8th Annual Warm Hearts Coat Drive underway at CommonWealth One Federal Credit Union

Sept. 24, 2012 - PRLog -- The holiday season can be especially difficult when some are forced to go without coats. So, CommonWealth One Federal Credit Union began its 8th Annual Warm Hearts Coat Drive a little early this year to be able to collect as many coats as possible this year for distribution to local charities in Alexandria and Harrisonburg, VA.

Members are asked to bring new or gently used clean coats – all sizes and for all ages, child to adult – to the following branches: Main, City of Alexandria, Humphreys Engineer Center, Harrisonburg Regional, and Providence Hospital through October 31.

“Our annual Warm Hearts Coats Drive is an opportunity for CommonWealth One’s members to express our core philosophy of ‘people helping people.’ It’s always been a really successful coat drive, especially because everyone wants to help during the holiday season,” says Ashley Baldeon, Marketing Manager.

CommonWealth One has a strong commitment to supporting the communities we serve and the members who live there.  CommonWealth One not only supports local charities during the holiday giving season, but also throughout the year by donating to the Children’s Miracle Network, Walk to Fight Breast Cancer, Community Partners for Children, and others.

About CommonWealth One Federal Credit Union
Since 1944, CommonWealth One Federal Credit Union, headquartered in Alexandria, VA, has grown to become one of Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia’s top credit unions with more than $305 million in assets serving more than 36,000 members.  CommonWealth One is a full-service, member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative committed to being the lifetime financial institution of its members. It provides its members with lower fees and loan rates, plus higher savings rates.  Excess earnings are returned to members in the form of higher dividend rates, lower interest rates on loans and low or no fees.  

CommonWealth One has branches in downtown Washington, D.C., Alexandria, VA, and Harrisonburg, VA (one branch is located on the James Madison University campus).  Members can access their accounts through Online Banking, Mobile and Text Banking, plus a network of over 4,000 shared branches and 40,000+ transaction-fee-free ATMs across the country.  

For information, or to open an account online, visit www.cofcu.org.