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Scott Credit Union sponsors Monroe County Fair 4-H, FFA events
EDWARDSVILLE, IL (July 10, 2015) — Scott Credit Union recently presented checks totaling $1,200 to sponsor the 4-H Talent Show and an FFA Fun Night at this year’s Monroe County Fair that will be held July 19-26 in Waterloo.
Scott Credit Union Community Relations Representative Cassidy Beck recently presented checks to County Fair Board Secretary George Obernagel and representatives from the 4-H.
“This is another opportunity for us to support our community and the people who live here,” Beck said. “Having a location in Waterloo, we feel that it is important that we do what we can to help in the community. We are very happy to be able to help local people and support this year’s fair.”
Scott Credit Union donated $700 to the Mo Co Extension & 4-H Education Foundation to fund the 4-H’s Talent Show, which will take place from 4:30 to 6pm on Sunday, July 26.
The talent show is being added back to the schedule this year after a few years of being absent from the weeklong summer fair. Representatives from the local credit union will be on hand to present the awards to the winners.
Scott Credit Union also donated $500 to the FFA clubs for their FFA Fun Night on July 26 at 6:30pm. Several schools will be competing and representatives from the local credit union will be on hand to help the new Monroe County Fair Queen present the prizes to the winners. SCU’s donation will help increase the prize amounts awarded at this year’s event. Organizers estimated that 1,400 to 1,800 people attended the Fun Night last year.
SCU’s donation also will help to increase the awards for the Superior Young Producer Contests for sheep, beef, swine and rabbits during this year’s fair.
Scott Credit Union has made giving back to its communities a major priority. The local credit union contributed over $330,000 and its employees volunteered over 2,700 hours to a variety of local civic efforts throughout the region in 2014.
“We realize that without our members and the communities in which we serve, we would not exist as a financial alternative,” Beck noted. “Supporting our communities is very important to us.”
The credit union has increased its community involvement in the past few years while also increasing its efforts to educate consumers of the value of doing their financial business with a not-for-profit credit union.
“We want people in the area to know more about the value of doing business with a credit union,” she added. “That is why we have focused our time on educating area residents about Scott Credit Union. One of the big ways we’ve done that is through our community involvement.”
Scott Credit Union is open to anyone who lives or works in a 17 county area, including Madison, St. Clair, Monroe, Randolph, Perry, Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Clinton, Marion, Bond, Macoupin, Montgomery, Fayette, Effingham, Williamson, and Jackson counties. Anyone who lives or works in St. Louis County, Missouri also can open accounts at SCU. Additionally, anyone active or retired military also can have accounts with Scott Credit Union.
Scott Credit Union currently has 15 area locations: Scott Air Force Base, East Belleville, Fairview Heights, Collinsville, O’Fallon, Edwardsville, Waterloo, Highland, Caseyville, West Belleville, Millstadt, Mascoutah, Troy, Wood River and its Home Office in Edwardsville.
For details on opening accounts at Scott Credit Union, visit www.scu.org.
Photo caption: Scott Credit Union recently presented a $500 check to sponsor the FFA Fun Night at this year’s Monroe County Fair. Pictured are Monroe County Fair Board Secretary George Obernagel and Scott Credit Union Community Relations Representative Cassidy Beck; Scott Credit Union recently presented a $700 check to sponsor the 4-H Talent Show at this year’s Monroe County Fair. Pictured from left are 4-H members Otto Haubrich and Anna Haubrich, Scott Credit Union Community Relations Representative Cassidy Beck and Monroe County Extension & 4-H Education Foundation President Don Schrader.