The Credit Union Association of the Dakota’s (CUAD) brought a little bit of sunshine to some flood victims in Minot, ND this week as they hand delivered over $36,000 dollars in aid checks to seven Minot area credit unions. The checks will now be distributed to individual credit union employees and members that were severely affected by the flood waters this summer.
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Robbie Thompson, left, president/ CEO of the Credit Union Association of the Dakotas, hands CUAid disaster relief checks to Kim Colbenson of GEM FCU of Minot, N.D. GEM FCU lost its entire credit union building in a recent flood, and several GEM employees were severely impacted by personal losses. |
The checks were made possible by donations to the National Credit Union Foundation (NCUF) online disaster relief system, CUAid.coop, which successfully solicited funds from credit union people across the country to help credit union employees and members in Minot who were displaced or experienced a massive amount of damage to their personal property by the high waters.
Credit union supporters in many states made donations through a secured website that was activated in late June through the end of July. NCUF coordinated with the Credit Union Association of the Dakotas to distribute money efficiently to credit union employees and members in the affected areas.
"This is what credit unions are all about” says Robbie Thompson, President/CEO of CUAD. “Through CUAid and the efforts of credit unions and others all around the country, we were able to give a helping hand to credit union employees and volunteers in the Minot area who have had their lives turned upside down by the devastating flood.
People helping people philosophy certainly worked this week, and the beneficiaries of these efforts were so enormously thankful”, he added.
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