Purdue Federal Credit Union (Purdue Federal) was awarded three “Thank You” awards from their local Junior Achievement Office. Those three awards were presented to Marlene Ballard, Leah Brown and Mignon Evans. They were chosen for this award based on the number of times they volunteered and the number of students that they impacted. Overall, Purdue Federal had 18 volunteers that went in to a total of 40 different classrooms and impacted over 1200 students.
Purdue Federal is extremely passionate about financial literacy in the community. In 2016, Purdue Federal had 8,774 members attend free financial literacy sessions and 6,372 of those attended a session for the first time. If you are interested in learning more about financial literacy and what we can do for you, please reach out to Lindsey Kilty at lkilty@purduefed.com.
About Purdue Federal
Purdue Federal Credit Union (Purdue Federal) was founded as Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union (PEFCU) on the Purdue University campus in 1969. In December 2010, PEFCU acquired Members United Federal Credit Union through a merger. At the time of merger, the credit union changed its name to Purdue Federal to better reflect its membership base, which includes students, faculty and staff, and communities where Purdue University and its regional campuses operate. Purdue Federal is a member-owned financial cooperative with more than 73,000 members nationwide and assets at more than $1 billion.
