ONTARIO, Calif.—CU Direct’s 20 for 20 Giveback Campaign has now grown to $60,000 in donations spread across six different Children’s Miracle Network hospitals.
Launched to celebrate CU Direct’s 20th anniversary, the initial plan was to donate $20,000 to the CMN hospital that received the most votes in an online poll. That eventually grew to $40,000, and now $60,000. Twenty-thousand dollars each will be donated to two winning hospitals, Salt Lake City's Primary Children's Hospital, and Flint, Mich.’s Hurley Children's Hospital.
CU Direct is also donating $5,000 each to four runner-up hospitals: Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis; OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland, Ore.; McLane Children's Scott & White Hospital in Waco, Texas; and Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford.
According to CU Direct, the campaign generated more than 2.2 million visits to its 20 for 20 campaign website, and more than 375,000 votes in support of CMN Hospitals. The credit unions that generated the most votes for the winning CMN Hospitals were: America First Credit Union, Utah; ELGA Credit Union and Dort Federal Credit Union, Michigan; Indiana Members Credit Union, Indiana; Fibre Federal Credit Union and Unitus Community Credit Union, Oregon; White Employees Credit Union, Texas; and Hartford Health Care Credit Union, Connecticut. These credit unions will be invited to join CU Direct in presenting checks to the winning hospitals right after the first of the year.