The Kids Classic Auction Party and Golf Tournament dates have been announced.

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The Austin Chapter of Credit Unions Bowling Tournament

Please be aware of a phishing scam. Several credit union members have been contacted by a company called Prize Center. They are telling the members that they won prizes from the Children’s Hospital raffle. This is not the case. The Prize Center is leaving a return phone number of 866-343-5166 and the man’s name is Jim. The members are being told they won prizes that weren’t even a prize option, such as a Lincoln Navigator. This company is also asking the members to provide personal information.

All of the prize winners were contacted by the Austin Chapter of Credit Unions on the day of the raffle, June 3rd, and have arranged times to pick up their prizes. The Austin Chapter of Credit Unions would not ask for personal information to redeem prizes.

This scam has been reported to the Consumer Protection Agency of the Office of the Attorney General.

Please make your members aware of this scam.

On behalf of all of the Austin-area Credit Unions, the Austin Chapter of Credit Unions would like to announce that we have raised $150,000 this year for the Dell Children’s Medical Center! We can’t express enough how amazing this amount is, especially during our troubled economic times. The Credit Unions themselves raised $149,788.28 one dollar at a time, with Benefits Unlimited donating the difference.

The winners of the prizes are:

2009 Pontiac G5
Stephen W. from United Heritage Credit Union

2 American Airlines Tickets
Chester O. from University Federal Credit Union

42” Samsung HDTV
Dorothy L. from Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union

A big thanks goes out to everyone – for the Credit Unions who raised the money and to the people who donated towards our goal. Others that we wanted to thank specifically are:

Nyle Maxwell from Nyle Maxwell Pontiac GMC for donating the Grand Prize Pontiac G5
Juan Portillo from Tramex Travel for donating the 2 American Airlines tickets
Mark Hail from Benefits Unlimited for donating the Third Place prize of the 42” Samsung HDTV and the extra donation to bring us up to a clean $150,000!

The Children’s Miracle Network fundraiser is now in full swing! We can’t thank our member Credit Unions enough with helping us achieve our donation goals.

However we are all aware of our increasingly bitter economy and wonder if there are other ways to help. One of those ways is through food.

People who receive chemotherapy for cancer often report a “metallic” taste in foods. For someone recovering from this disease (or any ailment), proper nutrition is vital and and this “metallic” taste quickly makes all food unappetizing. There is a way, however, to eat healthy while still pleasing the taste buds. It’s a good thing we know Gary Novosel whose website, The Food Medic, is dedicated to helping people with disease and illness eat healthier. Ranging from Alzeimer’s to Women’s Needs, one of Gary’s recipes is bound to satisfy.

Check out his recipes here: www.foodmedic.com

The TCUL Golf Tourney is right around the corner; have you signed up? More information can be found by clicking here.

The Austin Chapter of Credit Unions accomplished a lot in 2008! We would not be able to accomplish these goals without the support of all our credit unions and their members; a big thanks go out to everyone. Here are some of what we all accomplished:

The Austin Chapter of Credit Unions would like to recognize the following nominees for the upcoming board election which will take place at the November chapter meeting.

President – Kelly Atkinson, UFCU
Vice-President – Marie Spencer, A+FCU
Treasurer – Marlo Major, GTFCU
Secretary – Sam McDougall, UFCU
Program Chair – Jill McNabb, TruWest
Vendor/PR Coord – Vacant
TCULPAC Rep – Mary Gray, A+FCU
Training Rep – Alexis Michael, UFCU
CU for Kids Rep – Debbie Lewis, RBFCU & Brandy Logan, GTFCU
Technical Coord – John Le, Amplify FCU

The Austin Chapter of Credit Unions is very excited to announce that we raised $169,985.28 from the auction party and golf tournament. Plus, the chapter qualified for an additional $25,000 from CO-OP Financial Services’ “Miracle Match” campaign which brings the grand total to $194,985.28 that was donated to the hospital. None of this would have been possible without the help from our wonderful sponsors, credit union board members, management teams and employees as well as the hospital staff. Thanks for all your help in making this tournament such a huge success over the years and we look forward to doing it again next September.

Please visit the Kids Classic website for more information abut the golf tournament and auction party.

The Austin Chapter of Credit Unions completed another successful fund raising year for the Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas. This year, we raised $150,000.00! We would like to express our heart felt gratitude for all the support from the Austin area Credit Unions. Each individual Credit Union and their members raised awareness and funds for the children of Central Texas.

Winners were drawn on June 3rd in the lobby of the new Dell Children’s Medical Center with a crowd of onlookers. With a playpen full of CMN tickets, winners were drawn and notified.

We will present a check to the Hospital on June 19th at our Celebration Dinner along with awards for the Credit Unions and individual sellers. We invite all to join us for this celebration. Hope to see you there!!!!

Click here to view photos from the drawing

Top Credit Unions (who sold tickets)

Randolph Brooks – $24,129.00
United Heritage – $20,811.00
Austin Telco – $$13,453.00

Top Individual Sellers

Gerald Brawley (Amplify) – $5,600
Kristy San Miguel (United Heritage) – $2,214
Wanda Osborn (Austin Telco) – $1,447