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Recent Donations to the Community

April 2022 Community Giving

              Spring has sprung and it’s time to get outdoors! Whether we’re helping preserve the environment or supporting our youth sports teams HRCU can be counted on as a trusted partner in our community. Check out these great organizations and the wonderful things they do.

Great Bay Stewards – This organization works tirelessly to conserve the beautiful Great Bay estuarine system. HRCU is happy to show our support as a sponsor of their Race for a Healthy Estuary 5K.

Learn more here https://greatbaystewards.org/

Rochester Girls Softball League – Nothing says spring like the start of the new season for the Rochester Girls Softball League. HRCU is looking forward to sponsoring another team this season and wish them great success.

Learn more here http://rochestergirlssoftball.com/

Goodwin Library – Do you ever wish your library was open 24/7? With the sponsorship of a Little Free Library for the Goodwin library in Farmington you can have just that! HRCU is proud to be able to bring books to people of all ages at no cost and at any time of day or night.

Learn more here https://www.goodwinlibrary.org/ and https://littlefreelibrary.org/

Farmington 500 – From baseball and softball to football and volleyball, the Farmington 500 is returning for another season of youth sports and HRCU is thrilled for the opportunity to sponsor another team this year.

Learn more here https://www.farmington500.org/

Rochester Babe Ruth & The Roy Allain Golf Tournament – Back for another year the Rochester Babe Ruth League is ready to get back out onto the field. To help them raise funds for a fantastic program they also host the annual Roy Allain Golf Tournament. HRCU is delighted to be able to support both a team sponsorship and a hole sponsorship for the tournament.

Learn more here http://rochester.website.sportssignup.com/

Dover Post 8 Baseball – The American Legion Post 8 has been hosting a baseball team since 1925 and HRCU couldn’t be happier to help them continue the tradition. By sponsoring a team we help keep this tradition alive and strong.

Learn more here https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2021/nh/94625

Seacoast Family Promise – Seacoast Family Promise is a “neighbor helping neighbor” organization and that aligns perfectly with the credit union philosophy of “people helping people”. To support their mission of helping families with children experiencing homelessness HRCU is proud to sponsor their upcoming Swing for Seacoast Charity Golf Tournament.

Learn more here https://www.seacoastfamilypromise.org/

In March, HRCU was proud to support the 6 organizations mentioned above, to learn more about these contributions, please click here!

This February, HRCU was proud to support the 6 organizations mentioned above, to learn more about these contributions, please click here!

This January, HRCU was proud to support the 6 organizations mentioned above, to learn more about these contributions, please click here!

HRCU has been a long-time supporter of End 68 Hours of Hunger and on January 3rd of this year they donated to support six programs, Barrington, Dover, Farmington, Milton, Rochester and Somersworth thereby supporting 400 children in our local communities. Learn more here!

This December, HRCU donated to 44 local non-profits as a part of the 8th-annual Christmas Caring Campaign. This year included 14 first-time recipients: Gather NH, End 68 Hours of Hunger (Barrington, Milton & Somersworth), Alton Community Services, Waypoint, Dover Children’s Home, York County Shelter Programs, Seacoast Family Promise, New Generation, Cornerstone VNA, Great Bay Services, Children’s Dyslexia Centers and Victims, Inc. For a full list of organizations who received donations & more info on them, please visit this page!

Rochester Superintendent Kyle Repucci, Rochester Rotary Club President Kerry Norton and HRCU President & CEO Brian Hughes visited students at the School Street School to kick off their Summer Reading Program. HRCU & Rotary partnered together to provide books to all first and second grade students in Rochester this summer.

At a presentation at the Rochester Branch, our Annual Scholarships were awarded to this year’s recipients! Pictured are President & CEO Brian Hughes, Scholarship Committee Member Jim Brock, Board Chairman Dana Flanders, as well as 2021 Scholarship Recipients, Kevin Golightly, Lily Stinchfield & Lindsey Hatfield. Congrats again to all of this year’s recipients!

At the Richard Mahoney Charity Golf Tournament, Make-A-Wish NH CEO Julie Baron was presented with a check for $150,000 on behalf of New Hampshire Credit Unions! Presenting the check was CCUA President & CEO Ronald McLean and HRCU President & CEO Brian Hughes, who also serves as the CCUA NH Social Responsibility Committee Chairman.

HRCU, Service Credit Union and Northeast Credit Union recently matched an anonymous donation of $15,000 to the Homeless Center for Strafford County, bringing the total contribution to $30,000!

HRCU President & CEO Brian Hughes presents Suzanne Weete of Community Partners and Melissa Lesniak of the Dover Mental Health Alliance (DMHA) with a donation of $2,500 to support the DMHA

HRCU President & CEO Brian Hughes presents Make-A-Wish NH President & CEO Julie Baron with a donation of $125,000 from New Hampshire Credit Unions, bringing their total donation to Make-A-Wish past $3 Million

With help from a donation from HRCU, our friends at The Nook Breakfast and Lunch delivered meals to Dover Fire & Rescue to thank them for all they are doing to keep the community safe