SeaComm Federal Credit Union - Past Community Events

Supporting Our Friends And Neighbors

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Thanksgiving Basket Donation - SeaComm finance department employees (L to R) Katie Seidel, Tabitha Ladison and Mary Kay Halstead are pictured with Massena Salvation Army Major William Lynch and the Thanksgiving basket the finance department put together for a less forturnate family to enjoy during the holiday.

SeaComm supports Massena Nursery School - SeaComm Federal Credit Union will be sponsoring a event at Massena Nursery School's upcoming Kidfest. Pictured (L to R) SeaComm employee Tracy Miller and Massena Nursery School representative Christine Abrantes Kidfest will be held January 26th at Leary Junior High in Massena. For more information on Kidfest call 769-5775.

SeaComm supports Canton Holiday of Lights - Pictured on the left, Joyce Lilholt of the Canton Holiday of Lights committee accepts a $100 check from SeaComm Canton Branch Manager Trudi LaTrace in support of this season's program.

SeaComm Supports Alice Hyde Winterfest - Pictured on the left, SeaComm Malone Branch Manager Paula Mastry presents a $100 sponsorship check to Heidi Dingman of Alice Hyde Hospital for Titus Mountain Winterfest on Saturday, December 15 to benefit the hospital. This years activities include photo's with Santa, sleigh rides an outdoor BBQ and craft booths.

SeaComm Supports NN all night party - Pictured, Sue Harvey (center), Norwood Norfolk parent and all night party committee member, accepts a support check from Denise Matthie, a Member Service Representative at SeaComm's Potsdam branch as Potsdam Head Teller Mary Lyn Sharlow looks on.

Helping Schools in the Gulf Still Recovering From Katrina...

Financial Services Representative III Ryan McConnell unloading supplies received from Norwood-Norfolk Central School.

SeaComm is helping to coordinate an effort by local students and Elks Club members to collect school supplies and transport them to Gulfport, Mississippi. The goal is to help restock schools there that are still short of supplies.

It all started when two groups individually approached SeaComm Marketing Director, Jerry Manor, with plans to help schools in the Gulf that were hard hit by Katrina.

A Massena High School Student, Jake Witkop, and his mom, Maryann, were planning to collect all the abandoned items that students discarded at the end of the school year. Last year they collected a pickup load and sent it to Central America through a charity in Plattsburgh. This year they wanted to help schools in the Gulf region and were searching for some way to get the items there. They had enlisted several other schools and were hoping to collect even more this year. They wanted to know if Jerry could help.

Jerry had been talking to several of his fellow Elks Club members who had been to the Gulf to volunteer their services in rebuilding the region through a charity in Syracuse. This charity had secured a tractor trailor and was planning to collect school items to bring down to the Gulf when they went down to work in July. They asked if SeaComm could serve as a drop off site for items from the public.

Jerry got the two groups together, the PTA got involved and more schools came on board. With the combined effort, North Country communities will be sending lots of supplies from St. Lawrence County down to Gulfport.

Bombay member Tim Boulais went home with a new combination mountain bike/road bike donated by Fredericks Bikes, Sports and Blades in Malone after his ticket was drawn in a recent SeaComm raffle.

The tellers and member service representatives at SeaComm's main office are working all year to raise money for the Veteran's Clinic in Massena and the AMVETS bus that transports veterans to the VA hospital in Syracuse. Between the bike raffle and a food sale held earlier this year, the credit union employees are off to a good start, raising just over $2000 with the two events. Events still to come this year include a bottle drive and spaghetti dinner.