Sikorsky Credit Union Honored for Giving Back to Community

STRATFORD, CT – (July 13, 2020) Sikorsky Credit Union was recently honored with the Banking New England 2020 Community Bank and Credit Union Heroes Bronze award for their asset category of $500 million - $1.5 billion. Each year, Banking New England looks at the ways financial institutions throughout New England are giving back to their community and presents awards by asset class.

Sikorsky Credit Union received the award for donating $5,000 to the Stratford Connecticut Chapter of Imagination Library, a book gifting program that provides free books to children from birth until they begin school. The Imagination Library was started in 1995 by singer Dolly Parton to provide free, high-quality books to young children. Since the program started, over 100 million books have been given to children around the world. The Imagination Library in Stratford will ensure that over 1,600 children under age five will receive one age appropriate book per month.

“Helping children get access to books at an early age can help them develop a love of reading and learning,” stated Sikorsky Credit Union President & CEO, Vincent Ciambriello. “We are so happy we could give back to the children in our local community.”

Sikorsky Credit Union is one of the largest credit unions in Connecticut with more than 55,000 members. Membership is open to anyone who lives, works, worships, or volunteers in Fairfield, Hartford, or New Haven counties. Sikorsky Credit Union believes in banking the way you choose and gives members the option to bank at one of their convenient branch locations, online, or through their mobile app. For more information, please visit www.sikorskycu.org. Deposits insured by the NCUA, an agency of the US government.