Aggieland Credit Union, College Station, Texas, raised more than $1,600 over the course of 2012 for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital through the credit union's employee Give Back Days. Give Back Days are a chance for employees to fundraise one day a month by wearing jeans and a maroon ACU polo shirt. With 17 branches across the state of Texas, employees chose a national organization to receive the funds versus splitting it up between individual chapters of the organization in Texas. Credit union members are also welcome to donate to the charity any day of the year and are informed of the fundraiser with Give Back Day signs in each branch lobby. Aggieland Credit Union staff vote every December on the charity they will support for the upcoming year.

Altura Credit Union, Riverside, Calif., continued a holiday tradition last year by raising funds for Riverside County Medical Center's Pediatrics Units as part of the 23rd annual festival of trees. Fifty local organizations, including Altura, each decorate a Christmas tree that is sold as part of the event, with the proceeds going to the medical center. The five-day event attracts more than 30,000 people each year and is the main fundraising event for the medical center and a major holiday event in the community.  Each year about $500,000 is raised with the proceeds used to purchase much-needed equipment for the children's units, including the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the Child Abuse & Neglect Unit, and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. 

Belvoir Federal Credit Union, Woodbridge, Va., employees contributed over $1,500 to an employee giving fund that provided gifts to those in need last holiday season. The employees of Belvoir Federal have made supporting families in need an annual tradition through the USO's Adopt-A-Family program, the Fort Belvoir Chaplin, and Operation Sugarplum, provided by Army Community Service. With the donations of credit union employees, Belvoir Federal was able to adopt 10en children from the USO Metropolitan Washington and one military family of four. Those adopted by Belvoir Federal were presented with gifts to help make their holidays a little brighter. Belvoir Federal also donated $300 to the Operation Sugarplum program, which provided eligible families assigned to Fort Belvoir gifts or food cards during the holidays.