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CCF Celebrates 70 years

2021 is a BIG year for CCF since it marks our 70th anniversary! Back in 1951, a few employees from the Motor Parts division of Chrysler banded together to form a credit union. The income for the first month of business was just $1.18!

From those humble beginnings, Cornerstone has emerged as a safe and secure credit union, serving more than 25,000 members with $1.75 billion dollars in loans over 7 decades!

All through the year, CCF will be celebrating this major milestone of 70 years of service! We invite you to celebrate with us all year long! From Facebook and Twitter contests and giveaways to performing 70 Random Acts of Kindness in 2021, we have lots of fun things planned for 2021.

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CCF'S 70 ACTS OF KINDNESS

January

We kicked off our Acts of Kindness in Rochester Hills, Troy, Sterling Heights and Perrysburg with pet supplies, supporting our law enforcement and more!

February

The month of love and appreciation! Our acts of kindness focused on heart health, delicious pizza, keeping local citizens warm and lucky fun for members.

AOK collage of photos of cornerstone's team

March

In March CCF spread kindness in a big way to the Russel J Ebeid Children's Hospital, celebrated national Oreo day, honored single parents and treated some of our team!

April

This month our acts of kindness spread across many areas including park clean up in Perrysburg, OH, planting trees nationally and treating Auburn Hills residents with donuts!

May

Seventy acts of kindness throughout 2021 continue! In May we hosted lunch for Alliance Mobile Health in Troy, ate burgers, played kickball and more! See all the fun below.

June

We are half way through the year and have completed 40 Acts of Kindness! June was a busy month giving snacks to the Auburn Hills Police Department, celebrating father's day, helmets for 4th graders and many fun member giveaways including baseball tickets!

July

In July we had a little fun surprising our Auburn Hills staff with an ice cream truck to start off the work week. We also collected sports balls and flip flops for many local kids in need.

Victoria and Alex at the ice cream truck

August

Our Acts of Kindness this month kept on giving with back-to-school supplies for Neighborhood House and a local kindergarten teacher as well as honoring victims of drunk driving. We also celebrated left-handers on our Facebook page and Auburn Hills' Night Out event!

Annabelle, young lady teacher with classroom donations

September

In September we ordered all kind of treats for the dogs at the Oakland County Animal Shelter and donated water to Gilda's Club's Gratitude Walk/Run. We also helped out Lake High School's Glider Pack program with a $500 donation to help give kids good nutrition.

October

We're in the home stretch with just a handful of acts of kindness left to reach our goal of 70! In October we helped "Boo" children at both Children's Hospital of Michigan and Beaumont, surprised our team members with smoothies, and supported Teen Clean Closet in Royal Oak.

November

In November we treated our local Perrysburg area police departments, gave some family board games and adopted a tree and decorated it in celebration of our 70th anniversary!

December

Our #70 Act of Kindness had to be a BIG one! Cornerstone partnered with Kroger to help families put food on the table this holiday season.

CCF made a supply donation to the Rochester Hills Humane Society in Michigan. We picked as many items as we could off the humane society’s wish list, donating cat and dog food, chew toys, treats, bones and warm blankets for the animals awaiting adoption. Want to make a donation via Amazon? Here’s their Wish List for items they need all the time. We did the same for the Toledo Humane Society in Ohio, making a supply donation including kitten bottle feeding supplies, scratching posts, food, and toys for animals awaiting adoption. Click here to find an ongoing Wish List for the Toledo Humane Society.

When the pandemic canceled a silent auction event, we decided to put the goodie basket we were going to donate to good use. Filled with kitten supplies like kitty litter, toys, food and treats, CCF donated the goodie basket to the Tiger Lily Cat Rescue in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Visit their website to learn about this amazing non-profit and how they provide foster homes for cats and kittens.

CCF was happy to deliver portable snacks and drinks to the Troy Police Department. We dropped off Gatorade, beef jerky and granola bars, along with a few treats for Pawfficer Donut. You can follow the department on Facebook for all the latest news and, of course, the most adorable cat officer around – Pawfficer Donut.

CCF CORE Youth member Richard Bauer has been up to amazing things! During the holiday season, he helped raise $2,000 for last-minute gifts for families that were being helped by the Pemberville and Lucky Angel Tree Projects. Using his own allowance money, along with donations gathered from the community, Richard helped make it a Christmas to remember for families in need. CCF gave Richard some funds to deposit back in his CORE Youth Account to thank him for his generosity.

Scratch Off Member Fun

Our 70 Acts of Kindness are all about giving back to the community, and the children's hospital is an important part of our community. CCF provided pre-packaged snacks for on-the-go pediatric doctors and nurses, as well as gifts for more than 250 patients to enjoy and play with while they're in the hospital. You can donate items from the hospital's wish list anytime! Just click here for a Walmart Wish List.

March 6th was National Oreo Cookie Day, so CCF celebrated on social media by giving away a year’s supply of Oreos. Facebook fans posted their favorite way to eat an Oreo cookie - dunking, twisting, stacking, with peanut butter - there were all kinds! CCF member Heidi C. from Rossford, OH was our lucky winner and will receive a monthly shipment of Oreos through March 2022.

CCF's Royal Oak team delivered portable snacks and drinks to the Royal Oak Police Department for officers on patrol. Prepackaged snacks and drinks that can be taken on the road with them are always a help during long shifts. Cassie and Alicia of our Royal Oak CCF branch dropped off cases of Gatorade, beef jerky, chips, cookies and protein bars to the police department to thank them for all their hard work.

March 21st was Single Parent Recognition Day and we celebrated two single parents who were both nominated on a Facebook post giving them each $100 gift cards to Amazon and Target. Congratulations to Joe and Stephanie!

Perrysburg branch manager Kris surprised her team with a end of the week treat, Starbucks! We didn't forget to spread kindness to some of our very own.

We kicked off the month with a National Pet Day Facebook giveaway! Fans of our page shared photos of their furry family members to win $25 Chewy gift cards. Our winners were Barb and Liz!

Our Perrysburg team (Brittany, Sareena and Mandy) volunteered three hours on two separate Saturdays this month to help clean up their local parks.

CCF took over the Dunkin Donuts drive thru in Auburn Hills on a Friday April 23rd for a few hours in the morning morning. Everyone who ordered coffee or breakfast received a free donut, compliments of CCF!

With Earth Day and Arbor day both being in April we decided to plant 100 trees through One Tree Planted- one tree for each CCF team member and Board member. Every dollar plants one tree. If you would like to donate to a tree planting project that inspires you visit their website.

Center Line Police Department Appreciation

Lastly, our Center Line team gathered snacks and drinks and delivered them to the Center Line Police and Fire Departments to show support of their every day community service.

KICKBALL SPONSORSHIP

Our Perrysburg team sponsored the local youth kickball team this spring/summer season. Staffer Vicky Canales even threw out the ceremonial first “pitch” during one of the games!

LUNCH FOR LOCAL EMTS AND PARAMEDICS!

CCF catered in team-favorite Mr. Kabob for lunch/dinner to local EMS provider Alliance Mobile Heath on Monday, May 17th. This kicked off the week of celebrating National EMS Week.

NATIONAL BURGER DAY

May 28th was National Burger Day. A few of our staffers submitted their personal favorite burger about town and we gave away a $50 gift certificate to a local burger place to a lucky winner on CCF’s Facebook page.

ROYAL OAK: STAFF SURPRISE

Cassie surprised the team at CCF’s Royal Oak branch with a sweet Act of Kindness. Each staffer received their favorite coffee drink, along with donuts, as a “thank you” for all the hard work they do. Surprising our staffers is also a fun way to thank them for their work as essential staff during the pandemic, as well.

SNACKS FOR STERLING HEIGHT’S POLICE

Rana and her team at the Sterling Heights branch delivered boxes full of on-the-go treats to the Sterling Height’s Police Department to say “thank you” for all their hard work around town.

In celebration of Mother's Day, CCF Facebook fans shared their favorite mom moments for a chance to win a $50 Target gift card. We were happy to celebrate all kinds of moms with amazing shared memories.

Christina and her team at the AH branch delivered boxes full of on-the-go treats to the Auburn Hills Police Department to say “thank you” for all their hard work around town.

In celebration Of Father's Day, CCF Facebook fans shared their favorite dad moments for a chance to win a $50 Home Depot gift card. A winner was picked a random from the posts.

Compton Press has been CCF’s printer for more than 15 years and we wanted to thank them for all their hard work and continued partnership. CCF catered Jimmy Johns Sandwiches for the Compton team on June 11^th. Dan and his staffers were very grateful for the gesture and appreciate CCF’s support of local businesses.

The Royal Oak Optimist Club was seeking donations to help equip every in-need 4^th grader in Royal Oak with a safe helmet for biking, skating, skateboarding and other potential impact sports. CCF donated $500 to this initiative to keep kids safe and protected.

Baseball is back! CCF gave away a pair of tickets to Jimmy John’s Field for two Michigan members and to the Mud Hen's for our Ohio members. To enter to win the tickets members wrote in about how CCF had helped them achieve their financial goals.

Our 70 acts of kindness include surprising our staff with fun treats, too! Our Auburn Hills team was treated to Gray's Suga Shack ice cream truck in July for a sweet treat on a sunny day to say thanks!

CCF was able to purchase a big variety of sports balls for a local youth program.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TICKETS

Baseball is back and there’s no better way to spend a warm summer night than at a local ball game! CCF gave away a pair of tickets to Jimmy John’s Field for our Michigan members to see their local minor league team and also to the Mud Hens for our Ohio members to watch the local farm team. Lucky winners Pam L. and Tim P. had a great time attending the games.

BIRTHDAY BAGS & FLIP FLOPS FOR FOSTER KIDS

Birthdays can sometimes get lost in the shuffle when kids move to a new foster home. The Birthday Bag program at the Macomb Foster Closet makes sure every child gets a gift and a cake for their birthday. CCF purchased cake and brownie mixes, frosting, and gift bags to help the closet pack and supply these bags. Working with the Macomb Foster Closet, we discovered that flip flops are one of the most requested Summer item, but flip flops are rarely donated in good condition. We purchased 50 brand new pairs of flip flops from Old Navy in all different colors and sizes so all the kids using the foster closet can have clean Summer footwear.

The Neighborhood House in Rochester Hills, Michigan serves families in need in Oakland County. To help TNH with its Blast Off Back-to-School drive, CCF purchased wish list items including crayons, pencils, rulers, glue
sticks and protractors to fill student backpacks.

A local kindergarten teacher is in her second year of teaching, and was in need of some washable activities for her new classroom. CCF picked as many items as possible off of her Amazon Wish List to make sure her incoming students have a fantastic school year!

August 13th was National Left-Handers Day. Just 10% of the world’s population is left-handed. We put together a few goodies to give away to a lucky left-handed Facebook fan, including pens, notebooks, a Lefty 2022 planner, scissors and even kitchen utensils! And, of course, a funny mug made just for left-handers.

CCF was honored to purchase signs for MADD Michigan's recent Walk Like MADD event. The signs displayed photos of victims from drunk driving accidents and were given to their families as a keepsake to honor their loved one. If you would like to support MADD's mission visit their website.

Our Auburn Hills branch team volunteered their time at Auburn Hills Police Department's Annual Night out event giving out popcorn and piggy banks to kids and families from the area. It was a great time!

ROCK & GOAL WINNERS

We asked members to tell us about their financial goals and who they would love to see in concert for a chance to win concert tickets, Spotify subscriptions and more. Member Sharon Carter won the grand prize of a $350 gift card to Ticketmaster to attend the concert of her choosing.

WATER FOR GILDA’S CLUB MEMORIAL RACE

Gilda’s Club in Royal Oak is part of a national organization for the support of cancer patients, survivors and their families. Each year, they host a Gilda’s Gratitude Walk/Run in September. Because of the pandemic, cups of water could not be handed out, so CCF sponsored mini water bottles for the participants.

EMERGENCY DOG TREATS FOR AH SHELTER

Seeing empty cupboards, the animal shelter in Auburn Hills put out an emergency call for dog treats. CCF ordered all kinds of yummy dog treats for the good boys and girls at the shelter. Branch manager Christina delivered the goodies to a very thankful shelter director.

MEALS FOR LAKE TOWNSHIP KIDS

Kids need good nutrition to learn and grow, and the goal of the Glider Pack Program is to provide supplemental food for children in the Lake Township, Ohio community with household food insecurities. CCF was happy to support this amazing program with a $500 donation as one of our Acts of Kindness. They also accept non-perishable food donations at the school office or any school event.

We celebrated our hard-working PR agency, Public City PR, with a donation to a cause
that is near and dear to them – The Crohns & Colitis Foundation, Michigan chapter. We
also sent their team a Starbucks gift card so they can stay caffeinated and energized,
and keep spreading the word about Cornerstone! We’re thankful to have vendors who
work with us to accomplish our goals.

"Boo-ing" Event

Local children’s author, Kendra Montante, hosts an annual Halloween “boo-ing” event at
local children’s hospitals. CCF was happy to be involved this year by donating 400 boxes
of crayons to be included in the children’s boo bags. These bags are filled with fun
activities and treats for kids who are spending the Halloween season in the hospital.

Our Troy Team

Throughout our year of 70 Acts of Kindness, we’re surprising each CCF branch with fun treats to let them know how much we appreciate our team members. From ice cream in Auburn Hills to Starbucks in Perrysburg, it’s been fun to surprise and delight team members. In October, we surprised the Troy branch team members with an afternoon treat from Tropical Smoothie for all of their hard work.

Teen Clean Closet - Royal Oak

Teen Clean Closet collects new toiletry and hygiene items and distributes them via a
system of mini closets located in Royal Oak schools and community locations. CCF
raided Teen Clean’s Amazon wish list and sent lots of items their way!

We held a pet Halloween costume contest on our Facebook page. Three winners will get
a $25 Chewy.com gift card.

TREATS FOR THE PERRYSBURG, LAKEVILLE &
WALBRIDGE POLICE DEPTS

While CCF’s branch is in Perrysburg, we wanted to spread the kindness to all three police departments that serve the area, so we delivered treats to the officers at Perrysburg, Lakeville and Walbridge Police Departments.

ADOPT-A-TREE
Levi Commons Shopping District is hosting a season long holiday tree display. CCF has adopted a tree and decorated it in honor of our 70th anniversary! Stop by and take a look at all 50 decorated trees. These Norfolk Pine trees will be planted in the spring for the community to enjoy for years to come.

FAMILY BOARD GAMES

The staff at the Neighborhood House is always doing amazing stuff for the Auburn Hills community. CCF purchased dozens of board games for the community holiday gift baskets The Neighborhood House is putting together for families in need this holiday season. We appreciate everything they do for our community!

CENTER LINE AND STERLING HEIGHTS STAFF SURPRISE

In November, we surprised both the Center Line and Sterling Heights branch team members with an afternoon treat from Dairy Queen.

Our #70 Act of Kindness had to be a BIG one! Cornerstone partnered with Kroger to help families put food on the table this holiday season, Our team surprised shoppers at three local Kroger stores in Perrysburg, Sterling Heights and Center Line by handing out $15,000 in $100 Kroger gift cards to lucky shopper. It was a great way to complete an entire year of giving back to celebrate CCF’s 70th anniversary!