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November 16, 2016First New York Federal Credit Union To Collect Personal Hygiene Products This Holiday Season
First New York Federal Credit Union will be collecting toilet paper at all branch locations and company headquarters this holiday season. Capital Region residents who receive Food Stamps (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs) are not permitted to use their benefits to purchase personal hygiene products. In an effort to assist them, First New York is collecting toilet paper at all branches and at their company headquarters. First New York’s goal is to collect toilet paper to share with Catholic Charities Tri-County Services, an agency made up of programs that assist the needy with the basic necessities of life.
First New York Federal Credit Union has been in business for 79 years, offering all the traditional financial products such as mortgages, home equity and auto loans, checking and savings accounts, share certificates, money market accounts, education loans, commercial banking and investments.
First New York FCU is a not-for-profit financial cooperative which serves more than 30,000 members, with assets totaling approximately $296 million. The credit union was originally founded in 1937 as Schenectady Teachers Federal Credit Union, and now has six full service branch locations and operates 3 in-school branch offices, run by student volunteers inside the Schenectady, Mohonasen, and Scotia-Glenville High Schools.
