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First Harvest Credit Union’s Charitable Journey Program donated over 150 gifts and adopted six Southern New Jersey families through the Volunteers of America Delaware Valley Adopt-A-Family Program and the Arc of Atlantic County. The benefiting families live within the six counties First Harvest serves, which are Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, and Gloucester Counties.

Charitable Journey is an employee-led program established by a volunteer group of First Harvest employees with a passion to serve our community. In addition to its quarterly fundraising initiatives to support various charities, the program also raises funds each winter to purchase gifts for families in need within the counties First Harvest serves. Since inception, the Charitable Journey Program has donated over $68,500 to local charities and organizations.

Gifts purchased for the benefitting families this year included children’s toys, bikes and sporting equipment, winter clothing items, arts and crafts kits, and grocery gift cards.

“Credit unions are inherently based on the philosophy of people helping people; our First Harvest family demonstrates this philosophy every day through our service to our members and charitable initiatives that benefit our New Jersey community,” stated First Harvest President & CEO, Mike Dinneen. “The holidays are a time for friends, family, and supporting the members of our community who need it most. We are beyond proud of our Charitable Journey program and the Adopt-A-Family initiative, which make a direct impact in the lives of South Jersey families and children. We wish all of our neighbors, members, and partners a very happy and healthy holidays from First Harvest!”