Redwood Credit Union Hosts Holiday Food and Toy Drives

Nov. 25, 2009 - PRLog -- Redwood Credit Union Sponsors Holiday Toy and Food Drives at All Branch Locations

Santa Rosa, CA – Redwood Credit Union (RCU) is now sponsoring holiday food and toy donation programs in all of its North Bay and San Francisco locations. Branches will be collecting new, unwrapped toys and non-perishable food items for distribution through local non-profit agencies. Below is a complete list of RCU holiday donation sites and benefiting organizations.

“Each year, we host food and gift drives, and we appreciate the kindness of our Members, Officials, and employees who donate so generously to those less fortunate during the holiday season,” said RCU President & CEO Brett Martinez. “We are happy to offer our branches as convenient gift and food donation sites for the communities we serve, especially in today’s challenging economy,” Martinez added.

RCU is a full-service, not-for-profit financial cooperative serving San Francisco and 7 North Bay counties including Sonoma, Marin, Mendocino and Napa. The $1.7 billion Credit Union serves nearly 150,000 Members with financial services from checking and deposit accounts to home and auto loans, credit cards, online services, small business services, insurance, investments and more. For more information on Redwood Credit Union, please visit www.redwoodcu.org or call (707) 545-4000, or toll-free1 (800) 479-7928.

Following is a list of Redwood Credit Union locations currently accepting holiday donations of non-perishable food and new unwrapped gifts, and the benefiting organizations:

Santa Rosa:
 - 3033 Cleveland Avenue
 - 1055-A West College Avenue
 - 2360 Mendocino Avenue, Suite A-4
 - 2763 Fourth Street
 - 3219 Santa Rosa Avenue (RCU Auto Services)
Rohnert Park:  250 Rohnert Park Expressway
Windsor:  8945 Brooks Road South
All toys and food collected at the above branches will be distributed by the local Salvation Army.

Petaluma:  301 North McDowell Blvd.
Toy drive: Salvation Army, Food drive: COTS

Novato: 1010 Grant Avenue
Toy drive: Salvation Army, Food drive: Marin Community Food Bank

San Rafael:  209 Third Street
Toy & Food drive: Salvation Army

Cloverdale:  1129 South Cloverdale Blvd.
Toy drive: Cloverdale Christmas Wish Program, Food drive: Cloverdale Food Pantry

Napa:  1705 First Street
Toy drive: Toys for Tots, Food drive: Napa Valley Food Bank

Ukiah:  195 South Orchard Avenue
Toy and Food drives: Ukiah Valley Christmas Effort

Point Arena:  280 Main Street
Toy drive: Action Network’s Project Santa, Food drive: South Coast Senior Center

San Francisco:  
- 100 Van Ness Avenue
- 241 California Street
Toy drive: Salvation Army, Food drive: San Francisco Food Bank