NCUF DONATES $10,000 TO NY CU FOUNDATION IN WAKE OF ATTACKS
Extent of tragedy not yet known, more help needed

September 12, 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tom Dunn
(608) 231-4002
tdunn@cuna.com

The National Credit Union Foundation (NCUF) announced today that it has wired $10,000 from its Disaster Relief Fund to the New York Credit Union Foundation in the aftermath of yesterday's terrorist attacks.

“We still don't know the full extent of yesterday's tragedy, but we do know that several credit unions were housed in the World Trade Center,” says John Fiore, NCUF Chairman. “The New York Credit Union Foundation is taking the lead on raising funds in support of victims and their families. The National Credit Union Foundation is behind this fundraising effort one hundred percent. We will do anything and everything we can to help, as I'm sure will the worldwide credit union movement.”

Credit unions and others who want to help victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center can send donations to the New York CU Foundation.

The New York Foundation has established a fund “to provide whatever financial and emotional support we can for those credit unions--their staff and volunteers--that have been affected,” says Frank Kerbein, executive director of the New York CU Foundation. “New York has been hit hard by this terrible terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Many members of our credit union family have been affected.”

Donations can be sent to Kerbein at the New York CU Foundation, c/o the New York State CU League Inc., P.O. Box 15118, Albany NY 12212-5118. Wired donations are also welcome. Wiring instructions are:

People can also make a difference by donating blood. Contact your local American Red Cross chapter for more information.

Established in 1980, NCUF is the U.S. credit union movement’s primary charitable and fundraising organization for worldwide credit union development. The foundation has given more than $8.4 million in grants, including $5 million to international development, $1.6 million for domestic credit union development, $2 million for disaster relief at home and abroad, national model programs and scholarships. Visit the Foundation’s web site at http://www.ncuf.coop.

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