Aggieland Credit Union donated $10K to Voices For Children- CASA of Brazos Valley
AUSTIN, TX (May 9, 2019) — College Station, TX – Aggieland Credit Union donated $10K to Voices for Children- CASA of Brazos Valley, on May 4, 2019, during the Go to Bat for CASA kickoff event held at Blue Bell Park before the Aggies took on the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
Voices for Children is a cause both Coach Childress and Aggieland Credit Union support in the Brazos Valley. This year, Aggieland Credit Union is partnering with Texas A&M Baseball to Go To Bat for CASA, rewarding special plays with donations to the organization, at all home games at Blue Bell Park.
Voices for Children hosted a volunteer appreciation tailgate before the game with donated tickets purchased by Aggieland Credit Union. Rusty Surette, Anchor/Reporter, and Executive Producer with KBTX and KBTX Meteorologist Shel Winkley were onsite helping to raise awareness through their participation in a dunking booth. Donations were made onsite to try your luck, and Howard N. Baker, II, Aggieland CU President & CEO, made the first dunk.
Voices for Children was incorporated as an organization in 2000, with the first group of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Volunteers completing training in July 2001. Voices for Children expanded to include Grimes County in 2007 and Burleson County in 2009. In 2017, Voices for Children extended services to Leon County and Madison County. Learn more at http://vfcbrazos.org/
Aggieland Credit Union Staff with Voices for Children – CASA of Brazos Valley Staff
About Aggieland Credit Union
Aggieland Credit Union was founded in 1985 by Aggies as a financial cooperative to support fellow Aggies and their families. The credit union is now a subsidiary of Austin-based Greater Texas Credit Union and emphasizes community stewardship, charitable giving, and employee volunteerism. Together with Greater Texas, Aggieland Credit Union offers a wide variety of consumer-oriented banking services to its 80,000 members across the state of Texas. The combined credit union has locations in Bryan-College Station, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Edinburg, and the Dallas-Fort Worth market with assets of nearly $1 billion.
