaign runs every quarter on the Credit Unions foundation website,
WeShareACommonThread.org. During the campaign, community members visit the site to read about worthy non-profit organizations and cast a vote for the one they would like to support. The charity with the most votes is awarded a $1,500 donation from the Credit Union. New charities are posted every quarter, and people of the community, Jeanne DArc members, employees and the organizations supporters are encouraged to keep returning to
WeShareACommonThread.org to help their favorite nonprofits gain a much-needed donation.
"Donations like this is how we survive," said Michael Gys, Vice President of Zacks Team Foundation. "This donation is going to send two people to treatment at The Plymouth House," he added.
The Foundation works to dismiss the shame and stigma associated with substance abuse, a mission in honor of Mr. Gys son, Zachary Gys, who lost his battle with addiction in 2013, at the age of 21.
"We understand the value of community and working together. Giving back and helping others is an essential part of our mission," said Mark S. Cochran, President and Chief Executive Officer of Jeanne DArc Credit Union. "The Give a Click campaign allows the people in our region to play a bigger role in helping their communities and each other. We are honored to help Zacks Team Foundation continue its important work."
Zacks Team is the last winner of the 2015 campaign, which proved to be a very close race between Zacks Team, One Tail at a Time Rescue and Helping Hand Veterans Fund.
Jeanne DArc Credit Union kicked off the contest for the first quarter of 2016 with the organizations American Cancer Aid and The Megan House Foundation vying for the next donation.
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 70,000 members and $1.1 billion in assets. It operates seven full-service branches in Lowell, Dracut (2), Tyngsboro, Chelmsford, Methuen and Westford, Massachusetts; high-school branches at Lowell High and Dracut High schools; a loan center in Lowell; and mortgage centers in Chelmsford and North Reading
