Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Macomb Daily Selects Credit Union ONE as one of the Best of the Best

Ferndale, Michigan – The Macomb Daily has announced its winners for the Best of the Best 2011 Readers Choice Awards, and Credit Union ONE was selected as one of the top three credit unions.

Annually, the Macomb Daily requests nominations from their readers, selecting five finalists. Readers then vote online for their top three choices in many different categories.

Winners are revealed online and in the local paper in June.

“Credit Union ONE is honored to again be among Macomb County’s finest in financial services,” said Gary Moody, President and CEO of Credit Union ONE.  “Credit Union ONE employees serving members from our Macomb County branch locations provide great service and are the reason we have been recognized by the Macomb Daily readers.  It is a joy to know that their hard work and efforts have been acknowledged.”

Credit Union ONE, headquartered in Ferndale Michigan for over seventy years, offers a wide array of financial services and access to over 28,000 ATM’s nationwide, serving 106,000 members, with nineteen offices in three major metropolitan areas, including Metro Detroit, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. For more information go to cuone.org

Contact Judi Desilets, Director of Public Relations for Credit Union ONE, 248-584-5224, Judi_Desilets@cuone.org

Thursday, June 23, 2011

The ONE to Ask Coming Soon to Credit Union ONE


Ferndale, Michigan – In an effort to meet the ever-changing life events that credit union members face on a daily basis, Credit Union ONE President and CEO Gary Moody will host a Facebook online chat on Wednesday, June 29th from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST.

The ONE to Ask is designed to help answer questions that members may have about a variety of financial topics, but don’t necessarily have the time or the opportunity to ask someone face-to-face.

“The opportunity to discuss what is on our members’ minds is something I am very much looking forward to,” said Credit Union ONE President and CEO Gary Moody.

Facebook fans are encouraged to send in their questions in advance so that they can be answered during the chat.  If members are already fans, they can simply go to the Credit Union ONE facebook wall to post their questions or to become a fan, members can “like us” on facebook. 

Credit Union ONE, headquartered in Ferndale Michigan for over seventy years, offers a wide array of financial services and access to over 28,000 ATM’s nationwide, serving 106,000 members, with nineteen offices in three major metropolitan areas, including Metro Detroit, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. For more information go to http://www.cuone.org

Contact Judi Desilets, Director of Public Relations for Credit Union ONE, 248-584-5224, Judi_Desilets@cuone.org

Credit Union ONE Awards 2011 Scholarship


Ryan Henry accepts scholarship award from Paul Stuart,
Credit Union ONE Chairman of the Board.
Ferndale, Michigan – Credit Union ONE presented the 2011 William G. Coyne Credit Union ONE Scholarship Award to a very deserving student on Friday, June 17, 2011 at the credit union headquarters in Ferndale, Michigan. 

Realizing the investment of both finances and planning, Credit Union ONE created the William G. Coyne Credit Union ONE Scholarship Program to help their student members in their endeavors to further their education after high school. 

Graduating high school senior Ryan Henry of Sterling Heights was selected to receive the $2000 scholarship based on academics, community service and a written essay. 

“As a community based member-owned organization, we are pleased to be able to give back to our student members to assist in their successes,” said Paul Stuart, Credit Union ONE Chairman of the Board.

Credit Union ONE, headquartered in Ferndale Michigan for over seventy years, offers a wide array of financial services and access to over 28,000 ATM’s nationwide, serving 106,000 members, with nineteen offices in three major metropolitan areas, including Metro Detroit, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. For more information go to http://www.cuone.org

Contact Judi Desilets, Director of Public Relations for Credit Union ONE, 248-584-5224, Judi_Desilets@cuone.org

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Nurses at DMC Hospitals Celebrated by Credit Union ONE

Nurse Carol Brzuchalski accepts her new IPad from Credit Union
ONE Detroit Receiving Hospital Branch Manager Gail Stephens-
Dantzler.
Ferndale, Michigan - Credit Union ONE is pleased to announce the winner of the Detroit Medical Center Hospitals Nurses Week Drawing for an IPad.

Credit Union ONE celebrated the Nursing Staff of all DMC Hospitals by offering specials running through the month of May for DMC employees and their families, as well as holding a drawing for nurses to enter for a chance to win an Apple IPad.

Sinai-Grace Hospital Nurse Carol Brzuchalski was chosen to win the prize.  "I never win anything, and I was both shocked and thrilled that my name was picked.  My husband and I have been Credit Union ONE members for over thirty years, and we love the convenience that the credit union offers us,"  said Brzuchalski.

Credit Union ONE, headquartered in Ferndale Michigan for over seventy years, offers a wide array of financial services and access to over 28,000 ATM’s nationwide, serving 106,000 members, with nineteen offices in three major metropolitan areas, including Metro Detroit, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. For more information go to cuone.org

Contact Judi Desilets, Director of Public Relations for Credit Union ONE, 248-584-5224, Judi_Desilets@cuone.org

Tobin Selected As Five Star Wealth Manager

Ernesta Tobin, CFP, Executive Director
Ferndale, Michigan – Ernesta Tobin, Executive Director of ONE’s Financial Services, the financial planning division of Credit Union ONE, has been selected as a 2011 Five Star Wealth Manager.

This award is limited to less than seven percent of the 10,500 wealth managers in the Detroit area. Extensive research is conducted to identify a select group of wealth managers who are exceptional in both their ability and their commitment to overall satisfaction. Recipients are chosen based on survey results that evaluated wealth managers on nine different criteria.

The recipients of the award will be featured in a special section of the June issue of HOUR Detroit and the July/August issue of DBusiness.

Ernesta Tobin has been an employee of Credit Union ONE for fifteen years. Tobin’s background includes Finance and Human Resources before entering the financial and investment services area in 2002. She has earned a Certified Financial Planning designation.

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Credit Union ONE, headquartered in Ferndale Michigan for over seventy years, offers a wide array of financial services and access to over 28,000 ATM’s nationwide, serving 106,000 members, with nineteen offices in three major metropolitan areas, including Metro Detroit, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. For more information go to cuone.org

Contact Judi Desilets, Director of Public Relations for Credit Union ONE, 248-584-5224, Judi_Desilets@cuone.org