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Technology Credit Union Uses Blog Power to Create Social Change
Leading Bay Area Credit Union Has Announced a $1,000 Giveaway to Encourage Individuals to Share Their Ideas for Community Projects
| Source: Technology Credit Union
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - July 18, 2007) - One of the Bay Area's largest credit unions,
Tech CU, has announced another campaign aimed at encouraging individuals to
give back to their community. Called the Community Change Project: What
Would You Change with $1,000? it is centered around a contest that is being
run through Tech CU's new blog site at http://www.techcublog.com.
Individuals are invited to submit their ideas for a community project aimed
at creating social or environmental change in the Bay Area through August
31, 2007. Details on how to submit can be found on the blog site as well as
on Tech CU's new iTunes Podcast, the Community Chatter Channel, at
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=260081318.
A short summary of all project submissions will be posted on the Tech CU
blog where visitors can review, comment and vote on each submission through
September 7th. The top five vote winners will be featured during the week
of September 10th. Tech CU will then select and announce the Grand Prize
Winner on September 19th and sponsor their project with a $1,000 cash
grant.
"Blogs have become such a powerful tool for the exchange of ideas," said
Kathleen Litman, VP of Marketing for Tech CU. "We thought it would be
interesting to see what could happen if we created a blog event for social
change. What if we gave people an incentive to share their own great ideas?
Change can happen in many different ways, as much through the efforts of
individuals as through great big organizations. Just because a project is
small, doesn't mean it can't have a big impact, and so we're very excited
to see what people come up with."
The Community Change Project is the latest campaign in Tech CU's yearlong
focus on social responsibility. The credit union launched its social
initiative on March 6th with its Tech CU Community Spirit Day. That event
brought together more than 15 Bay Area nonprofits with people from the
community who came to learn about how they could get more involved in 2007.
It also raised more than $4,000 in donations given by employees, members
and a company match.
Tech CU is also sponsoring a series of community service events throughout
the year that support financial literacy and children, youth and family
services in the Bay Area. To find out more about these or to learn about
Tech CU's community outreach program, go to Tech CU's community page at
www.techcu.com/community.
Details: "What Would You Change with $1,000?"
What: Submit your ideas for a community project aimed at creating social or
environmental change in the Bay Area. Go to the Tech CU blog and vote for
your favorite projects.
Where: Submit via the Tech CU Blog at www.techcublog.com
When: Deadline for submission is August 31, 2007; Voting ends September 7,
2007;
The Grand Prize Project Winner will be announced on Wednesday, September
19, 2007.
ABOUT TECHNOLOGY CREDIT UNION
Technology Credit Union is a full-service, financial institution serving
individuals who work, live, go to school or regularly worship in Santa
Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Cruz, San Mateo and San Francisco
counties. Tech CU was started in 1960 and is now among the top 1 percent of
the nation's largest credit unions. With nearly $1.3 billion in assets and
nine full-service branches around the Bay Area, Tech CU is a leader in the
credit union industry.