April 22, 2005 - Indiana Credit Unions Contribute Nearly $23,000 to Tsunami Relief Fund

Following the disastrous tsunamis in southeastern Asia last December, the Indiana Credit Union Foundation established a Tsunami Relief Fund. Hoosier credit unions and Foundation supporters were encouraged to donate to this fund, which raised a grand total of $22,788. Contributions were accepted through the end of March and forwarded to the Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions where they were combined with donations from other credit union organizations across the globe and distributed to credit unions that were affected. A total of 32 Indiana credit unions contributed to this total, as well as five individuals, the Indiana Credit Union Foundation and Servicecorp.

“The generosity of our Indiana credit unions and friends is a real-life example of the ‘People Helping People’ philosophy for which credit unions are best known,” said Indiana Credit Union Foundation Chairman Ron Budzinski of La-Porter FCU in Michigan City. The Worldwide Credit Union Foundation and the National Credit Union Foundation raised a combined $692,874 for the tsunami disaster relief rebuilding efforts in Sri Lanka using funds donated from Indiana and elsewhere.