Fibre Federal Credit Union and TLC Expand Community Support Program for Colleges and Hospitals

November 6, 2023

From left: Crystal Garrison, FFCU Marketing and Community Development Manager; Liz Cattin, Director of Community Health; Amy Leggio, PeaceHealth St. John Executive Director; Angie Gilreath, FFCU Senior Vice President and Chief Experience Officer and Foundation Board Member; Jill Moss, Food Services Employee; Bailey Roberts, FFCU Community Engagement and Education Coordinator; and Sharlene Moore, Manager of Clinical Nutrition Services.

Fibre Federal Credit Union and TLC, based in Longview, Washington, is continuing its Communities First Program, a multi-year sponsorship for selected community colleges and hospitals within the eleven Washington and Oregon counties it serves.

The credit union places a high priority on supporting educational and healthcare-related services throughout its communities, and that mission developed into the Communities First Program in 2018. This year, the credit union expanded the program to include eight new foundation partners in Lewis, Clark, and Grays Harbor counties in Washington. This addition raised annual Communities First Program contributions from $29,000 to $46,500, a 60% increase from previous years.

To date, the credit union has donated $191,500 to Communities First recipients, including 13 hospital foundations and seven community college foundations. Donation funds support supplemental meal programs, student scholarships, child literacy programs, and a variety of other community-centered initiatives.

Communities First Program recipients

• Adventist Health Tillamook Foundation
• Arbor Health Foundation
• Centralia College Foundation
• Clark College Foundation
• Clatsop Community College Foundation
• Columbia Memorial Hospital Foundation
• Grays Harbor College Foundation
• Harbor Regional Health Community Hospital Foundation
• Legacy Health Foundation
• Lower Columbia College Foundation
• Ocean Beach Hospital Foundation
• Oregon Coast Community College Foundation
• Pacific Communities Health District Foundation
• PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center Foundation
• Providence Seaside Hospital Foundation
• Providence Southwest Washington Foundation
• Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital Foundation
• Southwest Medical Center Foundation
• Tillamook Bay Community College Foundation
• Willapa Harbor Hospital Foundation

Posted in Oregon, Regional Member News, Washington.