Wildfire Credit Union Awards Six Classroom Cash Winners!

SAGINAW, MI - August 27, 2020 -  Wildfire Credit Union recently launched a back to school Classroom Cash social media promotion on Facebook.  Facebook followers were asked to nominate teachers for a chance to win one of 3 - $1,000 Wildfire Visa gift cards to help with this year’s school expenses.  Over 160 classroom nominations were received.  The competition was narrowed down to six finalists and Facebook followers were again asked to vote for their favorite teacher.  Over 2,900 votes were cast.

The $1,000 Visa gift card winners were teachers from Meridian Elementary, Meridian Early College and Bush Elementary in Essexville.  Because all six classrooms were so worthy, Wildfire made the decision to award the other 3 finalists with a $500 Visa gift card.  Those winners were teachers from Arthur Hill High School, North Saginaw Charter Academy, and Bangor Lincoln Elementary.

Tim Benecke, President and CEO of Wildfire Credit Union, commented; “Going into the new school year, we recognized that teachers would be facing new and additional challenges, and we wanted to help in some way to cover some of the expenses associated with in-class or remote teaching.  This was our first time for Classroom Cash, and we were very pleased by the success.  Wildfire is dedicated to the communities we serve and were happy to be able to help out these dedicated teachers.”

Wildfire Credit Union, a member-owned financial cooperative, has a community charter.  Membership is open for anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in the State of Michigan. More information is available on all Wildfire Credit Union’s products and services at www.wildfirecu.org.