LBS Financial Credit Union Donates School Supplies to Ernie Pyle Elementary
Bellflower, CA – September 16, 2019 – LBS Financial Credit Union delivered thousands of school supplies to Ernie Pyle Elementary School in Bellflower on September 12th to help initiate a successful start to the 2019-2020 school year.
Ms. Jessica Cummings, principal of Ernie Pyle Elementary School in Bellflower, provided the Credit Union with a wish list at the beginning of the summer. Their wish list included a variety of school supplies and other wish list items. On September 12th, the Credit Union delivered thousands of dollars in supplies and items including: thousands of crayons, hundreds of display boards for science projects, student white boards, 100 sets of headphones, dry erase paddles for students, two iPads, and a variety of other supplies.
During the summer, LBS Financial promoted its school supply drive for Ernie Pyle Elementary with Credit Union members at their Lakewood branch location and on their website. Members donated school supplies from the provided wish list the school developed. Internally, the Credit Union promoted two jeans days with staff, encouraging donations to wear jeans. Donations from the staff jeans days went toward the Credit Union’s school supply drives and was combined with a special budget set aside for the school.
“We are so grateful to have the opportunity to partner with LBS Financial Credit Union and be the recipient of such a generous donation,” said Principal of Ernie Pyle Elementary, Jessica Cummings. “At Ernie Pyle, we are Building Futures and improving student achievement daily. The supplies provided by the wonderful people at LBS Financial Credit Union will aid us in helping our students achieve their goals.”
This is the Credit Union’s ninth year of adopting a school in Bellflower USD. LBS Financial also adopted two additional schools in ABC Unified School District and Long Beach Unified School District and also delivered their supplies last week.
About LBS Financial Credit Union
LBS Financial, founded in 1935 as the Long Beach School District Employees Federal Credit Union, is a member-owned cooperative providing savings, checking, Visa®, money markets, certificates, IRA, insurance and investment services. LBS Financial also offers personal, vehicle, boat and home loans. Their field of membership encompasses fifty cities surrounding the greater Long Beach area, as well as Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and San Diego Counties. They currently service over 130,000 members with seven branch office locations, convenient electronic access (ATMs, online banking and mobile banking) and are part of the CO-OP ATM and Shared Branching Networks. LBS Financial Credit Union has over $1.5 billion in total asset
