Credit union supports children’s hospitals

Recently, AmeriCU and its members have increased their support for the Children’s Miracle Network.

ROME, NY >> Recently, AmeriCU and its members have increased their support for the Children’s Miracle Network hospitals within the communities the credit union serves.

In April, as part of Credit Union Youth Month, AmeriCU encouraged members to begin build- ing healthy savings habits early. For every deposit of $50 or more in a Youth Savings Account, AmeriCU pledged to donate to the Children’s Miracle Network. With the generous help of AmeriCU members and a Miracle Match Donation from CO-OP Financial Services, AmeriCUwas able to donate a total of $12,000 to the three Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in our area - Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare of Utica, Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital of Syracuse, and Samaritan Medical Center of Watertown.

As part of theUtica-Rome Chapter of the New York Credit Union Association (NYCUA), AmeriCU and other local credit unions were proud to donate $15,176 to the Children’s Miracle Network Hospital at Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare in 2017. This donation enabled the hospital to remodel the children’s procedure room to make the spacemore comforting during treatment, and purchase a VECTA Station, a colorful, mobile, multisensory machine with fiber optic lights, music, soothing projections and colorful bubbles for visual and audible stimulation to help children feel more relaxed and comfortable.

“We’ve been supporting the Children’s Miracle Network for years now and we love to support them,” said Julie Tramacera, Marketing & Events Coordinator for AmeriCU. Tramacera stated that AmeriCU while does their best to support the children, it’s also about the hospitals’ support staff as well. “We want to do everything we can to support not only the kids, but also the nurses, doctors and the rest of the hospital staffwho provide caring support and treatment to the children during their stay in the hospital. They are the ones who really support these kids and we are happy to do as much as we can to help.”

SUBMITTED PHOTO Check Presentation with AmeriCU’s Assistant Vice President of Financial Center Services (Region A) Mike Manuele, Yorkville Financial Center Manager Ellen Traub, Children’s Miracle Network Coordinator Andrea MacDiarmid, and AmeriCU’s Marketing & Event Coordinator Julie Tramacera.

SUBMITTED PHOTO Check Presentation with AmeriCU’s Regional Business Partner Advisor Paula Ford, Cortland Financial Center Manager Kaleb Wilson, and Lorie Riedl, Retail Development Director for Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital.

SUBMITTED PHOTO Check Presentation with AmeriCU’s Watertown Financial Center Manager Rebecca Mabry, Children’s Miracle Network Manager Kristin Stockwell, and AmeriCU’s Regional Business Partner Advisor Ben Mack.