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09/08/2008 - Grow Financial Credit Union partners with The Children's Home
Support the Children’s Home this season by supporting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Tampa – September 5, 2008 – When you are cheering on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this season, you are doing more than just enjoying a football game! This season, Grow Financial Federal Credit Union has decided to donate $250 to The Children’s Home, Inc., for each touchdown scored by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the first 10 regular season games.
The Children’s Home has a long standing relationship with Grow Financial and has benefited in years past from their annual 5K race. Merrill Stewart, Director of Communications & Public Education said, “This is a great opportunity for The Children’s Home. We are very excited that Grow Financial has chosen to partner with us this football season. As always we thank them for their generosity to helping the children in our community who have been victims of abuse, abandonment or neglect.”
So if you are watching the game from home or cheering from the stands, help support The Children’s Home by cheering on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this season. GO BUCS!
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About Grow Financial Credit Union
Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, Grow Financial Federal Credit Union was established in 1955 and now ranks as one of the leading Credit Unions in the nation, with 18 branches and $1.7 billion in assets. Originally founded to provide the military and civilian personnel of MacDill Air Force Base with a safe place to save and borrow at reasonable rates, Grow Financial has since expanded membership beyond its traditional affiliation to include the employees of 1,100 local businesses. Today, the Credit Union serves more than 183,000 members throughout its five-county market area in Tampa Bay.
About The Children’s Home
As the oldest charity on Florida’s west coast, The Children’s Home, Inc. operates a variety of child-focused and family-centered programs throughout Tampa Bay. Its mission is to create a community where children and families feel loved, nurtured, and safe. In addition to caring for nearly 90 abused or neglected children through its residential treatment program each year, The Children’s Home, Inc. has assisted over 25,000 children through its therapeutic, family and school support services and placed 6,000 children with loving foster or adoptive families. It is accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA) and was named the 2004 Non-Profit of the Year by the Tampa Bay Business Journal and the WEDU Be More Award© 2005 Non-Profit Organization of the Year.