Thanks for Being a Hunger Hero

July marked the end of another Hunger Hero fund raising effort and, again, I'm so proud of North Shore Federal Credit Union members.

We raised $6,900 in our latest Hunger Hero fund raising period!  These funds were just distributed to the food shelves in Cook County, Silver Bay and Two Harbors.  Better yet, these funds will be matched by national food shelf organizations which means the benefit to our local food shelves is actually $13,800.

In the last year and a half, North Shore Federal Credit Union and its members have donated nearly $50,000 to hunger prevention programs within our membership area.  We are truly making a difference in helping many people in need along the North Shore.

The Hunger Hero program is a proprietary program of North Shore Federal Credit Union.  100% of donated funds are distributed to hunger prevention programs that serve the residents of Cook and Lake Counties.  The programs receiving funds are the Food Shelves in Cook County, Silver Bay and Two Harbors; the Back Pack Food program for all students in the Lake Superior and Cook County School districts; and the Ruby's Pantrys programs in Silver Bay and Grand Marais.

Our next fund raising effort will focus on funding the Back Pack Food programs for students in need.  What could be a more worthy cause?

I strongly urge you to enroll in this program.  Even donating $2 per month can make a great difference and its easy to enroll.  Simply ask to join at your next visit to one of our branch offices or visit northshorefcu.org and use the automatic enrollment form.  It just takes a minute to do and any size donation is valuable.  Rest assured that if you ever want to stop the deduction, you can do so at any time.

Thanks for making a difference in the great place that we live.  This helps make it a great place to live for everybody.

Mark