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Abbreviating 2020 could leave you open to fraud

The new year is giving scammers an easy way to forge documents, but you can protect yourself with an easy New Year's resolution: Stop abbreviating the year. Why? This year's abbreviation is easily changeable and could be used against you. The…
Ben Smith presents the Helping Teachers Teach to Amy Ensor.
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Amy Ensor is December Helping Teachers Teach winner

Amy Ensor, second grade teacher at West Side Elementary, is the latest Northeast Community Credit Union Helping Teacher’s Teach winner. Ensor applied for the Helping Teachers Teach grant to purchase Seat Sacks for each of her students.…
Velda Sizemore, NCCU Member Service Specialist, presents ARM Executive Director Faye Ingram with a donation of $500 for Assistance and Resource Ministries’ programs
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Northeast Community Credit Union makes annual donation to ARM

Northeast Community Credit Union presented a $500 donation to Assistance and Resource Ministries (ARM) as part of their annual partnership with the non-profit agency. ARM relies on community donations to provide assistance to 700 to…
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Santa coming to NCCU Main Office

Santa Claus is coming to town, and he’s making a special stop at Northeast Community Credit Union in Elizabethton. Santa will be available every Friday between now and Christmas from 2-4 p.m. at Northeast Community Credit Union’s main…
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NCCU donates popcorn popper to Bonnie Kate

Northeast Community Credit Union donated a new high-capacity popcorn popper to the historic Bonnie Kate Theater. The theater had been using a smaller popcorn popper which made it difficult to meet demand during events. The new machine will…
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Amy Hyder is November Helping Teachers Teach winner

Amy Hyder, special education teacher at Elizabethton High School, is the latest Northeast Community Credit Union Helping Teacher’s Teach winner.   Hyder applied for the Helping Teachers Teach grant to purchase supplies so her students…
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Charity Fraud – What You Need to Know

Here's how it works: Someone contacts you asking for a donation to their charity. It sounds like a group you've heard of, it seems real, and you want to help. How can you tell what charity is legitimate and what's a scam? Scammers want…
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ETCHA Shoe Drive in January

East Tennessee Christian Home and Academy will be having their annual shoe drive from January-May 2020. They are accepting all shoes in any condition except for spiked high heels. Shoes should be either tied or rubber-banded together and placed…
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Megan Heaton wins October Helping Teachers Teach

Nikki Garland, Collections Coordinator of Northeast Community Credit Union, presents the Helping Teachers Teach grant check to Megan Heaton, art teacher at Unaka Elementary School. Heaton applied for the Helping Teachers Teach grant to…