For Immediate Release
November 15, 2007
Contacts:
Roberta Longworth 703-324-8313
Delores Lashley 703-324-8300
Northwest Federal Credit Union Foundation Supports Children’s Financial Education via donation to Fairfax Library Foundation for New Oakton Library
Fairfax, VA –The Northwest
Federal Credit Union Foundation (NWFCU Foundation) donated children’s
financial education themed books to the Fairfax Library Foundation
for the new Oakton Library on October 24 in celebration of Fairfax
Library Foundation month. The NWFCU Foundation donated five sets
of Sammy ‘the Saver’ Rabbit books written by Sam X. Renick,
and musical CDs for the Fairfax County Public Library branches.
Juri Valdov, NWFCU President/CEO and NWFCU Foundation Chairman, presented the materials plus a five hundred dollar financial donation to Roberta Longworth, Executive Director of the Fairfax Library Foundation. “One of our key missions is providing financial education in the community, and we couldn’t have a better partner for achieving this goal than the Fairfax Library Foundation and the staff of this beautiful library [Oakton],” said Valdov.
Others on hand for the occasion included Linda Rogus and Laura Dawson of NWFCU Foundation; Courtney Bulger and Martina Murphy of the Fairfax Library Foundation and local library customers. Jerilyn Polson, Oakton Library Branch Manager, gave a tour of the system’s 22nd branch which recently opened on September 29. It is the first county library designed using Leadership in Energy and Environment (LEED) principles developed by the US Green Building Council.
The Oakton library book donation was part of NWFCU Foundation’s financial education outreach day which included visits by Sammy Rabbit to Louise Archer and Oakton Elementary Schools in Vienna and Oakton, Virginia respectively. At each school, Sammy hosted assemblies with the students on the importance of reading and saving money. Author Renick stressed to the children Sammy Rabbit’s mottos, ‘for every dollar, save a dime,’ and ‘it’s a habit, Sammy Rabbit!’ NWFCU’s Sammy Rabbit tour concluded by marching in the 61st Vienna Halloween Parade with NWFCU’s float which won first place in its category in the well attended community parade.
Northwest Federal Credit Union Foundation,
www.nwfcufoundation.org,
703.709.8900,
ext. 6410
The NWFCU Foundation was established in 2004 to promote and manage
Northwest Federal Credit Union’s philanthropic activities as well
as to direct
financial literacy and other charitable programs which reflect
the interests of
its membership and the communities it serves.
The
Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization. Donations are tax deductible
for those who itemize deductions. The Foundation operates
independently of NWFCU.
Fairfax Library Foundation is a private, nonprofit corporation committed to providing supplementary support to the Fairfax County Public Library. The Foundation, while reinforcing the need for continued and increased public support for the Library, serves as a catalyst for attracting private funding from individuals, businesses, organizations and foundations to enhance library services for our community.