Westerly Community Credit Union Awarding $7,500 in Grants to Local Teachers
June 19, 2019
Westerly, RI - Westerly Community Credit Union is proud to announce that the WCCU Teacher Grant Program will be awarding $7,500 in grants, in values up to $500, for the upcoming 2019/20 school year. WCCU Teacher
Grants are available to local Teachers, Administrators, or Staff from the following public school districts:
Chariho, Exeter-West Greenwich, Narragansett, South Kingstown, Stonington, and Westerly.
The Credit Union awards their grants annually to support creative and experiential educational projects
or programs in the area’s school districts. Special consideration will be given to innovative projects that
strengthen the relationship between our schools and the community at large, as well as to projects that
support student excellence. All applications will be judged on the following criteria: Educational Focus,
Promotion of Skills/Excellence, Creativity/Innovation, Community Connection, and Goal
Clarity/Attainability.
‘We appreciate the dedication and commitment of local Teachers, Administration, and Staff in educating
our area’s youth,’ stated Steve White, WCCU President and CEO. ‘We felt this was a way to thank them
and show them our support for their innovative ideas to help children succeed.’
Grant applications are available online at www.westerlyccu.com and must be submitted no later than
October 31, 2019. Grants will be awarded by November 30, 2019 and monies distributed by year-end.
For more information regarding the WCCU Teacher Grant Program, please contact Kim Gates, WCCU’s
Financial Education Officer, at 401-596-7000 x2124 or kgates@westerlyccu.com.
Since 1948, Westerly Community Credit Union has been a local, full–service financial institution, focused
not on profits, but on helping its’ members achieve financial success. They currently serve over 18,600
members with lending and deposit needs through their convenient locations in Richmond, Wakefield,
and Westerly, as well as online via www.westerlyccu.com.
WCCU has a long history of supporting local schools largely through their annual Basketball Tournament
(solely sponsored since 1984) and financial literacy programs: Everfi Online Financial Literacy Program,
CU4Reality Financial Literacy Fairs, Cemark financial literacy booklets (high schools) and School Savings
programs (elementary schools).
Recently, WCCU was awarded a 2019 ‘Spreadin’ the Love’ Chamber Choice Award by the Southern RI
Chamber of Commerce, a 2018 & 2019 ‘Best Places to Work’ award from the Providence Business
News, ‘First Place- Best Bank’ in The 2017, 2018 & 2019 Westerly Sun Readers’ Choice Awards, and finally, 2016 ‘1st place as the fastest-growing and most innovative company’ by the Providence Business
News.
Membership is open to all who reside or work in Rhode Island and New London County, CT.