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VSECU Supports Health Services to Uninsured Vermonters

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 26, 2006

The Vermont State Employees Credit Union recently donated $1,000 to Park Street Healthshare to support its health services for uninsured and underinsured Vermonters.

According to Karen Glade, the clinic’s executive director, for the past 10 years, the clinic has offered medical care through doctors and nurses who volunteer their time on a rotating basis. Any donations, she said, go towards medicines, supplies and rent. In addition to basic medical care, Park Street Healthshare also offers dental care and a women’s clinic, and plans for the future include an “information night” for women to be able to learn more about women’s health issues.

“We are trying to increase the ways in which we reach out to those without insurance in our community,” Glade said. “Without donations such as this, we wouldn't be able to continue on with our mission of providing free medical and dental care to our neighbors in need.”

Speaking on behalf of the credit union, Steven D. Post, chief executive officer, expressed a strong commitment to the Vermont values of charity, sense of community and environmental responsibility. In 2006, the credit union contributed $80,000 to nearly 100 charitable and civic organizations and projects, including the Park Street Healthshare.

“Our members live and work in communities throughout the entire state,” Post said. “Because our members are so diverse, from all walks of life and with such a variety of interests, we try very hard to spread our contributions over a wide range of charities and activities.”

The VSECU’s made contributions to organizations and charities as diverse as the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl in White River Junction, Barre’s Studio Place Arts, the Vermont Foodbank, the nine Clinics for the Uninsured, fuel assistance to seniors through the agencies and councils on aging, the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity’s Growing Money program, a new swimming pool for Sharon’s Camp Downer, the Rutland County Humane Society, Bellows Falls’ Parks Place Community Resource Center and the Vermont Community Loan Fund.

The VSECU is a not-for-profit financial cooperative, offering a full range of financial products and services. People eligible to join the credit union live or work in Addison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Lamoille, Orange, Rutland and Washington counties.

Patti Barrett-Day (right), Rutland Branch manager for the Vermont State Employees Credit Union, presents Karen Glade, executive director of the Park Street Healthshare, with a check for $1,000 to provide health services for uninsured and underinsured Vermonters.

For further information, contact:
Yvonne M. Garand, Business Development Officer
ygarand@vsecu.com or 802/800 371-5162, ext. 5197