FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. (5/6/15)--Teachers FCU (TFCU), Hauppage, N.Y., will host 12 paper-shredding events for the town of Brookhaven in 2015. “Brookhaven residents have been very enthusiastic about our shredding events, so now we are able to add six more thanks to our partnership with TFCU,” said Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine. The town of Brookhaven and TFCU are co-sponsoring two shredding events in each of the six council districts. “Besides the positive environmental benefits, proper document disposal is an easy yet effective way to protect sensitive information from identity thieves,” said TFCU President/CEO Robert Allen ...

BALTIMORE (5/6/15)--MECU of Baltimore recently distributed Neighborhood Event Grants worth up to $1,000 to 116 neighborhood and community-based nonprofit organizations. This is the fourth year that the credit union has partnered with the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts. The grants will go to block parties, neighborhood beautification, back-to-school events and health fairs. All the grants are for events that strengthen Baltimore’s neighborhoods and help people in the communities come together, the credit union said in a release ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (5/6/15)--Thirteen employees of Sb1 FCU, Philadelphia, are working their way to earning an MBA thanks to a partnership between the credit union and Holy Family University, Philadelphia (Life is a Highway May 5). Sb1 employees will take classes every Wednesday at the credit union, which covers job-related tuition expenses as part of its employee benefit program ...