Thursday, December 22, 2011

Credit Union ONE helps Winter Dreams become a reality

(L to R) Yvette Gonzalez, Credit Union ONE Southwest Branch
Manager presents sponsorship check to Deb Sumner, Clark Park
Coalition Founding Member, along with John Kozich, Executive
Director of Community Relations for Credit Union ONE
Ferndale, Michigan – Credit Union ONE is pleased to announce their sponsorship of the 2011 Kids Winter Dreams Campaign, an initiative of the Clark Park Coalition, located in Southwest Detroit.

The Clark Park Coalition, a partner of the Detroit Recreational Department, celebrating it’s 20th Anniversary, provides quality recreation and educational opportunities for hundreds of Detroit children year-round.

“We wanted to acknowledge the many years the Clark Park Coalition has been involved in providing exceptional programs for children in the community by becoming a sponsor of the Winter Dreams Campaign,” said John Kozich, Executive Director of Community Relations for Credit Union ONE. “Campaigns such as this provide great opportunities for local children to turn their dreams into a reality.”

“On behalf of my beloved Clark Park Coalition Family of 20 years in Southwest Detroit, I would like to express my heartfelt thankfulness to our local Credit Union ONE for their financial support in stepping-up to be one of our Clark Park Kids Winter Dreams Campaign Match-Sponsors,” said Deb Sumner, Founding Member of the Clark Park Coalition. “It is with enormous gratitude that we accept your donation to help make our Southwest Detroit children's winter dreams come true as the Clark Park Coalition adult volunteers have committed since 1991, that we would always keep our Clark Park Recreation Youth Center doors open and "Teach Our Youth to Dream"!”

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 eighteen offices in three major metropolitan areas, including Metro Detroit, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. For more information go to cuone.org or "like us" on Facebook

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