Community Credit Union has recently presented Maine Community Integration with a check for $250. Maine Community Integration promotes cultural understanding and equal opportunities for asylum-seekers in the Lewiston-Auburn community. The donation will assist clients of MCI in getting nutritious food and other goods for themselves and their families. From left: Fowsia Musse of Maine Community Integration, and […]
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Community Credit donates to Turner Food Pantry
Community Credit Union presents the Turner Food Pantry with a $750 donation. The pantry is in the Boofy Quimby Memorial Center in North Turner and is staffed by volunteers from the North Turner Union Presbyterian Church. Community Credit Union participates in the Maine Credit Union League’s initiative known as the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for […]
CCU donates to New Beginnings
Andrea Wessling, left, and Ashley Ward, right, of Community Credit Union present a $250 donation to Amber Kruk, second from left, and Rachel Spencer-Reed of New Beginnings in Lewiston. New Beginnings serves an average of 700 teens and young adults each year through programs such as shelter, transitional living and outreach. Community Credit Union participates […]
CCU supports Auburn PAL
Christina Carter, left, and Matthew Shaw, right, of Community Credit Union present a check for $250 to Thomas Poulin and Rita Beaudry of Auburn Police Activities League. The PAL Center is a self-sustaining program supported by donations, fundraisers and through chef Tom Poulin’s Science thru Cooking Program, where students cater events. Many students’ only meals for […]
Community Credit Union gives back
Community Credit Union presents the Greene Baptist Church Food Pantry with a $250 check this year. The pantry serves about 75 families per month and provides about 20 Thanksgiving baskets each November. The pantry is open to residents on the first and third Thursday of every month from 1 to 3 p.m. From left are […]
Community Credit Union donates to Safe Voices
LEWISTON — Community Credit Union presented Safe Voices with a check for $500 on June 8 to help supply its food pantry at its shelter. Safe Voices offers support for those affected by domestic violence through offices in Farmington, Lewiston, South Paris/Norway and Rumford. The offices provide one-on-one support, support groups, children’s services, advocacy, information, referrals, […]
Community Credit Union donates to Meals on Wheels program
LEWISTON – Community Credit Union has presented $500 to SeniorsPlus, the Aging and Disability Resource Center for Western Maine. SeniorsPlus provides services to older adults, adults with disabilities and their families in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. The agency operates Meals on Wheels, which provided more than 150,000 meals in 2017. Community Credit Union has branches […]
Community Credit donates to St. Mary's Food Pantry
Andrea Wessling of Community Credit Union, left, Sherie Blumenthal of St. Mary’s Food Pantry and Matthew Shaw of Community Credit Union hold a check for $500 for St. Mary’s Food Pantry at 208 Bates Street in Lewiston. The pantry provides food for more than 1,000 people per week. In addition, St. Mary’s Nutrition Center supports […]
Community Credit Union donates $250 to three food pantries
LEWISTON — Community Credit Union this year has presented three local food pantries with $250 to help their efforts in ending hunger in Maine. They include Leeds Food Pantry, Poland Community Food Pantry and High Street Food Pantry in Auburn. Community Credit Union participates in the Maine Credit Union League’s Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for […]
CEO says Community Credit Union staying in downtown Lewiston 'where we belong'
Community Credit Union President and CEO Jennifer Hogan, left, and Executive Vice President Christine Carter stand in the newly renovated lobby of the Pine Street branch in Lewiston on Wednesday morning. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Community Credit Union seriously considered moving out of the downtown, even buying land on Sabattus Street and scouting 20-plus […]