Whitefish Credit Union supports schools through debit card
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Polson High received $5 for every Whitefish Credit Union debit card issued that featured the Polson Pirates, totaling $1,340. Pictured from left are Eldon Tilley, Whitefish Credit Union's vice president of marketing; Jay Sampson, Polson High School's assistant principal; Lisa Stover, Whitefish Credit Union's Polson branch manager; and Scott Wilson, Polson High School's principal.
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POLSON – Whitefish Credit Union, Montana’s largest credit union, donated more than $12,000 among eight local high schools during February through its School Spirit Debit Card campaign. Polson High School received $1,340.
The Credit Union asked the community to show their school spirit with debit cards that each featured one of eight local high school logos. For every one it issued, Whitefish Credit Union pledged to donate $5 to the school whose logo was shown on the card, according to Whitefish Credit Union President and CEO Jim Kenyon.
“We’re thrilled to be able to make a donation like this to benefit the students of our local high schools,” Kenyon said. “Supporting our friends and neighbors in the communities where we live and work is a credit union core value, and one we take very seriously. We look forward to continuing our tradition of community support throughout 2017 and beyond.”
The logos featured on the credit union’s School Spirit Debit Cards come from Bigfork, Columbia Falls, Flathead, Glacier, Eureka, Polson, Thompson Falls and Whitefish high schools.
In addition to the School Spirit Debit Card campaign’s high school donations, Whitefish Credit Union also worked with local food banks to help struggling families heat their homes during the holidays. Each time a member used their School Spirit Debit Card 20 times or more in a month, or when they opened a free Online Checking Account, Whitefish Credit Union donated firewood to a family in need through local food banks. All together, the Credit Union donated 48,000 pounds of firewood to local families in need this winter.
Whitefish Credit Union was chartered in 1934. It has gone on to become the largest credit union in Montana with nearly $1.4 billion in assets. Today, Whitefish Credit Union manages seven branches throughout the state, which serve the financial cooperative’s more than 58,000 members.
