LIVONIA, Mich. – Co-op Services Credit Union has shipped 144 newpre-school books to Mississippi for children who were impacted byHurricane Katrina. The credit union joined with Project Embrace, aprogram initiated to help young children driven to shelters byHurricane Katrina, and for early care and education programs. “Thebooks were collected at each of our branches throughout October,”said Co-op Services CU Marketing Vice President Russell Kotila.“Although the Mississippi Early Childhood Institute only acceptednew books, several people donated used books as well. We were ableto give these to a pre-school facility in Detroit that was indesperate need of books.” Co-op Services will also continue tocollect monetary donations for Hurricane relief victims.

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