Scott Credit Union Donates $3,000 for Annual Highland Basketball Shootout

Representatives from Scott Credit Union presented a check recently for $3,000 to Highland Optimist Club representatives Kevin Hemann and Rick Ringwald for sponsorship of the annual Highland Basketball Shootout.

This is the seventh year that Scott Credit Union is the namesake sponsor of the showcase event, which will be held Saturday, Jan. 6 at the Highland High School gymnasium.

The Shootout will feature seven games beginning with the Highland girls team taking on Lebanon High School at 10am. The second game will feature the Edwardsville High School boys team facing Rockhurst High from Kansas City, MO, at 11:30am. Game three will feature Carbondale facing off against Whitfield from St. Louis at 1pm.

The second session of the day will include the Highland boys team facing Columbia High School at 3pm, Belleville West High School against Poplar Bluff High at 4:45pm, and Chicago Morgan Park facing off with Chaminade at 6:30pm.

The final game of the Shootout features Champaign Central against Vashon at 8:15pm.

“We’re excited about again being the primary sponsor of the Shootout,” said Scott Credit Union President & CEO Frank Padak. “It has always been a premier event and we are happy to support it. We believe in supporting schools and the community and this gives us another chance to do that.”

Area residents can purchase tickets for this year’s Shootout online at www.highlandshootout.com.

Scott Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial cooperative that is member owned. The credit union has given $10 million back to members through a bonus dividend and loan interest rebate over the past 10 years.

Scott Credit Union has made giving back to its communities a major priority. The local credit union contributed about $430,000, and its employees volunteered over 2,100 hours to a variety of area civic efforts throughout the region in 2016.

Scott Credit Union is open to anyone who lives or works in a 17-county area, including Madison, St. Clair, Monroe, Randolph, Perry, Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Clinton, Marion, Bond, Macoupin, Montgomery, Fayette, Effingham, Williamson, and Jackson counties. Anyone who lives or works in St. Louis County, Missouri also can open accounts at SCU. Additionally, anyone active or retired military also can have accounts with Scott Credit Union.

Scott Credit Union currently has 15 area locations: Scott Air Force Base, East Belleville, Fairview Heights, Collinsville, O’Fallon, Edwardsville, Waterloo, Highland, Caseyville, West Belleville, Millstadt, Mascoutah, Troy, Wood River and its Home Office in Edwardsville.

For details on opening accounts at Scott Credit Union, visit www.scu.org, call 1-800-888-4728, or stop by any of the credit union’s branches.

PHOTO CAPTION: SCU SPONORS BASKETBALL SHOOTOUT– Scott Credit Union presented a check recently for $3,000 to Highland Optimist representatives for sponsorship of the upcoming Highland Shootout. Pictured are, from left, Highland Optimist Club Shootout Co-Chair Kevin Hemann, SCU President & CEO Frank Padak, and Shootout Co-Chair Rick Ringwald.