Credit Unions For Kids, San Diego, has donated $160,000 toChildren's Hospital and Health Center for the Patient Care Fundwhich will directly aid patients through programs, services andtechnology. In its eighth year of existence, CUFK is comprised of17 San Diego area credit unions collectively fundraising on behalfof Children's Hospital. Diamond Credit Union, Pottstown, Pa., hasraised over $18,700 during the Olivet Boys and Girls ClubKiss-a-Pig fundraiser. Diamond CU's President/CEO,John Faust wasamong 12 Berks County business leaders selected to be a candidateto kiss a pig. Diamond CU raised funds through a variety of events,including a golf outing and a raffle for a chance to win Eaglestickets. SWC Federal Credit Union, Dahlgren, Va., has raised over$3,600 during the 2nd Annual Arthritis Foundation Walk. In additionto a team of 25 walking the credit union also raised funds byauctioning off personal assistants and life-sized celebrity cutouts. A total of three hundred walkers participated and donationstotaled $35,000 at this year's event. First Service Federal CreditUnion, Groveport, Ohio, has donated and distributed over 240bottles of water doing the Groveport community's first annual Copsand Kids Day. First Service FCU employees handed out piggy banksand Dollar Dog Kids Club information to attendees to promote youthaccounts and encourage saving. More than a dozen police and firedepartments were in attendance to teach kids bicycle, personal, andfire safety. Spokane Federal Credit Union, Wash., volunteers haveprovided lunches for the 20th Annual Bear Lake Fishing Trip forspecial education students. The students, from Central ValleySchool District, fished with the help of parents, Spokane ValleyFire Fighters, and the Spokane Walleye Club. To feed the group, 10credit union employees volunteered before work to make 120 lunchesfor the event. Local food banks received the extra food. DenaliAlaskan Federal Credit Union, Anchorage, has donated over $10,000to the Children's Miracle Network. The funds were raised through"Twice the Help," a matching program Denali Alaskan developed andthrough a fundraising incentive created around Denali Alaskan'syearly "skip-a-pay" promotion. Denali Alaskan was also therecipient of the "Newcomer of the Year" award given by Children'sMiracle Network for their fundraising efforts in 2004. WashingtonState Employees Credit Union, Olympia, has recently sponsored abooth at the Lacey Fun Fair in Washington to provide free photoidentification cards for area children and their parents. Thepopular service known as I-Dent-A-Kid gives parents adrivers-license size card with a current description, colorphotograph and fingerprint of their child to use in the event of adisappearance or other emergency. South Carolina Federal CreditUnion, North Charleston, has donated $500 to the Tri-County Homefor Girls, which creates a structured living situation to helpwomen between the ages 12 to 21 who have been physically, mentallyor sexually abused. The donation will go toward helping in severalrestoration projects in and around the facility. Ent Federal CreditUnion, Colorado Springs, Colo., has raised over $24,500 to supportcancer research and local American Cancer Society programs,including counseling and informational sessions for both cancerpatients and their families. Nearly 200 employees participated onRelay for Life teams and took turns walking the 12 hours throughoutthe night in support of the ongoing fight against cancer.