1st Financial FCU Helped Provide School Supplies for Children in Need
April 3, 2017
Florissant, MO (March 31, 2017) – KidSmart and 1st Financial Federal Credit Union, a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), combined forces to deliver school supplies to Wedgwood Elementary School in the Ferguson-Florissant School District on March 17, 2017.
KidSmart is a local St. Louis non-profit organization that planted its roots in 2002 and has grown exponentially. The organization’s mission is to ensure students and their classrooms in the Greater Metropolitan St. Louis have the basic necessities and learning tools they need to learn and grow.
1st Financial was invited by KidSmart to help deliver school supplies to all classrooms at Wedgwood Elementary School. Over 20 boxes of school supplies were delivered to the teachers by 1st Financial volunteers. Each delivery was met with huge smiles and pure excitement from the children. 1st Financial was able to volunteer over 40 hours to the school that day, including some members with youth accounts at the credit union.
“I am very thankful that KidSmart invited 1st Financial to be a part of their school supply drop off event! We had so much fun delivering boxes of school supplies to Wedgwood Elementary School! Being able to see the smiles and excitement on the kids and teachers faces as we brought supplies to each classroom was so rewarding!” said, Tanya Forsythe, Hazelwood Branch Manager.
1st Financial Federal Credit Union is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and was awarded the 2016 Community Credit Union of the Year by Credit Union National Association (CUNA). For more information about 1st Financial Federal Credit Union and the credit union difference, visit www.thebetterwaytobank.org.
About 1st Financial Federal Credit Union
Like all credit unions, 1st Financial is a member-owned, financial cooperative. 1st Financial Federal Credit Union was chartered on September 3, 1968 as District 837 Credit Union by the International Association of Machinist members employed by McDonnell Douglas. Today, with over 34,000 members and $222 million in assets, 1st Financial is a St. Louis metro area financial institution dedicated to helping members achieve their financial dreams. For over 45 years 1st Financial has provided members with a full line of dependable financial products and services which returns profits to the members in the form of lower rates on loans and higher savings yields. The cooperative nature of credit unions enables 1st Financial to provide products and services at very reasonable rates.
1st Financial Federal Credit Union serves those who live, work, worship, attend school, or regularly conduct business in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, and St. Charles County, Missouri and a wide array of companies throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area. 1st Financial is a member-owned, not-for-profit financial organization committed to providing quality services to the membership while demonstrating safe and sound business practices. Deposits are federally insured by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), an agency of the U.S. Government.