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U of I Community Credit Union donating 100 backpacks of school supplies to Urbana students

If you’re searching for a little good news in this crazy world in which we live, here’s some: The U of I Community Credit Union has collected 100 backpacks full of school supplies that they’ll be donating to the Urbana Neighborhood Connections Center for students in need.

The bags were collected as part of UICCU’s Creating Member Loyalty program, which seeks to promote service culture throughout Champaign-Urbana – something that we always could use a little more of.

The donation ceremony will take place this Friday, July 29th at 6 p.m. at the Urbana Neighborhood Connections Center, and the public are invited. For more info, check out the press release here:

Champaign, IL – U of I Community Credit Union will be donating 100 backpacks filled with school supplies to the Urbana Neighborhood Connections Center at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, July 29th.

As the final phase of their rebrand, U of I Community Credit Union launched Creating Member Loyalty™ in order to advance their service culture for both internal and external members. During the kickoff meeting, staff took a break to form an assembly line and fill backpacks with school supplies to be donated to the Urbana Neighborhood Connections Center. This was representative of the service they want to provide to external members as well as celebrating the community spirit.

“We are committed to this community,” said Chris Harlan, Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer. “UNCC shares this commitment and the desire to provide service to families in need within our community.”
The Urbana Neighborhood Connections Center’s vision is for a healthy, compassionate, progressive community where all children and families have access to services and support that empowers successful development. To bring that vision to reality, UNCC provides quality educational, social-emotional, spiritual and recreational enrichments to youth and their families within the context of a safe, structured and nurturing environment.

U of I Community Credit Union is a not-for-profit, member-owned cooperative that provides a wide range of financial products and services to anyone who lives or works in Champaign, Ford, Piatt, Douglas, and Vermillion, IL counties as well as University of Illinois employees and other select employee groups. To learn more, visit uoficreditunion.org.

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