In Brief, Oct. 18

MCUL & Affiliates Telephone Collections School
The best methods of telephone collections, skiptracing and negotiating skills will be among the topics covered at the MCUL & Affiliates Telephone Collections School, Nov. 14 in Novi. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act will be covered, along with the top 12 collection tips, using the Internet in collections, handling bankruptcy and how to monitor collectors. Registration is $219 per person.

Overdraft Issues
MCUL has just scheduled an Overdraft Issues webinar to discuss credit unions continuing to be targeted in lawsuits surrounding overdraft protection programs. MCUL & Affiliates will offer the 1-hour webinar on Dec. 12 at 1 p.m. (ET). The session is designed to get credit unions up-to-speed on the allegations being made that potentially expose them to millions of dollars in losses. Registration is $29 for MCUL member credit unions.

Jolt Credit Union Helps Create a Healthy and Vibrant Community by Sponsoring Run for Your Heart
Jolt Credit Union was proud to be all-in as the presenting sponsor of the Pulse 3 Foundation’s 12th annual Run for Your Heart community race. This event aims to raise awareness and funds to support the mission of the Pulse3 Foundation: fighting heart disease – the primary killer in the Great Lakes Bay Region.

The half marathon, 10K and 5K walk or run courses took 1,000 racers through city streets, Children's Zoo at Celebration Square, several parks, and alongside the banks of the Saginaw River.

As presenting sponsor of the races, Jolt, had prominent presence at all race activities including the Run, Honor & Remember ceremony, 25 staff participants in the 10K, 5K walk and run races as well as volunteering at the finish lines assisting with handing out medals and snacks to racers.

Jolt is proud to help create a healthier and happier community through sponsoring the Run for Your Heart community races for the past 8 years.

Calcite Humane Society
Calcite Credit Union recently hosted a successful fundraiser surrounding a cutest pet contest. Each one of their three branches hosted their own individual contest. All proceeds from the contest will be donated to the Cheboygan County Humane Society.

Each branch set up a display in their lobby. Members were allowed to enter their pets into the contest along with submitting a photo to display for the price of $1. Jars were then put out to coincide with a number of each entry. Between three branches for just one month, Calcite raised more than $1,500 in just jar donations alone.

“My office is right outside of where the display was located in our Rogers City branch. I haven’t seen a buzz among members in quite sometime that this Cutest Pet Contest was stirring up,” said Alec Gajewski, Calcite’s administrative assistant. “Children were constantly asking for dollars to put in the jars, members were coming in daily to check results, even employees were getting into the contest with each other. If I would go out in public I would get asked daily who was winning the contest. Our Posen branch is in a unique farming area. The entries we had in Posen ranged from dogs and cats to cows and goats! Everyone was getting into and really enjoyed raising money for such a great cause.

“The Cheboygan County Humane Society was shocked how much money we had raised for them. We were also surprised about how successful the entire contest was. We are certainly looking forward to 2020’s pet contest, and it will be bigger and better!”