Louviers FCU Hosts Toy Drive For A.I. duPont Hospital for Children’s Snowflake Station, Collection Over 300 Items!
During this holiday season, Louviers Federal Credit Union hosted the collection of toys at each of our five New Castle County branch locations to benefit A.I. duPont Hospital for Children’s Snowflake Station, which is hosted by the Child Life department. Donations came from both members and staff alike, and through so many generous donations, we were able to present the hospital with over 300 items!
The Snowflake Station is a parent shopping experience where they can shop for free from items the hospital has received from generous community donations. Having a child hospitalized is always difficult, especially during the holiday season. This allows families to bring a little bit of holiday spirit back into their lives amidst a stressful time. Personal shoppers and gift wrapping are also offered to the parents/guardians while they take a break and enjoy some snacks and refreshments. All of this is provided through volunteers, which staff members from Louviers FCU also participated in.
Louviers FCU employees Jan and Shelley presented the items collected from the toy drive to A.I. duPont Hospital for Children on December 10th.
Briana, Shelley, and Megan from Louviers FCU volunteered as personal shoppers for parents/guardians at the hospital’s Snowflake Station on December 19th.
Louviers FCU Recognized With Editor’s Choice™ Award for Community Commitment on badcredit.org, a Site Dedicated to Informing and Educating Americans About Bad Credit, Enabling Better Credit Decisions, and a Brighter Financial Future!
In a Nutshell: What is now Louviers Federal Credit Union in Delaware began life as a financial institution specifically for engineers who worked for DuPont. Over the years, the credit union has merged with other former DuPont credit unions as well as other organizations to serve almost 20,000 members. The credit union not only provides quality financial products and services to members, but it also demonstrates a high level of commitment to the community. Louviers Federal Credit Union leads several financial literacy initiatives for children, adults, and senior citizens. The financial institution is also active in supporting local causes and helps plan the finance-related portions of the annual #MILLSUMMIT. We are recognizing Louviers Federal Credit Union with our Editor’s Choice™ Award for Community Commitment for these efforts to support its New Castle County, Delaware, community.
Louviers FCU Helps Raise over $5,000 for the Nemours 9th Annual Help Our Kids Radiothon
Louviers Federal Credit Union, along with three other local businesses, came together through Forever Media to help put on the Nemours Concert for the Kids on August 22nd, in which Hanson performed to a packed house at The Queen in Wilmington. The goal: to kick off the Help Our Kids Radiothon fundraiser efforts and raise awareness about the official Radiothon event that would culminate a week and a half later.
Each business involved contributed to the funds raised, which came to a grand total of almost $6,000! However, Louviers FCU took their efforts to the next level in order to support the amazing work that is done at the Nemours A.I. duPont Children’s Hospital, which is part of the Nemours Children’s Health System, a recent addition to the LFCU Field of membership. Louviers FCU pledged to donate $25 for every new account opened from August 1st through September 4th! But that’s not all! The staff at LFCU also went into their own pockets to contribute what added up to just shy of $2,000! The ultimate grand total for the Help Our Kids Radiothon, which ended on September 5th, was over $250,000 that will go to support Child Life at A.I. duPont Children’s Hospital!
We at Louviers Federal Credit Union are thrilled to be partnered with a fantastic organization such as Nemours Children’s Health System, which shares the same People Helping People values that credit unions operate under.
LFCU Supports UD Center For Economic Education & Entrepreneurship in Funding of ‘Economics for Kids’ Series Lesson
Louviers Federal Credit Union recently supported the Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware in funding the creation of the book ‘How Daniel Got What He Wanted.’ The book is lesson three in a series of economic lessons for school-age children called Economics for Kids and focuses on the lesson that people can satisfy their needs by both borrowing and saving.
Since the book’s distribution to classrooms throughout Delaware, it has received rave reviews from teachers and was ultimately turned into a video on the St. Louis Federal Reserve website as part of their Explore Economics series. Louviers Federal Credit Union is thrilled to have gotten to play a small part in educating children on borrowing and saving.
So where does the main character, Daniel, do all of his savings, you ask? You guessed it…the credit union!