Cleveland Area Leader, Visionary Rita Haynes to Receive National Award
(August 7, 2008)
Dublin, Ohio – Rita Haynes, CEO of Faith Community United Credit Union in Cleveland, will receive the prestigious 2009 Herb Wegner Memorial Award for Individual Achievement for her service to the underserved residents of Cuyahoga County.  Haynes, who has worked for the Cleveland credit union for more than 50 years, including the last 23 as CEO, has empowered thousands of individuals and families to improve their financial well-being through self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, and equity.  The Herb Wegner Memorial Award is the highest honor in the U.S. Credit Union Movement.  It will be presented at a dinner before 3,000 of her peers in Washington, D.C., in February.

OCUF sets impressive pace for 2008 grantmaking
(July 1, 2008)
The Ohio Credit Union Foundation (OCUF) is well on its way to achieving its goal of granting $250,000 in 2008 to support educational and outreach initiatives that promote financial independence through credit unions. In the first six months of 2008, the Ohio Credit Union Foundation (OCUF) awarded $124,044 in grants to promote financial independence through credit unions.

Ohio Foundation Grants $5,000 in Relief to Iowa Colleagues
(June 20, 2008)
Dublin, Ohio  – The Ohio Credit Union Foundation (OCUF) announced the disbursement of a $5,000 Disaster Relief Grant to the Iowa Credit Union Foundation to assist credit unions, their employees, volunteers, and members affected by the ongoing floods.  This is the first disaster relief grant issued by OCUF in 2008.

Ohio Foundation Celebrates $1 Million in Grants to Credit Unions
(June 11, 2008)
Dublin, Ohio – Ten years after it began fundraising, the Ohio Credit Union Foundation (OCUF) is praising its supporters, donors, and grant applicants and recipients as a recent grant brought the total amount of funds awarded to more than $1 million. Thanks to the efforts of OCUF trustees through the years, credit union outreach programs, financial education, professional development and disaster relief initiatives have been overwhelmingly supported, assisting hundreds of credit unions, their members, and communities.