Credit union gives member a floor-to-ceiling room makeover

(Photo:� Contest winner Elizabeth DaFoe with her son in the newly remodeled room.) Michigan State University Federal Credit Union (MSUFCU) member Elizabeth DaFoe was the grand prize winner in MSUFCUs Ideal Room Makeover Contest.�� The credit union's Ideal Room Makeover Contest offered MSUFCU members the opportunity to enter to win a complete room makeover, plus $1,000 toward the winners MSUFCU Visa Credit Card. �Contest entrants submitted applications with personal statements about why MSUFCU should select them to win a room makeover along with a photograph of the room that could most use renovation. Elizabeth DaFoe of DeWitt, MI, was selected from eighty entrants as the grand prize winner.� DaFoe received new furniture, flooring, window treatments, and lighting courtesy of Christensens Furniture and OLeary Interiors.� Kelly Patterson of Brookline, MA, was selected as the out-of-state contest winner and received $1,000 toward her MSUFCU Visa Credit Card. Four entrants who were not selected as winners in the first phase of the Ideal Room Makeover Contest received a second opportunity to win. Three entrants were featured on MSUFCUs website, and members were able to vote for the runner-up winners. These winners all received money toward their MSUFCU Visa Credit Cards: Marie Rea won $750, Jenelle Schneider won $500, and Dereck Wellspeigel won $250. An additional "second-chance" winner, Jessica McNally, was randomly selected from all entrants to win $1,000 toward her MSUFCU Visa Credit Card. Patrick McPharlin, MSUFCUs President and Chief Executive Offcer, stated, "MSUFCUs Ideal Room Makeover Contest received a terrific response from our members and our community. We are happy to provide this opportunity to enhance some of our members homes and create better living spaces for their families. This contest is just one example of how MSUFCU helps our members to achieve their goals and dreams."