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Georgia United Credit Union grants 899 holiday wishes for local foster children in Annual Wish Tree Program

Georgia United Employees Robert Griffin, Cindy Taylor, Intern Eric Nilsson, Pollyanna Araujo and Jessica Diaz load one of the vans with holiday deliveries for local Department of Family & Children’s Services foster children.

DULUTH, GA (December 17, 2014) — Georgia United Credit Union held its 25th annual Wish Tree program to collect new toys and clothing for local foster children through local Departments of Family & Children’s Services during December. Georgia United invited interested individuals, schools, and civic groups to participate by dropping off a new toy or article of clothing at one of Georgia United’s 16 branch locations by mid-December so deliveries could be made prior to Christmas.

Special thanks go to those who helped collect 899 items (from iPods to bicycles) this year to donate to foster children in our communities.

The Christmas Wish Tree Program is one of Georgia United’s longest-running community service projects and one of its most successful with approximately 15,000 gifts donated to multiple county DFCS offices during the program’s 25 year tenure.

About Georgia United Credit Union
Georgia United Credit Union is ranked as one of the top credit unions in Georgia in both size and safety at $990 million in assets, 128,000 members and 16 branch locations.  Georgia United seeks to make members’ lives easier by offering products, services and education to help members meet their needs and achieve their goals.

Georgia United serves all state agency employees, Board of Regents employees, adult & technical education schools, county school systems and employee groups, as well as faculty, staff, students and alumni of UGA. Additional information may be located at georgiaunitedcu.org.

Georgia United Locations That Collected Holiday Gifts for Foster Children:

Branch Address Benefitting Organization
  1. Atlanta-Twin Towers 
 2 MLK Jr Drive, Suite 466, Atlanta Fulton County Department of Family & Children’s Services
  1. Atlanta – Whitehall
 400 Whitehall Street, Atlanta Fulton County Department of Family & Children’s Services
  1. Atlanta – GDOT
 600 W. Peachtree St, Ste. 401, Atlanta Fulton County Department of Family & Children’s Services
  1. North Atlanta
 4448 Tilly Mill Road, Atlanta DeKalb County Department of Family & Children’s Services 
  1. Athens – East
 190 Gaines School Road, Athens Clarke County Department of Family & Children’s Services
  1. Athens -UGA
 1710 South Lumpkin St, Athens Clarke County Department of Family & Children’s Services
  1. Corporate
 6705 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth Gwinnett County Department of Family & Children’s Services
  1. Cumming
 312 Canton Highway, Cumming Angels Over Forsyth
  1. Conyers
 1381 Milstead Avenue, Conyers Rockdale County Department of Family & Children’s Services
  1.  Clarkston
 500 North Indian Creek Dr, Clarkston DeKalb County Department of Family & Children’s Services
  1. Gwinnett
 2270 Satellite Boulevard, Duluth Gwinnett County Department of Family & Children’s Services  
  1. Northlake
 3840 LaVista Road, Tucker DeKalb County Department of Family & Children’s Services
  1. Panola
 5173 Panola Ind Blvd, Decatur DeKalb County Department of Family & Children’s Services
  1. Stockbridge
 105 North Park Trail, Stockbridge Henry County Department of Family & Children’s Services
  1. Dalton
 605 Calhoun Street, Dalton Dalton Greater Works
16.  Dublin 2006 Veterans Blvd, Dublin WINGS Shelter

 

 

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