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November 16th, 2011

Meet our new Feel Good Checking Partners

When SMCU sent out the word that we were looking for local non-profit groups as potential Feel Good Checking® partners, we got a response that far exceeded our expectations – over 100 nominations!  SMCU reviewed each one of those suggestions and created a list of 12 finalists in 4 categories. The finalists went before a… (keep reading)

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November 9th, 2011

Checking 4 Change – Vote Now to Choose our Next Feel Good Checking® Partners

Go here to Vote! Over the past three weeks, you have nominated more than 100 amazing local non-profits. After a grueling process of reviewing all of these incredible organizations, we have chosen 12 finalists to be in the running to become one of SMCU’s four new Feel Good Checking® partners. To choose the finalists, we… (keep reading)

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October 26th, 2011

Nov. 5 is Bank Transfer Day – Move your accounts and loans to SMCU.

Seattle Metropolitan Credit Union was born to help City of Seattle workers help themselves. Nearly eighty years later, anyone who lives in the state of Washington can find financial autonomy by switching to SMCU. We haven’t forgotten that we were built by our members and are therefore a reflection of their wants and needs. We… (keep reading)

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October 19th, 2011

Checking for Change

One of the great things about being a credit union, created by the community we serve, is the opportunity to give back. There are a number of different ways we do that, but one of the most popular is through our Feel Good Checking™ product. For every Feel Good Checking account opened, SMCU donates $20… (keep reading)

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December 6th, 2010

Washington Business Week is our Newest Feel Good Checking™ Partner

Seattle Metropolitan Credit Union is honored to announce its newest Feel Good Checking™ partner, Washington Business Week. Since 1976, Washington Business Week has offered teenagers from around the state exciting educational opportunities through a week-long summer camp. Whether the student is interested in business, healthcare, construction or just curious about what it is like in… (keep reading)

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November 8th, 2010

SMCU & Amara: A Home for Every Child

Seattle Metropolitan Credit Union’s Feel Good Checking™ is proud to feature Amara as one of our non-profit community partners. For 90 years, Amara has been finding stable, loving homes for vulnerable children in our community. Amara is finding nurturing, adoptive families for children in foster care who are traditionally considered “harder to place,” such as… (keep reading)

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July 19th, 2010

SMCU Helps Food Lifeline Redistribute 4 Tons of Food

SMCU employees and their families spent the morning of Saturday, July 10th, at the Food Lifeline distribution center in North Seattle helping re-pack food collected by letter carriers during the National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive. As part of SMCU’s involvement in Food Lifeline’s “Food Frenzy” Summer Funds Drive, SMCU volunteers arrived at 9:00am,… (keep reading)