WPCCU Launches “Love Your Credit Union for Kids” Fundraiser

Proceeds Will Go to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WPCCU is holding a three-month long fundraiser in association with Credit Unions for Kids to benefit Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Every year, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles treats more than 96,000 children. WPCCU is supporting this cause by raising funds to help local children continue to receive lifesaving care.

WPCCU is accepting $5 donations for an eight-inch plush bear inscribed with various messages, perfect for any special occasion. The message bears will be available at all of the credit union’s five branches located throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Bears are only available with $5 donations made in branch. In addition, this fundraiser is part of the Miracle Match program from Co-Op Financial Services. For every dollar raised, Co-Op Financial Services will match the funds up to $10,000.

Credit unions across the country participate in similar fundraisers year-round to support their local children’s hospital through the Credit Unions for Kids initiative. Credit Unions for Kids is a collaboration of credit unions, leagues, chapters and business partners formed to raise money to benefit 170 children’s hospitals affiliated with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. These 170 children’s hospitals across the United States and Canada treat more than 17 million children a year for cancer, pediatric AIDS, muscular dystrophy, heart disease, leukemia, sickle cell anemia, asthma and accident trauma. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is the Children’s Miracle Network hospital in Los Angeles.

Members and others who wish to donate in person for a plush message bear can find branch locations by calling WPCCU at 800-300-9728 or visiting wpcu.org. Online donations can also be made through the WPCCU website. Online donations must be a minimum of $5.

About Water and Power Community Credit Union

Founded in 1936, Water and Power Community Credit Union is a full-service financial cooperative celebrating 76 years of service in the Los Angeles area. The credit union has more than 36,000 members, and holds more than $462 million in assets. Under its California State Charter, WPCCU members come from the employee and retiree associations of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, more than 60 other sponsor organizations, and others, who live, work, attend college, or worship in the greater Los Angeles area. For more information, visit www.wpcu.org or call 1-800-300-9728. WPCCU is federally insured by the National Credit Union Administration.

About the Children’s Miracle Network and Credit Unions for Kids

Credit unions have sponsored Children’s Miracle Network since 1996, when the Credit Union for Kids program was developed. Today, credit unions across the U.S. collaborate with credit union chapters, leagues and business partners to raise much-needed funds to benefit 170 Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. Credit Unions for Kids has generated more than $50 million for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. The funds raised help support new facilities, equipment, research programs, patient services, special patient needs and health education programs benefiting 17 million children annually. For more information about the Children’s Miracle Network and the Credit Unions for Kids program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, contact Michael Sandler, senior associate director, at 323-361-1744 or by email at [e-mail].