Your credit union or chapter can participate in a wide variety of community outreach activities.  Take a look at your community and assess its needs.  They might include fund raising for charity, making classroom presentations, sponsoring community activities, or loaning employees for a few hours a week to work in hospitals, retirement homes or shelters.  You can make a difference in your community.  Get involved, and then enter the Dora Maxwell Award Program. 

As you document your activities, here are a few things to keep in mind:

• How did your project goals show social concern for the community?
• How did the project help solve community problems?
• How was it implemented?
• What are the measurable results?
• Is there evidence of a lot of time, talent and resources put into this project?
• How were promotional materials targeted to the intended audience(s) and how did they communicate the project's goals?
• How does the project demonstrate credit union values of mutual self-help, cooperation, economic empowerment and volunteerism?

The deadline to submit entries for the 2010 award program is Friday, Aug. 6, 2010.  You must include the entry form and checklist with your award entry. Please send to: the Texas Credit Union League, Attn: Linda Webb-Mañon, 4455 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1100, Farmers Branch, Texas 75244-5998.  

If you have any questions, please contact Mañon, TCUL public relations director, at (469) 385-6486, (800) 442-4762, ext. 6486 or e-mail lwebb-manon@tcul.coop.