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State Employees' Credit Union, Raleigh, N.C., concluded its year long Million Dollar Sweepstakes to encourage use of E-statements. Drawings took place through out 2007 and resulted in a total of $1,000,000 awarded to SECU member-owners. Through out the year, 20 SECU members won $25,000 and 100 members won $5,000. The sweepstakes was created to educate members on the cost to the credit union each month to print and mail paper statements and to encourage switching to E-statements. Since January 2007, 95,000 members switched over to E-statements.

Kennedy Space Center Federal Credit Union, Merritt Island, Fla., announced that it is rewarding students in Brevard and Volusia counties for top grades. The new program "A-Positive Future" rewards students K-12 for each "A" they earn on their semester report cards. For each "A" they receive they will be able to enter a drawing at any KSC Federal Credit Union branch. Random drawings will be held twice a year, for each semester, for prizes such as a $50 savings bond, an I-pod Nano, or a laptop computer. To enter, students must have a savings account at KSC Federal Credit Union.