Rose of Thanks Creator Matthew Hunt Visits CPCU

Matthew Hunt, founder and creator of "A Rose of Thanks" visited the Charlotte Branch of CPCU to check out our "Operation CU Troop" display. "A Rose of Thanks" has partnered with Operation CU Troop's 2008 campaign to collect donated items for our troops serving over-seas.

CPCU has available in their branch lobbies "A Rose of Thanks" cards for free for members to write their own note(s) of appreciation and gratitude. Additionally, CPCU has provided crayons, markers, color pens, glitter & glue in their lobbies, in case members would like to personally decorate their cards.

All cards will be packaged individually with the donated food & toiletry items and given to the Charlotte USO who will distribute them to soldiers being deployed during the Holiday Season.

If you would like some "A Rose of Thanks" cards for your youth groups, classrooms, Sunday School Classes, etc please contact us at dmclean@cpcuonline.com. We'll be glad to donate these cards to you and then once decorated and signed bring them back to CPCU for distribution through the USO. Please have your cards back to a CPCU Branch by November 11th!

For more information on "A Rose of Thanks" please go to http://www.aroseofthanks.org/ or click here.

CPCU supports our Military Volunteers at Sunday Picnic

CPCU employees had the pleasure of visiting and supporting our Marine & Navy Corp Reserves Family Picnic Sunday September 14th. Held at the gorgeous Frank Liske Park in Harrisburg, over 1,500 military reserves and their families had a blast with the free food, volleyball, softball, basketball, dancing, contests, and more. CPCU handed out frisbees to the kids (and the kids-at-heart) and had a gumball raffle.

As part of our support for our men and women in uniform, we would like to remind you that Operation CU Troop has started - we are collecting items needed for the troops at all CPCU branches through November 11th. For more information on Operation CU Troop please click here.

Lamesha K Recognized for Outstanding Service

We took a moment along with CPCU member (and retired USPS & inactive Marine) Jerry Smitherman to recognize CPCU Member Services Representative, Lamesha K for her outstanding work in the recent PERF (Postal Employees Relief Fund) fundraiser held at all four CPCU branches.

Lamesha was dedicated to selling the most Paper Mail Boxes to raise funds and she sold the bulk of our mailboxes in Charlotte helping to raise over $1,000 for PERF!

The Postal Employees Relief Fund is available to USPS employees who have lost their homes due to natural disasters like Katrina, the flooding this summer of the Mississippi, Hurricane Ike, or even a lightening strike! For more information on PERF please click here.

CPCU Mascot K2 has a blast at Triad APWU Picnic

(Triad - September 1 08) Our favorite CPCU Mascot,
Kirby Kangaroo, aka K2, had a blast recently at the Annual APWU picnic in Kernersville NC. If you need a hug - Kirby is a great guy (or kangaroo) to have around! The Kirby Kangaroo Club is for CPCU members ages 0 -12, we also have a CU Succeed Club for middle schoolers, C-Note for High Schoolers and Brass CU for college!