Community Connections 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… Read More
My Vibe No Gym, No Problem: Exercising On A Budget Let’s face it: over the years, America has grown a bit lazy when it comes to getting in some regular exercise. Diet pill ads and infomercial hacks haven’t done anything to help, besides trick p… 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
ELGA Associates Teamed Up for the 2017 Habitat Olympics On Friday, May 5th, five ELGA associates teamed up to represent ELGA Credit Union at the 2017 Habitat Olympics being held at the Diplomat Pharmacy Atrium. Teams from all over Genesee County competed in construction-themed Olympic games. ELGA’s Habitat Olympic games included: Toilet Toss, Ladder Golf, Putt-Putt Golf, Door Toss with Bean Bags, and a few team building exercises. In … Read More
Pot O’ Gold 4 Mile Run & Walk It was a beautiful balmy day in Flint for the 37th Annual Pot O’ Gold 4 mile Run & Walk. Just kidding, it was small snowstorm, but despite that 40 incredible ELGA Wellness Team members showed up with smiles on their faces ready to rock it even though it was snowing and the wind was blowing. When we all lined up … Read More
2017 Burton Kiwanis Hot Fudge 5K Run & Walk Who in their right mind signs up for a 5k in February – in Michigan? Surprisingly, a lot of people do! In fact, thirty-five ELGA associates were brave enough to take their chances of bearing cold, winter weather and signed up for the Burton Kiwanis Hot Fudge 5K Run & Walk that was held on Saturday, February 18th. It was the kick-off to the Burton … Read More
Happy New Year! Happy New Year! We would like to wish everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous new year. Our commitment has always been putting you, our members, first. Today our membership consists of almost 65,000 members with assets of $480,000,000. If you haven’t heard, 2016 was an amazing year here at ELGA Credit Union. We achieved many milestones as a credit union … Read More
2016 Flushing Candlewalk Parade The Flushing Candlewalk Parade was held on December 2nd in the beautiful and quaint downtown area of Flushing, Michigan. As part of this annual holiday tradition, the streets were lined and illuminated with candles. Each business that lined the main street of downtown also had their own special twist of the candlewalk themed holiday decorations. There were stunning window displays and people from the all over the community marching … Read More
2016 Lapeer Christmas Parade It was a cold and cloudy 40 degrees on early Saturday morning December 3rd when 20 ELGA associates gathered to support the “Light Up Lapeer Parade” for the third year in a row. The event is sponsored by several businesses throughout Lapeer County to pay for the Christmas lights and decorations throughout downtown Lapeer. The ELGA team met at Lapeer … Read More
Resolutions in November It seems as though the stores started putting up Christmas decorations back in October. I see co-workers taking down Halloween decorations and putting up Christmas decorations and we haven’t even celebrated Thanksgiving yet. Before you know it, we will be making decisions about what our new year’s resolution will be. In the first week of January gym memberships will be … Read More
2016 Lapeer Fantasy Forest – Oct 8 The 21st Fantasy Forest is happening this Saturday, Oct. 8, 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. Bowden Park is located off of M-24 across from McLaren in Lapeer. This is a non-scary, family … Read More
Interview with a Success Coach When I first heard that ELGA was putting together this amazing program, I was eager to learn more. I got to know our Success Coach, Lori Hawk, a lot better through helping her launch the Financial Fitness program. I wanted to share her answers to the questions I had. Tell me what the Financial Fitness program is about? The financial … Read More
Time to Get Financially Fit! Sometimes it just takes a coach to help you reach your goals, including financial fitness. Are you looking for ways to budget more carefully? Save for a college education, a home or new vehicle? Maybe there is a wedding in the future? ELGA is getting ready to roll out a brand new program in early October. We’ll be announcing more in … Read More
Save To Win 2nd Quarter Winners Announcement Last quarter ELGA had four Save To Win Account Winners: (3) $500 Winners and (1) $1,000 Winner. We were recently notified that two more ELGA Members were selected as winners in the second quarterly drawing of 2016. Save to Win is a special certificate of deposit that helps you build savings while also giving you chances to win quarterly cash prizes! … Read More
2016 Bastille Day 15K / 5K Run & Walk If you asked me 2 years ago would I be waking up at 6 am on a Saturday morning to run a 5k I would have laughed hysterically at you for even mentioning it. Fast forward to July 9th, 2016 as I completed my 10th race with my ELGA running family and I feel so proud and refreshed. My 10th … Read More
Davison Festival of Flags Parade ELGA Credit Union associates participated in the Davison Festival of Flags Parade on Saturday June 11th. We were very thankful for the beautiful, sunny, and 90 degree weather on the day of the parade. The parade route took us for a walk through downtown Davison on Main Street where we proudly held a large ELGA banner and passed out candy and bouncy balls to the kids. We … Read More
Happy Summer! It is finally here and we would like to take this occasion to wish you and your family a happy, safe and fun-filled summer! Living in Michigan allows us the opportunity to experience the beauty and the many wonders of the state we call home. Whether it is spending time at one of our great parks in Genesee County, a … Read More
Scoop de’ Loop 5k Walk & Run If you’re like me, you may have woke up the morning of Thursday, June 16th a little bit worried about what the weather was going to be like for the YMCA Scoop de’ Loop 5K Walk & Run taking place later that evening. During the night on Wednesday there was a lot of thundering and lightning, which led into a pretty rainy day on Thursday. Thankfully, by late afternoon … Read More
2016 Flushing SummerFest Parade On Wednesday, June 9th ELGA Credit Union associates from every branch came out to support our Flushing branch at the 2016 Flushing SummerFest Parade. Championed by Chelsea Simons, participation in this event had a huge turn out from our team, friends, and fur babies. We wanted to spend time in the community that we serve and spread the word about how amazing of a place ELGA Credit … Read More
2016 Hurley Hospital Children’s Miracle Network Telethon Credit Unions for Kids benefiting Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals is the industry charity of choice for credit unions. According to the Credit Union for Kids website, “Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals treat 17 million children each year for every disease and condition imaginable—from asthma and broken bones to cancer and heart defects. Each year, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals adopt life-saving equipment, … Read More
2016 Burton Race Series May was a busy month for the ELGA Wellness Team! We started with the Cinco De Mayo Race on May 7th and then ran the Healing Hands Race on May 14th. The last two weekends the team participated in the Race2Grace and the Burton Memorial Day Run. These races are both part of the Burton Race Series. To learn more about the Burton … Read More
