CUNA is leading a “Don't Take Tax My Credit Union” national online rally onWednesday with a focus on delivering the 'Don't Tax' message to Washington.

Rather than rallying supporters at the National Mall – like somany campaigns do – this movement will rally tens of thousands ofcredit union members nationwide online,” CUNA President/CEO BillCheney said in a press release.

“Our digital engagement has been a tremendous success this year,and we hope that support will culminate with our virtual rally,”Cheney said.

In a conference call on Monday, Richard Gose, senior vicepresident of political affairs at CUNA, said many state creditunion leagues would be represented on Capitol Hill Wednesday whilethe online rally takes place across the nation.

Among the leagues visiting the nation's capital are Iowa,Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska and Ohio. Gose said morethan 150 people will be participating in meetings on Capitol Hilland doing a separate, onsite rally at Credit Union House.

“Don't Tax My Credit Union” is “a national campaign dedicated toensuring Congress doesn't raise taxes on 96 million credit unionmembers nationwide and preserves financial choice for Americanconsumers.”

As part of the campaign's outreach efforts, the public cancontact their member of Congress by filling out a form on DontTaxMyCreditUnion.org.

Gose mentioned that CUNA has reached over 1 million contacts intheir system.

“Don't Tax My Credit Union” recently won a silver W3 award inthe web video animation category of the competition, Gose alsoannounced.

The W3 awards are “sanctioned and judged by the InternationalAcademy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting oftop-tier professionals from a 'Who's Who' of acclaimed media,interactive, advertising, and marketing firms,” according to the W3website.

The awards honor “creative excellence on the Web, and recognizesthe creative and marketing professionals behind award winningsites, videos and marketing programs.”

International Academy of the Visual Arts members includeexecutives from Microsoft, MTV Networks, Disney, The EllenDegeneres Show, Victoria's Secret, Coach, Yahoo! and others.