Community Programs

We are very proud of our community involvement and strive to deliver programs that strengthen the well-being of our communities and make a meaningful impact.

Visit our Facebook page, Community Impact Blog and our YouTube channel to see up-to-date news about our community programs and the events that we are part of!

Community Impact Day Expand/Collapse

Sunshine Coast Trail Volunteers
In 2015 we celebrated our inaugural Community Impact Day, where we closed all of our branches from 2 to 5pm so that we could volunteer in our communities. In those 3 hours we volunteered a total of 420 hours and served 22 different non-profit organizations.

Based on the overwhelming positive feedback that we received from our members, staff, and the non-profit organizations, we have since made Community Impact Day an annual event.

Why do we celebrate Community Impact Day?
The purpose of our organization is to strengthen the well-being of our member-clients and make a meaningful community impact. Community Impact Day is an opportunity to lend a hand and show our gratitude to some of the remarkable non-profit organizations that work every day for the benefit of others.

Which organizations have you volunteered for?

Over the past few years we have volunteered many organizations, including:

Powell River	Comox Valley
Assumption Soup Kitchen B.O.M.B Squad Brain Injury Society Community Resource Centre Curling Club Evergreen Extended Care PR Gymnastics Society PR Hospice Society PR Orphaned Wildlife Society PR & District United Way Success By 6 Sunshine Coast Trail Therapeutic Riding Willingdon Creek Village	Beaufort Children's Centre Children's Health Foundation Courtenay Elementary School Garden CV Childhood Development Association CV Family Services Association CV Search and Rescue Glacier View Lodge John Howard Society YANA

Cumberland	Texada Island
Cumberland Lodge Cumberland Museum Dunsmuir Avenue Clean-Up	Garbage clean-up around Gilles Bay, VanAnda and along highway Texada Island Food Bank

Bowen Island
Bowen Island Community School Bowen Island Museum Garbage clean up at Mannion Bay

CULEAD Young Leaders Program Expand/Collapse

First Credit Union offers an annual CULEAD Young Leaders Program for graduating grade 12 students planning to further their education. Participants receive practical work experience and mentoring from business professionals on a wide range of topics that will help them prepare for their future careers. Upon the successful completion of the program, students are awarded a cash scholarship of $2,000.

For more information about the CULEAD Young Leaders Program, review the program outline.