American Eagle Financial Credit Union Reveals the "Project Graduation" Online Voting Results

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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EAST HARTFORD, CT – May 26, 2016 – The results are in! American Eagle Financial Credit Union has announced the three highest vote getters out of the seventeen local high schools that were pre-selected and recommended to receive a monetary grant for their project graduations. Over 15,000 votes were tallied, following a very successful, online social media campaign. Winners were awarded a monetary grant based on the total number of votes received in an online poll among AEFCU members and non-members. Votes were cast from April 25th through May 8th on the AEFCU Facebook page.

The top three vote getters were announced on Monday, May 9th. The winners were: Enfield High School in first place, receiving $1,500 with 4,054 votes, Manchester High School in second place, receiving $1,000 with 3,354 votes, and Newington High School in third place, receiving $500 with 1,402 votes. The 14 remaining high schools will each be given $200 and all of the awards are subject to final approval by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

“The Credit Union is pleased to award these grants as our way of congratulating the Class of 2016 on their academic achievements. The use of social media to create awareness and participation of the program was central to its success,” said Dean Marchessault, President & CEO of American Eagle FCU. “The Project Graduation campaign also complimented the financial literacy classes conducted by our staff at several of the participating high schools during the year,” added Marchessault.

American Eagle Financial Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial cooperative headquartered in East Hartford, Connecticut. It is the largest community credit union in Connecticut with 13 community offices, 110,000 members, and $1.4 billion in assets. AEFCU operates retail offices in Bloomfield, Cromwell, East Hartford, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Manchester, Newington, Plainville, Southington, South Windsor, West Hartford, and Vernon. The Credit Union offers financial services to everyone who lives, works, worships, or attends school and businesses in Hartford, Middlesex, New Haven, and Tolland counties in Connecticut. The Credit Union was founded in 1935 by employees of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. Member deposits are federally insured by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), a U.S. government agency. americaneagle.org

The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is the community foundation for Hartford and 28 surrounding communities. In 2015, the Foundation celebrated 90 years of grant making in the Greater Hartford region, made possible by the gifts of generous individuals, families, and organizations. It has awarded grants of more than $600 million since its founding in 1925. For more information about the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, visit hfpg.org or call 860.548.1888.

**Photo Attached (From Left to Right): Teresa Knox, Senior VP Chief Operations Officer at AEFCU, Tammy Spadaro, Co-Chairman EHS SafeGrad, Sherry Martin, Secretary EHS SafeGrad, Barbara Crowley Co-Chairman EHS SafeGrad, Amanda Greaves, Personal Financial Rep, Enfield Branch.

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