SAN RAFAEL, Calif.– Redwood Credit Union (RCU) received the Corporate Community Service award at the 25th annual Heart of Marin awards at the Marin Center, hosted by the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL). The Corporate Community Service award recognizes a local company that has fosterefd and encouraged volunteerism and philanthropy among its employees.
In 2017, RCU’s staff provided more than 2,000 hours of volunteer support at 115 events supporting local nonprofits and community organizations in Marin, including the Marin/San Francisco Food Bank, Novato Human Needs Center, Marin YMCA, Conservation Corps of the North Bay, and many others. RCU regularly hosts “Bite of Reality” financial events at local high schools to help teens learn important real-world money management skills—more than 3,000 Marin students benefited from these programs.
In addition, RCU supports SchoolsRule—a coalition that provides literacy, technology, arts and health education to all Marin public school students—through a unique program that generates a donation for every RCU credit or debit card transaction made by a Marin County Member, providing more than $30,000 to support SchoolsRule programs annually. In 2017, RCU also raised more than $31 million dollars through the North Bay Fire Relief Fund to assist people who were impacted by the devastating fires last October.
“RCU is extremely honored and humbled to receive this award,” said Matt Martin, Vice President of Community and Government Relations for RCU, who accepted the award at the event. “Giving back and supporting the well-being of our local communities is an integral part of who we are as an organization, and we are continually inspired by the amazing spirit this community has for giving and helping people in need.”
RCU also sponsored the Heart of Marin Volunteer of the Year award, which was presented to Kim Lambert of Canal Alliance by RCU’s Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer Ron Felder at the event.
At right, Redwood Credit Union’s Matt Martin and Meg Cadiz (center) receive the 2017 Heart of Marin Corporate Community Service award from the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership Board members Dave Canny (far left) and Ken Preston (far right).