Community First raises $15,500 for mentoring agency
Big Brothers Big Sisters benefits from Bowl For Kids Sake outing
�More than 80 Community First Credit Union (Appleton, Wis.) employees dressed in their favorite Rock n Bowl attire recently to raise a record $15,500 to assist youth mentoring efforts in Northeast Wisconsin.
The annual Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Fox Valley Regions Bowl For Kids Sake in March and April also helped raise awareness of the need for adult mentors.
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Words do not describe how incredibly grateful we are for Community First Credit Union and its employees," said Melissa Graber, director of marketing and development for Big Brothers Big Sisters. "
Your efforts in putting teams together, all the behind-the-scene things that go into bowling and dressing up, the additional fundraising activities you hold at your branches, and most importantly how incredibly gracious each of you are, shows so much about the compassion you have for the community where you live and work."
Thanks in part to Community Firsts passion for helping others, fundraising and spreading the message for nonprofits that do great work, officials hope to shorten the wait for more than 180 children on a list for an adult mentor. Besides the bowlers, many other CFCU employees participated through pledges, candy bar or yogurt parfait purchases, a casual day, raffles and more.
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Our kids are big sponges and need positive role models to help assist them through life but making sure to also have fun while doing it," said CFCU accounting manager Craig Gloudemans, who has supported the youth mentoring agency for many years.
Community First Credit Union is a member-owned financial cooperative serving 122,471 member/owners who live and work in Northeast and Central Wisconsin. It has over $2.4 billion in assets, 476 employees, and operates 23 full-service branches along with nine non-traditional branches in schools, retirement communities and the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King, Wis.
