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. The seat sacks go on the back of the student’s chair and will be used to store the […]
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 950 people each month. ARM provides meals, monthly food boxes, clothing, baby supplies, vouchers for additional household needs, referrals to […]
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 office. The office is located at 980 Jason Witten Way in Elizabethton, directly behind Elizabethton High School. […]
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 make it easier for the Bonnie Kate to serve its customers. “It will definitely help,” Bonnie Kate […]
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 can plan, shop and prepare a Thanksgiving dinner. Hyder works with 16 students with varying degrees of disabilities, from moderate […]
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 your money quickly. Charity scammers often pressure you to donate right […]
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 in a large plastic bag secured with duct tape. All shoes can be delivered to ETCHA, […]
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 purchase art supplies to prepare for a school-wide art show in November. “I believe artwork is a source of reflection for […]
Northeast Community Credit Union is helping collect items for the Assistance Resource Ministry Thanksgiving Food Drive. Collection barrels have been placed at the NCCU Main Office, 980 Jason Witten Way; and at the NCCU 19E Branch, 1321 Highway 19E Elizabethton. Nonperishable food such as canned and boxed goods are being collected at both locations through […]
Northeast Community Credit Union is helping to support The National Day of Adoption to be hosted by Carter County Chancery Court this fall. In past celebrations, more than 30 children have been adopted by local families. Each year, the National Day of Adoption takes place in an upper East Tennessee County. This year, that celebration […]