Community Involvement

Community Empowerment: This Month’s Highlights at NCACU

Join us as we celebrate our commitment to empowering our communities. At NCACU, we’re all about supporting local businesses, promoting healthy lifestyles, and ensuring fun for everyone. 

November marks the start of the holiday season at NCACU, and we’re excited to give back to our community. From Hoarding for the Holidays to supporting local food pantries, here’s what we have planned this month.

Hoarding for the Holidays: Food Drive to Support Local Pantries

As the holidays approach, many families face challenges putting food on the table. At NCACU, we’re dedicated to helping our neighbors in need, so we’re launching our Hoarding for the Holidays food drive throughout November. We’re calling on our members to contribute to this important cause and help make a difference in our local communities.

How to Participate: Stop by any NCACU branch and show your support by purchasing a coupon. For just $1, you can buy an acorn, and for $5, you can buy a squirrel. All proceeds will go directly to local food pantries, ensuring families in need have access to nutritious meals during the holiday season.

Our Goal: With the help of our members, we aim to collect enough funds and food donations to support our local food banks and pantries. Every small contribution makes a big difference, and together, we can make sure no one in our community goes hungry this holiday season.

How Funds are Distributed: Each branch chooses the food bank or pantry that best suits its community’s needs.

Spreading Joy with Toys for Tots

In addition to our food drive, NCACU is proud to be a collection site for Toys for Tots this November. We’re teaming up with this incredible organization to ensure that children in our community receive gifts and experience the magic of the holidays.

How to Help: Members can drop off new, unwrapped toys at any NCACU branch throughout November. Every donation will go to children in need, spreading joy and making their holidays a little brighter. From stuffed animals to board games, every gift helps bring a smile to a child’s face.

Santa’s Mailbox is at NCACU!

Bring us your letters for Santa November 8th through December 13th.

We’re thrilled to be your official drop-off point for letters to Santa. Kids, bring us your Christmas wishes and drop them into Santa’s Mailbox right here in our lobby! You can also use our night deposit box at any branch for express delivery to the North Pole.

Every letter will receive a personalized response from Santa himself. Please send us your letter by Friday, December 13th, to give us enough time to whisk them off to Santa’s workshop!

If you can’t make it in, mail your letter to the address below. For a bit of help, try our idea here.

NCACU

ATTN: Santa Claus

PO BOX 817

Houghton Lake, MI 48629

Join Us in Supporting Our Communities

This November, we’re excited to contribute to these important causes and encourage our members to join us in positively impacting our communities. Whether you purchase a coupon for our Hoarding for the Holidays food drive or donate toys for Toys for Tots, every action you take helps strengthen our community and spread holiday cheer.

For more information, visit any NCACU branch or call (989) 910-5135.

Join NCACU at Downtown Grandville’s Fall Festival

Mark your calendars for October 4-5, and get ready to celebrate the season with us!

Autumn is in the air, and we at North Central Area Credit Union are excited to participate in Downtown Grandville’s Fall Festival! This event, organized by the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) in collaboration with the Grandville-Jenison Chamber, promises a weekend full of fun, food, and community spirit.

Festival Highlights

The Fall Festival is packed with activities and attractions for all ages:

Live Bands: Enjoy a variety of musical performances that will keep you entertained throughout the festival.
Food Trucks: Satisfy your taste buds with delicious offerings from local food trucks.
Adult Beverage Garden: Relax and unwind in the adult beverage garden with a selection of drinks.
Endless Fall Activities: From hayrides to pumpkin painting, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
One of the festival’s most beloved traditions is the scarecrow contest. The light poles along Chicago Drive will be adorned with creative and whimsical scarecrows, including one from NCACU!

NCACU at the Festival

While the festival kicks off on Friday, NCACU staff will join the festivities on Saturday, October 5, from 11 am to 4 pm. Stop by our booth to say hello, learn more about our services, and participate in our planned activities.

Join the Fun!

We invite all our members and the entire community to come out and enjoy this fantastic event. It’s an excellent opportunity to connect with friends, family, and neighbors while celebrating the fall season. Don’t miss the chance to see our scarecrow and take part in the festive atmosphere that makes Downtown Grandville’s Fall Festival a highlight of the season.

See You There!

At NCACU, we believe in the power of community, and we’re thrilled to be a part of this event.

Watch your email for updates on our initiatives and events. At NCACU, we’re proud to support our members and the communities we serve!

MASH (Mentoring – Assisting – Supporting – Helping)

These volunteers are the caring employees of North Central Area Credit Union who mentor, assist, support, and help within our communities. Whether it’s calling out bingo numbers at a nursing home, collecting trash along our highways, volunteering to coach, mentor or lead a children’s program, or working a high school tailgate party, the MASH volunteers will be there rain or shine.

Kid’s Day AuSable River Festival, Firemen’s Memorial Festival, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Hand2Hand, American Red Cross and United Way are just a few of the local organizations that benefit from the enthusiasm and the energy of our MASH volunteers.

North Central Area Credit Union is very proud of the time and effort donated by all of our volunteers that benefit the communities in which we live, work and play.

The Mascot Project

A community investment initiative between North Central and the local public schools where our branches are located. We have longstanding relationships with Grayling, Houghton Lake, Roscommon, and Standish.

The entire project is called the Mascot Project and in each of the branches it becomes the “school mascot” project.

Grayling-Viking Project
Houghton Lake-Bobcat Project
Roscommon- Buck Project
Standish- Panther Project

Our ATM’s are branded with the school logo and the credit union makes a donation to the schools for each swipe at the ATM. We make donations to the schools as part of the Fangear event at the football games each year. We also collection donations via School Mascot personal checks, and most recently by selling NCACU merchandise in our lobbies.