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| KIDS AT HEART - Friends and members of Fitchburg ME Federal Credit Union raised $2,200 in 2006 for the Credit Unions of Massachusetts Kids at Heart program in support of Children’s Hospital Boston. Barbara L. Goodwin (right), president and CEO, visited EasCorp headquarters in Burlington recently to present the Credit Union’s donation to Jane Melchionda, president and CEO of EasCorp. Timmy Stevens, a Children’s Hospital Patient Partner, joined in the presentation. |
FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS, September 18, 2006 …Barbara L. Goodwin, president and CEO of Fitchburg ME Federal Credit Union, visited EasCorp headquarters in Burlington recently with a $2,200 donation for Children’s Hospital Boston. The amount was raised by Fitchburg ME through its members during the year for the Credit Unions of Massachusetts Kids at Heart program.
Jane Melchionda, president and CEO of EasCorp, and young Timmy Stevens, a Children’s Hospital Patient Partner, also took part in the check presentation.
Throughout the year, Fitchburg ME participated in a number of fundraising activities and special events to help support the work of the hospital. Fundraising for its 2007 annual donation is already underway, according to Goodwin. Over the past 10 years, the Credit Unions of Massachusetts have raised more than $2.3 million for Children’s Hospital.
“Fitchburg ME is always pleased to participate in the Kids at Heart program,” said Goodwin. “Fundraising for Children’s Hospital brings out the best of credit unions’ people-helping-people philosophy.”
EasCorp is a corporate credit union that provides its member credit unions with a variety of deposit, loan, investment, correspondent, corporate check and share draft processing, statement production and rendering services.
Fitchburg ME Federal Credit Union, founded in 1957, is located at 65 North Street in Fitchburg, with a Student Branch at Fitchburg High School and online banking services. Deposits are insured by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA).