UnBankingUnBelievable

Happy Halloween from your credit union friends! Here is a little peek at our celebration. Enjoy!

Harry Potter and the entire Hogwarts crew.

1920′s Flappers

Three witches and a devil tempting us with candy.

Snow White, an evil queen, and a few dwarves.

Sleepy.

Doc and Bashful.

A S’more.

Have a safe and happy Halloween!

As you may know from our last blog post, we are thanking our wonderful members all this week in honor of our 50th year anniversary. We have a whole lot to be thankful for in our 50 unbelievable years!

This week we’ve sent thank you cards, wrote thank you post it notes, and held a thank you reception (that is actually still going on right now)! If you are one of our members and you haven’t dropped by one of our branches today, then you definitely should because we have free cookies and punch! Throughout this thank you week we’ve also had a staff thank you to each other. We’ve been giving each other “high-fives” on our high-five wall! There are so many different ways you can thank someone or show someone you appreciate them. We hope that our members will continue to be loyal to NWGACU as we enter our 51st year anniversary. You know, that is over a half a century old!

 50 Tips in 50 Days

LifestyleTipNo.40: Turn frugality into a game. Instead of force-feeding budgeting tips to yourself, look at this as an adventure. Try to top your own savings each week or compete with a friend. You’ll have fun and save money!

In honor of our 50th year anniversary at Northwest Georgia Credit Union, we’ve planned this week to be a thank you to all of our members.

Saying thank you is a valuable life skill that everyone should practice. Whether it’s a simple thank you at the cash register or a long thank you note to someone who has helped you out, the person receiving the thank you will always appreciate it. Not only should people have this skill, but businesses should have it too. At the credit union, we are very grateful for our members and extremely thankful that they are un-banking with us.

This week our entire staff hand-wrote many thank you cards to our most loyal members at the credit union and also wrote thank you on Post-it Notes to display in the lobbies. We’re holding an all-day reception on Thursday, June 23 for members to stop by and grab a sweet treat as we give our thanks. So be sure to stop by on Thursday so we can properly thank you in person.

50 Tips in 50 Days

MoneyTipNo.07: Using eStatements saves trees, de-clutters your mailbox, and costs the credit union less money – which means more money goes back into the credit union for members!

Northwest Georgia Credit Union has been serving members for 50 years! In order to celebrate this big occasion, our Annual Meeting this year was dedicated to those 50 unbelievable years of un-banking.

We tried to capture the spirit of our credit union history by creating an event that felt like 1961. We listened to music from the 60′s, ate dinner from the Varsity, watched a slide show of pictures from the past 50 years, held a 60′s costume contest, and decorated with all things vintage.

It was quite the party! After enjoying some delicious food, we heard from our Chairman of the Board, Robert Young. He had great things to say about this past year at the credit union – 2010 really was an outstanding year for NWGACU! President/CEO, Michelle Stricklin also spoke to us about 2010 and what is to come in 2011. It looks to be another great year with new products and services!

Happy 50th anniversary, NWGACU!