CUs Raise Funds for School Supplies, Service Dogs & Meals

Kinecta FCU (Photo credit: Sean Hiller)

From left to right, Donna McNeely, SVP and COO for Kinecta Federal Credit Union; Keith Sultemeier, president/CEO for Kinecta; Albert Robles, mayor of Carson, Calif.; California State Assembly Member Mike A. Gipson; and Sweet Alice Harris, Parents of Watts founder show off donated backpacks in the parking lot of Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson. Hundreds of families made their way there to pick up backpacks, school supplies and sweatshirts ahead of the new school year for Kinecta’s 11th annual backpack giveaway. The event provided 600 backpacks to local families in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kinecta ($5 billion, Manhattan Beach, Calif.) also collected $3,800 in monetary donations, which were used to purchase school supplies and additional backpacks. In addition to the families that picked up backpacks from Dignity Health Sports Park, backpacks were also donated to Kinecta community partners including the Al Wooten Jr. Youth Center, Environmental Charter, Parents of Watts, Richstone Family Center, GRYD Foundation, Thomas House Family Shelter, Los Angeles Police Department Southeast Division, Watts/Century Latino Organization and Motorcycle Riders for Homeless Parolees.

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