United Educational Credit Union, Battle Creek,Mich., awarded a $400 bright ideas partnership grant to BellevueJunior & Senior High journalism students for their meet thepress project. The purpose of the project is to create an authenticbroadsheet student newspaper for students, staff and the community.The newspaper provided students the opportunity to utilizephotography and page design skills and to learn to conductinterviews, surveys and research.

Pacific Service Credit Union, Walnut Creek,Calif., donated $5,000 to the Lindsay Wildlife Museum. The museumwill use the funds for programs in low-income schools in ContraCosta and Alameda counties. The program called Animals in theClassroom brings live animals and artifacts to schools forpresentations and special educational events. For the past sixyears, Pacific Service has sponsored exhibits, wildlife sciencetours, outreach programs and other projects by donating more than$20,000 to the museum.

MidSouth Federal Credit Union, Milledgeville,Ga., made a donation to the Milledgeville-Baldwin County Chamber ofCommerce. The donation went toward the chamber of commerce Partnersfor Progress program which is a both private and public partnershipthat will meet the current and future needs of Milledgeville andBaldwin County as well as provide for its economic well-being.