CUNA National Award Winners Announced!

We have one first place national winner from South Dakota this year! Plus, several more Dakota credit unions receive honors in their asset categories.  ​

The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) Awards Committee have announced the 2022 national level recipients of the Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Service Award, the Louise Herring Philosophy-in-Action Member Service Award, and the Desjardins Awards for Financial Education. State Leagues across the nation submit the state-level winners in various asset sizes; these league winners are then considered for the National Awards. 
 
“Congratulations to this year’s winners for their amazing work promoting financial well-being for all and advancing the communities they serve. These leaders and organizations truly live the credit union difference every day to benefit their members,” said CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle. “Each winner demonstrated how they live our ‘people helping people’ motto in new and exciting ways I hope inspires everyone in our movement."   
 
“Dakota Credit Unions are putting their core mission to test every day, doing amazing things to improve the financial lives of their members,” stated Jeff Olson, DakCU President/CEO. “Achieving national recognition and earning honors in their respective asset categories speaks volumes to the work that Dakota credit unions do in serving their members and advancing their communities. A hearty congratulations and a heartfelt thank you to all our winners for embracing and demonstrating the credit union difference,” he added.   
 
Below are the national first place award winners, along with our other Dakota winners.   
 
The Dora Maxwell Award honors credit unions for outstanding social responsibility projects in their communities. Railway Credit Union (Mandan, ND) received a national Second Place for credit unions $50M - $250M in assets.  
 
The First-place winners for the Dora Maxwell Award include: 

• East River FCU (South Dakota)  
• Atlantic City FCU (Wyoming)  
• Clackamas FCU (Oregon)  

• Genisys CU (Michigan)  
• Maine Credit Union League  

The Louise Herring Award recognizes credit unions that demonstrate the internal application of credit union philosophy to help better financial matters and increase financial education for its members. Postal Family FCU (Fargo, ND) received an Honorable Mention for credit unions less than $50M in assets. Town & Country Credit Union (Minot, ND) also received an Honorable Mention for credit unions $250M - $1B in assets.  
 
First-place winners for the Louise Herring Award include: 

• Northpark Community CU (Indiana)  
• First Central CU (Texas)  
• Mutual Security CU (Connecticut)  
• Great Lakes CU (Illinois)  

 
Finally, the Desjardins Awards honors credit unions, chapters, and leagues for their commitment to both youth and adult financial literacy. First-place winners for the Desjardins Awards include: 
 
Desjardins Adult 

• MC FCU (PA)  
• Legacy Community FCU (AL)  

• Meriwest CU (CA)  
• Maine Credit Union League  

 
Desjardins Youth 

• Arbuckle FCU (Oklahoma)  

• SPC CU (South Carolina)  
• Commonwealth One FCU (Virginia)  
• Altra FCU (Wisconsin) 

 
You can find the full list of winners with detailed award descriptions here.