Jeanne D'Arc CU Raises $50,000 for We Share A Common Thread Foundation
March 22, 2017
We share a passion for our members and community: that’s our common thread.
LOWELL – Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union held its seventh annual We Share A Common Thread Foundation Fundraiser on Saturday, February 25, 2017, raising over $50,000 to support the Foundation’s mission. The We Share a Common Thread Foundation was established in 2011 to help support the lives of people in our community by providing assistance with food, shelter, clothing health and education.
Over 300 Jeanne D’Arc employees, business partners, members and supporters gathered at Lenzi’s in Dracut to attend the Fundraiser. Attendees of all ages took chances on basket raffles, bid on silent auction items, entered raffles for cash prizes and danced the night away to help the Credit Union exceed its fundraising goal for this year’s event.
“We are so appreciative of the support we receive year after year,” said Mark S. Cochran, President and Chief Executive Officer of Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union. “Our Foundation allows us to help hundreds of community members each year and the support we are given makes it all possible” he added.
Due to the great success of this year’s event, the Credit Union will be able to expand its donations in Nashua and the Lawrence Area, as well as the greater Merrimack Valley. The Foundation will be distributing the proceeds from the Fundraiser to 80 non-profit organizations who make a difference in the community. Please visit WeShareACommonThread.org for a full list of recipients.
Photo: Left to Right
Kevin Morrissey, Director of Operations at the Greater Lowell YMCA, Frank Sullivan, President of the Pelham Good Neighbor Fund, Lois Alves, Board Member of the Power of Flowers Project, Howard and Laurae Richards, Founders of the Servants of Haiti, Joyce Bellefeuille, Executive Director and Founder of the Power of Flowers Project, Mark S. Cochran, President and Chief Executive Officer of Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union
About Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union:
Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union was established in 1912 and is a full-service, member-owned community-based financial cooperative with more than 78,000 members and $1.2 billion in assets. It operates eight full-service branches in Lowell, Dracut (2), Tyngsboro, Chelmsford, Methuen, Westford, Massachusetts, as well as Nashua, New Hampshire; high-school branches at Lowell High and Dracut High schools; a loan center in Lowell; and mortgage centers in Chelmsford and North Reading.