GRAND FORKS, N.D.– After serving the Grand Forks military community for a little more than a year, Service Credit Union recently received the 2015 Sponsor of the Year award. Grand Forks Branch Manager, Timothy Haddock, accepted the honor from Gina Freitag, 319th FSS Marketing Assistant/Sponsorship Coordinator.
“We are honored to be acknowledged by the Grand Forks military community,” said David Van Rossum, President/CEO of Service Credit Union. “Service Credit Union Grand Forks staff is highly engaged and strongly believes in our mission of improving financial lives of people. The Grand Forks Air Base community has embraced our new branch and supported us from the beginning. We are pleased for the opportunity to give back. ”
Since opening the branch, Haddock and his staff–Noriko Williams, Mary DeCuzzi, Carolyn Preston, and Tisha Queen–have played an important role in supporting community activities. The Grand Forks staff volunteered at many of the events in which Service Credit Union was a major sponsor.
Service Credit Union’s Grand Forks Branch was a key contributor to the Super Base Extravaganza (SBE), Winter Bash, Summer Bash, Kids Fishing Derby and provided biannual adult education scholarships and holiday gift cards for the troops. In August, upon hearing that the newly-combined Nathan Twining Elementary and Middle School needed a bigger playground, Service Credit Union Grand Forks Branch stepped up and installed additional playground equipment, expanding the playground footprint and making it suitable for children with special needs.