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Redwood Credit Union donates Little Free Library

RCU provides lending library for fire-impacted Elementary School

Redwood Credit Union (RCU) recently sponsored a Little Free Library and donated it to Hidden Valley Elementary School where 132 elementary students lost homes in the October fires. The campus itself lost its satellite location, which housed 80 of its elementary-level students.

Embracing the take-a-book/leave-a-book philosophy, several of these stand-alone libraries are going up this spring thanks to the partnership of The United Way of the Wine Country Women United members, the Career Technical Education (CTE) Foundation Sonoma County, and local high schools.

Especially during the summer months, Little Free Libraries are a fun and easy way to promote reading and give students easy access to books. RCU’s sponsored library is fittingly in the shape of a redwood tree—the credit union's logo. The construction was coordinated by Zeke Gifford, a Green Construction Instructor at Montgomery High School and was built by Montgomery High School students.

“Supporting our community during the recovery and rebuild remains a top priority for Redwood Credit Union,” says Brett Martinez, RCU President & CEO. “The little library is a way for us to reach out to some of our younger fire-impacted survivors and have a positive impact.”

Hidden Valley students, parents, and administrators joined RCU and United Way of the Wine Country officials in a dedication of the little library on Thursday, May 24th at the school's main campus at 3534 Bonita Vista in Santa Rosa.

Meg Cadiz, AVP Community Programs, RCU; Robin McKenzie, SVP Marketing & Communications, RCU; Ryan Beach, VP Branch Experience, RCU; Cynthia Negri, EVP, Chief Operating Officer, RCU; Mitchell Carter, Asst. Principal, Hidden Valley Elementary School; Mike Kallhoff, President & CEO, United Way of the Wine Country; and Tracy Condron Weitzenberg, Communications & PR Manager, RCU. And in front: Mckenzie Condron, Luca Beach, and Mason Condron. Photo by Derrick Story.

Assistant Principal of Hidden Valley Elementary School, Mitchell Carter, high-fiving Hidden Valley Elementary School students. Photo by Derrick Story.

Redwood Credit Union

Founded in 1950, Redwood Credit Union is a full-service, not-for-profit financial institution providing personal and business banking to consumers and businesses in the North Bay and San Francisco. With a mission to passionately serve the best interests of its members, team members, and communities, RCU delivers many ways for its members to save and build money through checking and savings accounts, auto and home loans, credit cards, digital banking, business services, commercial and SBA lending, and more. Wealth management and investment services are available through Redwood Wealth Management, and insurance and auto-purchasing services are also offered through RCU Services Group (RCU’s wholly owned subsidiary). RCU ended March at $9.9 billion in assets and $12.7 billion in assets under management and serves more than 530,000 members with full-service branches from San Francisco to Ukiah. For more information, call 1 (800) 479-7928, visit redwoodcu.org, or follow RCU on Facebook, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn for news and updates.

Contact

Redwood Credit Union Public Relations Department
(707) 576-5224 / PR@redwoodcu.org

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