Community Connections 2017 Montrose Candle Walk Parade The annual Montrose Candle Walk was held on Saturday, December 2, 2017 from 5PM to 8:30PM. ELGA Credit Union was excited to have the opportunity to support our local community by being at the first C… Read More
My Vibe Camping 101: Where to go and how to save Besides being a unique experience, camping is a great way to save money while experiencing all that Pure Michigan has to offer. I have to admit that I wasn’t always an avid camper. But while trying to… Read More
Fresh Look for our Website! When you visit www.ELGACU.com starting April 6, you will see that we’ve given our website a fresh and very practical facelift. We’ve moved some things around a bit, grouped some things more practically, and added a lot more links (the ones our members use most) to the front page. We listened to the questions coming in from those that use our website, … Read More
Quicken Quickbooks FAQ The Quicken and Quickbooks download service that is offered via ELGA’s XpressLink home banking is a fee based service. If you sign-up for the service (by performing a Quicken/Quickbooks download) through XpressLink or via a 3rd party site that utilizes this service you are responsible for any charges that may be incurred for using this service. If you use the … Read More
XpressLink Bill Pay Upgrade In January 2014, ELGA updated our technology to provide better service to our members. This has allowed us to upgrade our current online bill payment provider to the same provider our business members are currently enjoying. Important Dates and Information for members using XpressLink Bill Pay for their personal accounts: XpressLink Bill Pay will not be available from 11:30 am … Read More
2017 Goodrich H.S. September Scholar Athlete ELGA is proud to be a community partner with Goodrich High School. Today we were honored to recognize two seniors selected as Goodrich’s September Scholar Athletes of the Month! Recipient #1: Ryan Aylmer First to receive this award was Ryan Aylmer. Ryan was nominated for his successes on and off the field! His coach had this to say, “Ryan is the key … Read More
2017 Walk to End Alzheimer’s ELGA Credit Union had the pleasure to participate and help sponsor the Walk to End Alzheimer’s for the third year in a row! The walk was held at the Bicentennial Park in Grand Blanc, MI on September 30th 2017. The Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest event to raise money for support, care and research for Alzheimer’s disease. … Read More
2017 Flushing Harvest Fest This past Saturday was the Flushing Harvest Festival, an event put on by the Flushing Chamber of Commerce every year in celebration of the Autumn season. This year they moved the date of the event up a few weeks in hopes of avoiding possibly chilly weather. However, boy-oh-boy did we get anything but chilly weather this past Saturday, September 23rd! With … Read More
2017 Lapeer Fantasy Forest – October 14 The 22nd Fantasy Forest is happening this Saturday, Oct. 14, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (the last children admitted to the trail will be at 3 p.m.) at Rowden Park in Lapeer. The cost is $3.50 per child and $1.00 per adult. Rowden Park is located off of M-24 across from McLaren in Lapeer. This is a non-scary, … Read More
2017 Lapeer Run Drugs Out of Town Another weekend, and another race for the ELGA Wellness Team. The race was held on Sunday, August 20th, 2017 in Lapeer at Rowden Park. This race that we participated in was the 4th Annual Run Drugs Out of Town 5K Run & Walk. It was a beautiful morning for a nice run or walk. The sun was shining and ELGA … Read More
2017 Montrose Blueberry Festival Parade On Saturday, August 19th, the community of Montrose held their annual Montrose Blueberry Festival Parade. ELGA Credit Union was excited and honored to be their main sponsor for this event that marked its 46th year as a community tradition. The Montrose Blueberry Festival Parade draws a crowd of approximately 15,000 viewers and has over 100 group participants entered into the parade itself … Read More
2017 Good Times in Goodrich ELGA Credit Union had the honor of participating in their first experience at Good Times in Goodrich on Saturday, August 5th. It was amazing to watch the town of Goodrich really come alive. We had incredible weather, and overall, the day went perfectly. In the vendor area they had booths set up by several local businesses, such as cinnamon donuts made by Porters Orchard or … Read More
2017 Taste in Fenton It’s the age old question that seems to perplex so many, “What do you want for dinner?” We all also know the pang of frustration when the response to that very question is a shrugged, “I don’t know.” On Wednesday evening the Fenton Regional Chamber of Commerce helped relieve the stress of deciding what was for dinner, and offered an array of choices that were … Read More
Pterodactyl Triathlon & Atwood Stadium 5K/10K Races T-Rex TRI Series Pterodactyl Triathlon On Wednesday July, 19th 2017 ten ELGA associates on our ELGA Wellness Team participated in the Running Fit’s Pterodactyl Triathlon, which is part of the T-REX Triathlon series. This was a Sprint Tri which included a .5 mile swim, a 12.4 mile bike ride, and a 3.1 mile run. The event took place at the Island … Read More
2017 Bastille Day 5K & 15K Walk/Run Of course we all know what it’s like to get up early on a weekend, and not want to get out of bed! However, when you’re able to go out and do something for a great cause it makes it worth it right? Well, ELGA’s Wellness Team has several busy weekends ahead with some pretty early mornings. Saturday, July 15th we kicked off … Read More
Exciting Times For Our Members! Exciting times for our members! May 16th marked the date for the Grand Re-opening Ribbon Cutting and community celebration for our beautifully remodeled Davison Branch. Festivities continued on June 5th with the long awaited Grand Opening of our amazing state-of-the-art Flushing Branch. Your new branch has been built energy efficient and offers you more ways to keep connected to your … Read More
2017 Friends of the Shiawassee’s Annual River Cleanup We had another very successful Friends of the Shiawassee’s Annual River Cleanup on Saturday, June 24, 2017. Ten brave souls participated in the cleanup this year, and oh what a time we had! The weather was perfect and the water was warm. We picked up numerous bags of trash. We retrieved a full size picnic table and full size garbage can out of … Read More
ELGA’s Ginormous Tent Sale Benefits Mr. Gaines Garden On May 26th through May 29th, ELGA hosted our 3rd Annual Memorial Day Charity Tent Sale. This year was bigger than ever. To accommodate all of the donated items, we had five gigantic tents filled with anything and everything you could imagine. There were many awesome people that came out to help and who put in a lot of hard work. Volunteers included ELGA Credit Union Associates, … Read More
The Value of Home Ownership Prioritizing Home Ownership Goals Sasha who? My friend Jay liked to talk about the things he was going to do for Sasha. When he had enough money for “x”, he was going to get Sasha “x”. I should tell you Sasha was his car at the time. He babied her like she was his precious girl. It was funny because … Read More
The ELGA Wellness Group Takes on the Burton Race Series One of my favorite ELGA employee perks is the ELGA Wellness Team. It is a great way to work on our wellness and it allows us to build relationships with our fellow ELGA associates outside of work. I love that all of the races we participate in are located throughout our community and that the proceeds go to great local causes. Some … Read More
2017 Burton Memorial Day Parade When we first heard about the Burton Memorial Day parade the entire ELGA Burton teller line was excited. With two veterans on staff in the Burton branch, and several family members having previously served, we knew this event would be something special for our team. We jumped in with enthusiasm and excitement before we realized a flaw in our plan- … Read More
2017 Mott, Motown & More Celebrity Lip Sync Show On May 18th and 19th I had the pleasure of performing with some of my teammates at the 11th annual Mott Motown and More celebrity lip sync show. This year’s ELGA team consisted of Kitya Shepard, Lanesha Contreras, Ashley Petitti, Jay McDaniel, Candice Shipley, Tyler Caryl and myself. We preformed our rendition of “No Scrubs” by 90’s iconic girl group … Read More
Proactive vs. Reactive with our Credit Cards and Personal Finances! Proactive turns into Reactive Backstory I still remember the day in Catacamas, Olancho when we were working Honduras. I was in the group kitchen getting everything ready to feed the work team from the States. I arrived a few minutes earlier than normal and turned on the commercial griddle on the oven to heat up to make pancakes. It usually took … Read More
