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League of Southeastern Credit Unions & Affiliates honors 14 credit unions with Credit Union National Association’s Statewide Awards

The League of Southeastern Credit Unions & Affiliates (LSCU), through the Credit Union National Association’s (CUNA) award platform, recently recognized 14 credit unions from Alabama, Florida and Georgia for outstanding outreach to their members and communities.

Southeastern credit unions help people afford life in a variety of ways and, each year, CUNA provides LSCU with a way to recognize these efforts with a statewide awards program. The program features four awards, which credit unions compete for within categories based on asset size.

The Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Services Award commends a credit union for its outstanding efforts in community projects. The Louise Herring Award for Philosophy in Action honors credit unions that are making exceptional efforts to include credit union philosophy into daily operations. And the Desjardins Financial Education awards celebrates leadership in both youth and adult financial literacy initiatives.

“This past year has been a challenging one both for credit unions and for the members they serve,” said Jared Ross, president of LSCU. “We’re always pleased to celebrate the best of the best in an industry already known for its service to members – but this year in particular, we feel it’s vitally important to celebrate the credit unions that have gone all-in on demonstrating the credit union difference.”

This year, LSCU recognized the following credit unions from its three-state footprint:

Alabama:

Legacy Community Federal Credit Union won the Adult Desjardins Financial Education Award among credit unions with between $250 million and $1 billion in assets.
APCO Employees Credit Union won the Louise Herring Award for Philosophy in Action among credit unions with $1 billion or more in assets.
New Horizons Credit Union won the Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Services Award for credit unions with between $50 million and $250 million in assets.

Florida:

Dade County Federal Credit Union won both the Youth Desjardins Financial Education Award and the Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Award among credit unions with 1 billion or more in assets.
Miami Postal Service Credit Union won the Louise Herring Award for Philosophy in Action among credit unions with between $50 million and $250 million in assets.
First Commerce Credit Union won the Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Services Award among credit unions with $1 billion or more in assets.
FSU CU won the Louise Herring Award for Philosophy in Action among credit unions with between $250 million and $1 billion in assets.
VyStar Credit Union won the Adult Desjardins Financial Education Award for credit unions with $1 billion in assets.
Calhoun-Liberty Employees Credit Union won the Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Services Award for credit unions with between $50 million and $250 million in assets.

Georgia:

Delta Community Credit Union won the Desjardins Financial Education Awards in both the adult and youth categories among credit unions with 1 billion or more in assets.
Platinum Federal Credit Union won the Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Services Award among credit unions with between $50 million and $250 million in assets.
Georgia United Credit Union won the Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Services Award among credit unions with 1 billion or more in assets.
Health Center Credit Union won the Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Service Award for credit unions between $50 million and $250 million in assets.
Combined Employees Credit Union won the Louise Herring Award for Philosophy in Action for credit unions with less than $50 million in assets.

The award-winning submissions from all three states have been entered in the national awards program administered by CUNA. The results of the national contest will be announced in November.