LAS VEGAS—November 21, 2012—Employees from six Las Vegas Area America First Credit Union branches donated to the Gibson Middle School’s annual turkey trot.
Gibson students ran races during their physical education classes to win turkeys for their family’s Thanksgiving dinners. America First employees later awarded 49 students with turkeys.
“This was such a fun event for us to do,” said Melissa Fama-Flis, America First Credit Union Marketing Coordinator. “We love being able to help the students of Gibson and are looking forward to helping with their holiday card and Warm the Soles of Kids projects.”
Prior to Gibson’s event, America First employees from the following branches donated the prize turkeys:
- Renaissance—3310 E. Flamingo Road
- Henderson—370 N. Stephanie Street
- Tenaya—2699 N. Tenaya Way
- Sahara—3846 W. Sahara Avenue
- Shadow Creek—2255 E. Centennial Parkway
- Montecito—7130 N. Durango Drive.
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America First Credit Union was founded at Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City on March 16, 1939 by a small group of people determined to form their own cooperative to promote their collective economic well-being. In its 73-year history, America First has become one of the largest, most stable and most progressive credit unions in the country, and has remained a member-owned, not-for-profit cooperative financial institution. Today, America First has 103 branches, and is the 13th largest credit union in assets in the United States with over $5.4 billion, and the 7th largest credit union in membership in America with more than 597,000 members. Visit www.americafirst.com.