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Beat the Rush in La Pine!
Special Opportunity on May 17
On Tuesday, May 17th, Mid Oregon Credit Union will be providing a special opportunity for residents in and around La Pine to “Beat the Rush” and join the credit union in advance of our Grand Opening in June. From 11 am to 7 pm on the 17th local staff will be opening accounts at our current La Pine Lending Center at 51473 Hwy 97 to help prospective members “Beat the Rush”.
Mid Oregon invites anyone who has decided to become members, those who just want to learn more about the credit union, and everyone in between to visit us that day. We will continue to open accounts in the lending office as available prior to our relocation to the new branch at 51675 Huntington Road, but on the 17th we will have more staff on hand to get people started on their membership. Checking accounts and student/youth savings and checking accounts are expected to be the most popular.
Grand Opening Scheduled for Saturday, June 4
To celebrate our grand opening, we will have an Open House on Saturday, June 4th, from 11 am to 3 pm. The community is invited to join Mid Oregon staff and board members in the festivities. Free hot dogs will be served, the NJROTC will be presenting the colors in a flag raising ceremony, we will hold a ribbon cutting and other local and community partners will be helping us celebrate.
At the Grand Opening meet our new staff and get a tour of the new facility. Branch manager Tiffany Zeiler will be introducing her team of Stacey Yeager, Jillian Pickle, Ashley Seits and Erin Dillon. New account openings will also be taking place that day, but we encourage prospective members if possible to visit us on May 17th to avoid the busyness of the grand opening.
New Branch Provides Services to a Large Area
Mid Oregon Credit Union is open to anyone who lives, works, worships or goes to school in Deschutes, Jefferson, Crook, Wheeler, Lake and North Klamath Counties. The new La Pine branch will serve not only those living in Sunriver and La Pine, but offers the opportunity for those who live south of the Deschutes County border to have more choice and better access to financial services. Currently there are very limited banking opportunities in those areas, and no credit union branches.
The new La Pine office will offer a wide range of convenience and financial products, including a full service drive-up ATM, instant issue debit cards and CardNav security for checking accounts, savings and investments, auto, truck, RV, boat and toy loans, home and home equity financing, commercial and business loans, Visa Credit Cards, and more. Mid Oregon members have access to more than 30,000 surcharge-free ATMs in the U.S., including 38 in Central Oregon alone.
To get your membership started or learn more, visit our current La Pine lending office, call (541) 382-1795 or go to our website at www.midoregon.com. To make an appointment on May 17, call (541) 585-1892.
Unprecedented Growth and Change
By Bill Anderson, Mid Oregon President/CEO
2016, a year of unprecedented growth and change, is passing very quickly for the credit union. Our staff are working to implement changes that will improve our capacity to provide you greater service.
La Pine Branch & Charter Expansion
Key elements of our business plan are being completed: the new branch construction in La Pine is on schedule and should be open by early June. In concert with that new location, our charter expansion approval by NCUA in January has already provided for new members joining the credit union from Wheeler, Lake and North Klamath Counties. We are actively reaching out to the new areas to let them know they are now eligible to join. We are very happy to have continued growth in all of our other Central Oregon areas too.
Increasing Support & Admin Facilities
As we grow, space for additional staff and services is now at a critical point. We purchased a new building to provide for continued expansion. During the next few months we will be moving entire departments around; contact center will be moving to East Bend, underwriting will be moving to Olney and commercial services will move into the admin areas of East Bend, allowing them to have appropriate office and meeting space to build on our successful commercial services department. Management, accounting, HR, compliance and marketing will be relocated to the new admin building where we will share the office with Combined Communications, NW Quadrant and other tenants leasing space from us as well as provide lease income to offset our building investment.
Organizational Focus
We continue to focus on our key goals and implement internal systems that provide clarity, speed to fulfillment and accountability for the organization. We’re making sure we are all on the same page by looking for ways to improve our relationship and service with our current and new members.
Things are going well and as we move through this time period of unprecedented growth and change for Mid Oregon, we are well prepared to work through the process with what we expect will be no discernible member service interruptions.
As always, thank you for your continued support of Mid Oregon!
Teen Tank- Redmond Students Pitch Projects
Shark Tank Style Event Will Feature Student Teams from Middle & High Schools
The Redmond Education Foundation is set to host the first ever Teen Tank student pitch event on May 7 at Redmond High School.
The event will feature teams from every middle and high school in Redmond School District as they pitch their ideas to a panel of guest judges. Students will pitch social, business and community focused projects to compete for the grand prize of $2,500 to execute their project.
Supporting Redmond School Students
Mid Oregon is excited to be a sponsor to support this inaugural event. This student version of “Shark Tank” fits in very well with our priorities of schools, students, community and business. Our longtime Redmond branch loan officer Jenny Kanoff also serves on the Redmond Education Foundation (REF) board of directors.
Other partner organizations involved include BasX, Straw Propeller Gourmet Foods, Redmond Kiwanis, Redmond Dental Group, Vision Source, Central Oregon Truck Company, Umpqua Bank of Redmond and Amber Wilson, Mortgage Loan Officer with Umpqua Bank.
Teen Tank Event Open to the Community
The event will begin at 4:30 p.m. at Redmond High School. Doors open at 4:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at a discounted rate of $5 per person in advance at www.redmondedfoundation.org. Tickets will also be sold at the door at $7 per person. All proceeds will benefit Redmond Education Foundation.
Attendees will enjoy live music performed by the RHS Jazz Ensemble and light refreshments made by the culinary program at Ridgeview High School. Michael Leland from Central Oregon Sparrow Clubs will serve as master of ceremonies.
Guest judges for the event include:
- Anne Graham, Redmond City Councilor
- Julie Leutschaft from Straw Propeller Gourmet Foods
- Andrew Gunther from Animal Welfare Approved
- Matthew Tobolski from BasX Solutions
- Anna Higgins from High Desert Education Service District
Julie Leutschaft, Vice President of Sales & Business for Straw Propellar Gourmet Foods and event judge, shared key points about the event.
“Straw Propeller Gourmet Foods is honored to be part of this event and we look forward to hearing the innovative ideas presented by students in the Redmond School District. We are excited to serve on the judging panel and we believe this is the start of something really great in our community. It is so important for youth to have a venue like this to express their creative ideas and we are inspired that the Redmond Education Foundation, the school district and business community have come together in support of the students to make this happen.”
For questions or more information, please contact Lisa Shropshire, Executive Director of REF, at 503-307-2436.
About the Redmond Education Foundation
The Mission of the Redmond Education Foundation is to promote and enhance excellence in the education in our community by providing independent financial support for creative, innovative and relevant programs. The Foundation exists to assist students from within the Redmond School District communities reach their highest potential, enabling them to have a positive and lasting impact as they enter society.