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CorePlus Donates $3,400 to Local Charities
CorePlus Credit Union recently held its eighth “Unsung Heroes Recognition” event on WINY 1350AM Radio’s Morning Show with host “Gary O” in Putnam, CT. This popular event has members of the listening audience call in to name an ‘unsung hero’ in their community or someone who may have had a special impact on their life so that that person might receive recognition as an “Unsung Hero”. For every call received, CorePlus then donated $25 towards a local charity of the caller’s choice, in the hero’s name.
Calls came into the station from 7am until 9am and were answered by members of the CorePlus team; Putnam Service Manager LisaBeth Adamick, Retail Operations Manager Meg Martellotta, Putnam Member Service Representative Jodi O’Neil and Director of Marketing, Susan Dombrowski. 136 callers named their unsung heroes, and $3,400 was donated to dozens of local non-profit and charitable organizations.
Each caller was asked to explain why the person named was their hero and then each hero was recognized “on the air” by Nicholas Fortson, President and CEO of CorePlus Credit Union, Ray Currier, Chief Operations Officer, Community Relations Manager Elizabeth Zachow, and WINY host Gary Osbrey. In addition to the names of the heroes, listeners also were told the caller’s name and why the hero was being recognized. All of the stories were truly from the heart, and provided genuine recognition of the many unsung heroes in our community, including veterans, cancer survivors, hospice, senior center and food pantry organizers, religious leaders and family members, to name a few.
Through the “Unsung Hero Recognition” campaign, CorePlus has donated $27,075 to area charities over the past eight years, honoring over 1,000 local heroes.