YUMA, AZ (September 4, 2024) — Avenir Financial recently presented a check for $4,255 to Crossroads Mission. The donated funds were raised through the Employee Jean’s Giver Program during second quarter, 2024.
Avenir Financial employees participate in the Jeans Giver Program all year and donate either $5 or $10 from their paychecks to wear jeans. Each quarter, the funds raised are given to a charity selected by employees. Since its start in 2016, the Avenir Financial Employee Jeans Giver Program has raised over $100,000 for local non-profits.
“Crossroads Mission plays a crucial role in supporting community members who find themselves at a ‘crossroads’ in their lives. As a credit union, we deeply value the principle of people helping people, and we are thankful for non-profits like Crossroads Mission,” stated Adele Sandberg, President and CEO of Avenir Financial.
Crossroads Mission is a Christian faith-based homeless shelter and drug and alcohol addiction recovery rehabilitation facility that has been serving Yuma County since 1959. To learn more about Crossroads Mission visit crossroadsmission.org.
Avenir Financial Federal Credit Union, based in Yuma, Arizona, is a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that has been locally owned and operated by its member owners since 1942. Avenir Financial has over $395 million in assets and more than 33,000 members with four branches serving Yuma and La Paz Counties in Arizona. For more information, visit avenirfinancial.org.
Miriam Limon, Senior Director of Marketing
928.373.5408
mlimon@avenirfinancial.org
