Robin Gilbert, special education teacher at Little Milligan Elementary, is the latest Northeast Community Credit Union Helping Teacher’s Teach grant winner. Gilbert applied for the Helping Teacher’s Teach grant to start a music enrichment program for the K-8 students at Little Milligan. A parent volunteer provides music instruction. The school has a small assortment of […]
Have you heard about IRS Imposter Scams? Here’s how they work: You get a call from someone who says she’s from the IRS. She says that you owe back taxes. She threatens to sue you, arrest or deport you, or revoke your license if you don’t pay right away. She tells you to put money […]
Northeast Community Credit Union recently donated $500 to the Shepherd’s Inn. The Shepherd’s Inn is Carter County’s only safe house and emergency shelter for women and their children who are seeking shelter from domestic violence or temporary homelessness. The Shepherd’s Inn began providing emergency shelter to women and children in 1997. Since then, thousands of […]
Northeast Community Credit Union presented a $500 donation to the United Way of Elizabethton/Carter County and Johnson County as part of their annual partnership with the non-profit agency. The United Way relies on community donations to provide assistance to thousands of individuals through partnerships with other non-profit community organizations. These partnerships include Boys and Girls […]
Northeast Community Credit Union’s Board of Directors includes the Elizabethton/Carter County Animal Shelter in their community sponsorship efforts. NCCU Electronic Services Manager Regina Chambers recently presented a $500 donation as part of the annual partnership to ECCAS Director Shannon Posada. Posada said the donation will be used to cover the day-to-day expenses at the animal […]
Katarina Finney, fifth grade teacher at Mountain City Elementary, is the latest Northeast Community Credit Union Helping Teacher’s Teach winner. Finney applied for the Helping Teachers Teach grant to help promote fifth-grade science. The award will be split between STEM activities for classes, new flexible seating options and literature promoting science education. “This project will […]
Northeast Community Credit Union’s Board of Directors includes Recovery Soldiers Ministries in their community sponsorship efforts. NCCU Community Engagement Director Kathy Campbell recently presented a $500 donation as part of the annual partnership to Recovery Soldiers Ministries Program Director Ben Cole. “Recovery Soldiers Ministries provides a tremendous service to our community,” Campbell said. “We want […]
SCAM ALERT: Postcards are showing up in the area claiming to have important “time sensitive” information on your mortgage. These are a scam. If you receive one of these postcards, you do not need to call the 1-800 number on the card and you do not need to take any further action. Simply throw the […]
Northeast Community Credit Union is helping to sponsor the Kids Like Us Community Learning Center’s Magic Movement Program. KLS Director Lisa Lyons explained the Center is partnering with local businesses and individuals to provide a fitness and nutrition program for students at Kids Like Us. Kids Like Us is a community center that provides educational […]
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 concern is that scammers could easily manipulate a document dated “1/1/20” into “1/1/2000” or even […]