PSECU Brings Home Capital Region Heart Walk Award
HARRISBURG, PA - December 8, 2008 - At a recent event PSECU was named the winner of the Financial Institution Challenge by the American Heart Association for its support of the 2008 Capital Region Start! Heart Walk. PSECU was also the Presenting Sponsor of this year's event, which was held at Harrisburg Area Community College.
The award is given to the financial institution that raises the most money for the Heart Walk. At this year's event, PSECU provided over 65 walkers and volunteers and raised $5,830.50 to support life-saving research to decrease the effects of heart disease and stroke.
The success of PSECU's fundraising was due in part to a challenge issued to the Marketing Department by Vice President Barbara J. Bowker. She offered a challenge to match the donations raised by her employees up to a certain level and also added the incentive of homemade apple pies. "Heart disease and stroke affect PSECU as an employer, but the Heart Association's mission is also very personal to me," noted Ms. Bowker. "I've made a conscious effort to live a heart healthy lifestyle and thought this would be a fun way to encourage others to do so. This award would not have been possible without the hard work of all of our employees and volunteers."
About PSECU
PSECU is a not-for-profit financial institution that provides a full array of convenient, electronically delivered services at no or low cost. Chartered in 1933, PSECU is one of the nation's largest credit unions. It serves more than 345,000 members and has over $3 billion in assets. The membership of the said Credit Union will be limited to the employees of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; those employees eligible for membership in the State Employees' Retirement System; those persons receiving a benefit allowance from the State Employees' Retirement System; students and alumni of institutions of the State System of Higher Education; employees eligible for membership in the Public School Employees' Retirement System and persons receiving a benefit allowance from the Public School Employees' Retirement System; employees of local governments organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; with the prior approval of the Department of Banking, other occupational and associated groups as provided by law; the Select Employee Group (SEG) employer entity; employees of the Credit Union; members of the immediate families or households of the above persons; corporate or other legal entities in this charter; and exclusively for share services, organizations composed principally of the same groups as the Credit Union membership.