Otwell Middle School Recipient of Georgia United Credit Union Award

was recently awarded $500 by in the 2011 “Boost Your Schools’ Budget” award.

In a news release Wednesday, the promotion was open to all school systems in communities served by Georgia United.

Every new account that was opened by a school system employee between August and December, 2011, qualified their designated school for a $10 referral bonus.

At the end of the year, all schools entered in this promotion were placed in a drawing for one grand prize of $1,000 and three runner‐up prizes of $500.

The other three winning schools include, DeKalb County ($1,000), Madison County High School ($500) and Social Circle High School in Walton County ($500).

All four schools were selected at random from among all entries to receive the donation.

About Georgia United Credit Union

Georgia United Credit Union is ranked as one of the top credit unions in Georgia with over $890 million in assets and sixteen branch locations. Formerly known as Georgia Federal Credit Union, a recent charter change from federal to state prompted the 53-year-old Credit Union to change their name. Their mission is to provide value-priced financial services to members. Georgia United Credit Union is federally insured by the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) up to $250,000 per account.

Georgia United Credit Union serves employees and family members of over 450 companies, 10 county school systems including Forsyth, private schools, colleges, universities, technical schools, and the University of Georgia faculty, staff, students and alumni.