America First FCU Collects More Than 18,000 Pounds of Food for Utah Food Bank
October 31, 2017
Dedicated to helping the underprivileged in the communities it serves, Utah’s largest credit union, America First Credit Union, donated collected food items from its 13th Annual Community Food Drive to the Utah Food Bank on Thursday, Oct. 26. With the help of the community and employees, the credit union collected 15,710 pounds of non-perishable food items and 2,692 pounds in turkeys for a total of 18,402 pounds of food. The items will be distributed to local food pantries in advance of the holiday season.
The 13th Annual Community Food Drive was held at all branch locations from Sept. 11 through Oct. 21. According to the Utah Food Bank, one in six Utahns and one in five Utah children live in poverty and are unsure of where their next meal will come from, and about 423,000 Utahns risk missing a meal today.
America First Credit Union started the community food drive in 2004 and, with the help of employees and members, has collected nearly 168,000 pounds of food.
With a long-standing history and more than 77 years servicing members, America First has become one of the largest, most stable and most progressive credit unions in the country, and has remained a member-owned, not-for-profit cooperative financial institution. Today, America First has 123 locations, and is the 11th largest credit union in assets in the United States with over $8.9 billion, and the sixth largest credit union in membership in America with more than 877,000 members.
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