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Army Aviation Center Federal Credit Union Donates $15,000 to Fort Rucker’s Army Emergency Relief Fund
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lisa Hales
P.O. Drawer 8
Daleville, AL 36322
(334) 598-4411 ext. 1307
lhales@aacfcu.com
Daleville, Ala. (May 26, 2011) — Army Aviation Center Federal Credit Union (AACFCU) presented a donation of $15,000 to Fort Rucker’s Army Emergency Relief (AER) Fund at the 2011 AER Campaign Closing Ceremony on May 23rd. Funds were primarily raised from AACFCU’s Annual Golf Tournament held each year at Silver Wings Golf Course at Fort Rucker. All proceeds from the golf tournament were donated to AER.
AER is the Army’s own emergency financial assistance program dedicated to helping active and retired soldiers when there is a vital need. In 2010, Fort Rucker’s AER gave loans and grants to local soldiers totaling $250,495.
The $15,000 donation also included a matching grant of $1,500 from the Armed Forces Financial Network (AFFN). AACFCU has been fortunate to receive matching grants from AFFN for the past six years. AFFN is an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Network founded in 1985, co-owned by The Defense Credit Union Council and The Association of Military Banks of America, serving over 352 defense credit unions and military banks, 93 million cardholders, at over 500, 000 ATMs and 2 million merchant/retail locations globally. To learn more about AFFN, please visit www.AFFN.org.
Army Aviation Center Federal Credit Union was founded 44 years ago by seven soldiers at Fort Rucker, Ala. on the principles of the “Credit Union Movement”. Today, AACFCU serves more than 105,000 members worldwide with 17 branches throughout Southeast Alabama, Florida’s Emerald Coast and the Mobile Bay Area. For more information, visit www.aacfcu.com.