CALHOUN, TN Bowater Employees Credit Union member JoAnne Rogers, has won $1,000 from Bowater Credit Union to her favorite non-profit, The East View Baptist Church Food Pantry.
Bowater Credit Union has asked its members to nominate their favorite non-profit helping people in the counties eligible for credit union membership: Bradley, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, and Polk.� East View Baptist Church is the first winner of 2016.
"This church furnishes food for those who need it, preparing 42 hot meals a week," explained Rogers.� "They also pack and deliver 50 backpacks to two schools on Friday so these kids will have food on the weekend."
According to Rogers, the organizations funds come from their faithful members and a pastor who gives willingly into the program. Rogers stated that the church gives all they have to others in their community.
The Pay It Forward program will continue through 2016, and that means any member of Bowater Credit Union can nominate their favorite non-profit for a $1,000 Pay It Forward prize.� Four more prizes will be given out in 2016.� For more information, visit
www.bowaterecu.org and look under the "News & Info" tab.
Bowater Credit Union began the Pay It Forward program in 2010 as a way to give back to the community it serves.� Since the programs inception, BECU has given $29,000 to various charities making a difference in our community.
Bowater Employees Credit Union is a federally insured credit union offering savings, checking, loans, and financial education to those who live, work, or go to school in the counties of Bradley, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, and Polk.� They have five branches, over 17,000 members, and $148 million in assets.� To learn more about Bowater Employees Credit Union and its services, call 423-336-7268 or visit
www.bowaterecu.org.
If youd like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview please call Kim Gunter at 423-665-1016 or email her at
kgunter@bowaterecu.org.
Pictured, left to right:
Ginger Carter, Bowater Credit Union; Robert Sneed, Eastview Baptist Church Pastor; JoAnne Rogers, Eastview Bowater Credit Union member
