Palisades Credit Union Awards Scholarships to Members
PEARL RIVER, NY – Palisades Credit Union has awarded three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) in college scholarships to five (5) high school seniors to help finance their college education.
The students, members of Palisades Credit Union were chosen based on their outstanding academic and extracurricular achievements.
The high school seniors who received the awards were:
Caitlin Holt – attending Harvard College
Steven Lanoce – attending Clemson University
Brianne Lee – attending Pace University
David Walters – attending Binghamton University
Hannah Welshoff – attending Ithaca College
Palisades Credit Union has also awarded a Westchester Rockland Chapter of the New York Credit Union Association college scholarship of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to one (1) high school senior.
Caitlin Holt, attending Harvard College in the fall, was the selected recipient for the Chapter award.
Credit unions are not-for-profit cooperatives with no outside stockholders, so earnings are returned to members in the form of dividends on savings, favorable loan rates, fewer fees and additional services. All member accounts are insured through the Federal government up to $250,000.
About Palisades Credit Union
Palisades Credit Union is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1941 with a vision of building valued relationships through a lifetime of financial solutions. As the largest Rockland County-based Credit Union, it operates three branches and provides a suite of full service banking products and services including mortgage loans, auto loans, personal loans, savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, IRAs, and no minimum balance checking accounts. Membership to Palisades Credit Union is open to anyone who lives, works, studies, volunteers, or worships in Rockland County, New York.
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