BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - America’s First Federal Credit Union has awarded three charities a total of $110,000. During its Charity Open Golf Tournament each charity received a check for $30,000, and recently the charities were awarded checks that totaled an additional $20,000 cumulative.
This year’s charities were Laura Crandall Brown Foundation, Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Alabama, and the Greater Birmingham Humane Society.
From May until September, America’s First employees held various fundraising efforts to benefit the 2018 Community First campaign, which included annual clay shoot, annual golf tournament, community shred day, Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Ferris Wheel fees, internal branch donations, and internal activities that included bid wars (auction event), ice cream shop, baked potato bar lunch, candy sales and bake sales. In addition to financial contributions, each employee volunteered heavily with our three organizations, as well as provided financial literacy to Boys and Girls Clubs.
“We are excited that we could provide Community First recipients with additional funding, surpassing our total donations in previous years. I am so proud of what our employees did through their own internal events, as well as all of the time they volunteered,” said CEO Bill Connor. “We believe it is important to be a part of the community and to be able to provide funds and time to local organizations who do so much good for this city we love.”
Community First said it has helped 15 local charities, raising $408,000, over the last five years. It is an employee-based fundraising campaign that began in 2014. Each year, the employees choose three local charities to fundraise for internally through numerous efforts and externally through events like this golf tournament and a clay shoot.