Cornerstone Announces Community Service Award Winners

Cornerstone League extends hearty congratulations to winners from across the region for CUNA’s Desjardins Adult Financial Education Award, Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award, and Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Service Award.

Cornerstone will present the winners with plaques at the IMPACT 2022: Annual Meeting and Council Forum in Grapevine, Texas, April 20–22, 2022.

These regional winners have now all moved to the national judging stage. If chosen, the national winners will be presented at the CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference in Washington, D.C., Feb. 27–March 2, 2022.

Desjardins Financial Education Awards

CUNA created the Desjardins program to recognize leadership within the credit union movement on behalf of financial literacy for all ages, though the awards are for adults and youth separately.

Desjardins Adult Financial Education Awards

First Place, more than $1 billion in assets:

• GECU

  El Paso, Texas
  GECU 2020 Financial Education Efforts

• Tinker Federal Credit Union
  Oklahoma City, Okla.
  Financial Education Video Series During COVID-19

First Place, $50 million to $250 million in assets:

• Southwest 66 Credit Union

  Midland/Odessa, Texas
  Permian Basin Adult Financial Literary Outreach

Second Place, more than $1 billion in assets:

• American Airlines Federal Credit Union

  Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
  Financial Wellness

Desjardins Youth Financial Education Awards

First Place, more than $1 billion in assets:

• Tinker Federal Credit Union
  Oklahoma City, Okla.
  Financial Education for SiSu Youth Services

First Place, $250 million to $1 billion in assets:

• True Sky Credit Union
  Oklahoma City, Okla.
  True Sky Elevate Mobile App

Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Service Award

The Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Service Award is given to a credit union for its social responsibility projects within the community. Credit unions in the Cornerstone region earning first-place awards are:

First Place, more than $1 billion in assets:

• GECU

  El Paso, Texas
  GECU Foundation 2020 Community Impact

• Tinker Federal Credit Union
  Oklahoma City, Okla.
  TFCU Feeding the Frontline

Editor’s note: Next week, the Leaguer will feature the first in a series of articles focusing on the community service award winners and how their initiatives impacted the community.