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messengerTHEsummer 2017
In This Issue52nd Annual Meeting
New and Improved CURewards
Welcome Lucy Newell-Anderson
Cram the Van
Congratulations to Our Scholarship Winners!
Recognizing Our LDA Graduates
Shop Local With Your Community Coupon BookNOW AVAILABLE IN PRINT AND MOBILE VERSIONS
BUYLOCALXGrand Openings
for Southside and Kenosha BranchesWe are pleased to announce that our new Janesville Southside and Kenosha branches will be opening this summer. “We are looking forward to being a part of both of these growing communities as a fi nancial partner and a neighbor,” said Sherri Stumpf, CEO.
Our NEW addresses:Janesville Southside1545 Center Avenue
Kenosha7180 75th Street
Join us for grand opening celebrations in August. Watch for the details coming soon!
Our Edgerton branch will be moving this fall.
One of our main focuses at Blackhawk is to give back to our members and to our communities. We can accomplish both with our Community Coupon Book – which o� ers valuable savings to you and valuable support to local businesses. And now you have access to both printed and mobile versions so you can ensure your coupons are always at your fi ngertips!
Shop local with these coupon book options:
• Stop by any Blackhawk branch to pick up your paper copy of the
seventh annual coupon book
• Download the “Buy Local by Blackhawk” app in Google Play™ or the App Store® to have all of the coupons loaded into your phone. (You can search either “Buy Local” or “bhccu.org” to fi nd the app.)
Thanks for helping support local
businesses. Happy shopping
– and saving!
Summer Calendar of Events
Mary Frederick, ChairpersonMarge Fenrick, Vice ChairpersonShannon Riley, SecretaryTom Osmond, TreasurerEdmund Halabi, DirectorJohn Jenks, DirectorTim Silha, DirectorGlenn Lea, Emeritus Director
Board of Directors
Thanks for Joining Us at Our 52nd Annual MeetingOur board was happy to have the opportunity to meet and talk with so many members at Blackhawk’s 52nd Annual Meeting, which took place at Janesville’s Holiday Inn Express & Conference Center on Sunday, April 23. Thanks to all of you who joined us to share in Blackhawk’s 2016 highlights and enjoyed a delicious brunch and door prizes.
Introducing Our New and Improved CURewards WebsiteBlackhawk now o� ers you a new CURewards® website, where you’ll enjoy an optimized user experience on any device — desktop, tablet or mobile. The updated site includes:
• New look
• Simplifi ed experience
• Improved navigation
• Better viewing from your mobile or tablet devices
Plus, we’ve also added an exciting new travel rewards feature! Now, you’ll have the fl exibility to defi ne the number of points you would like to use toward air travel redemption and pay the di� erence with your Blackhawk Community Credit Union Rewards credit or debit card.
Check out the new website at www.curewards.com. And if you have any questions about your points balance or your rewards card, don’t hesitate to give us a call at 800-637-7728.
July 4 Closed for Independence Day
July 4 Milton Parade
July 14-16 Tobacco Heritage Days in Edgerton
July 25-30 Rock County 4-H Fair
July 28 BHCCU Bus Tour to Lake Geneva
August 4 American Cancer Society® Relay for Life®
August 11 YWCA Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
August 19 BHCCU Bus Tour to Chicago
August 19 Janesville Noon Rotary Corn Roast
August 19 Co� ee Break Festival in Stoughton
August 20 Friends of Riverside Park’s Music Festival featuring the Janesville Noon Lions Club Chicken Roast
August 20 Milton Chicken BBQ
August 26 Westgate Corridor Block Party
August 27 25th Annual Bert Blain Memorial Heart Walk
September 2-4 Labor Fest
September 4 Closed for Labor Day
September 8-9 Chilimania – Edgerton
September 15 Rock County Senior Fair
September 20 United Way Day of Caring
September 27 Member Appreciation Picnic
Our Business After Five Event Was a Blarney Blast!Blackhawk and the Janesville School District sponsored a Forward Janesville’s “Business After Five,” which is Rock County’s most popular business networking event. Held on March 16 at Parker High School, this fun, Irish-themed evening was fi lled with live Irish music by Ian Gould, refreshments, showcases of student programs – and even some lucky winners of our 50/50 ra� e! The ra� e money helped benefi t Parker and Craig Closets, valuable organizations that provide local, low-income students with clothing, school and personal items and other necessities.
A Warm Welcome to Lucy Newell-Anderson NEW DEERFIELD DRIVE BRANCH MANAGER/PR COORDINATOR
After growing up in Janesville’s 4th Ward, just three blocks from Blackhawk’s fi rst branch, Lucy Newell-Anderson feels right at home as Deerfi eld Drive’s new branch manager. She and Blackhawk had something important in common right from the start – a passion for the community.
Lucy has been named a 2011 YWCA Woman of Distinction and served as a Forward Janesville Goodwill Ambassador, and she was honored with the 2009 Laborfest Goodwill Ambassador Award in appreciation for her years of service to our community. “Even when I was pushing a broom or didn’t have a certain type of experience, I found that if I put my all into what I was doing, an opportunity would present itself,” Lucy said.
Those opportunities have been wonderfully diverse and adventurous, including leadership roles in manufacturing and retail, as well as a marketing and events position at Boardtracker Harley-Davidson in Janesville and Monroe. She even started her own dream business – Loon Lake Co� ee & Deli, honoring treasured memories of her father and family time up north.
But her best job has been raising her 18-year-old son, Bobby, whom she’s proud to call brilliant and kind with a wicked sense of humor. She credits her success to Bobby – and of course, a little kindness along the way.
“You never know what someone is going through, and kindness can make all the di� erence,” Lucy said. “I saw that same value in Blackhawk right away. I know customer service can sound cliché, but Blackhawk really lives it. Members absolutely come fi rst here, and who wouldn’t want to be part of that?”
“Blackhawk’s passion for the
community was a huge draw
for me,” Lucy said. “Second to
putting our members fi rst, my
next goal is to keep building
on BHCCU’s remarkable
community work. There’s an
inspiring story behind every
one of these local e� orts.”
How Many School Supplies Does It Take to “Cram the Van”?
Congratulations to Our Scholarship Winners!Blackhawk’s commitment to improving the fi nancial lives of our members starts with early milestones – and college is an important one! We’re proud to help support the future of our local students, and we o� er our congratulations and best wishes to the following Blackhawk scholarship recipients.
Let’s fi nd out! Blackhawk wants to see every child in our communities have a great school year – and their success starts with having the right supplies. Please help us “Cram the Van” again this year in our 11th annual school supply drive! Your generosity makes such a di� erence in the lives of local students. Blackhawk sta� from each branch adopts a local school to receive 100% of the donations in time for the school year.
What: New school supplies or money – anything helps!
Where: Drop o� your donations at any Blackhawk branch (our Stoughton branch is a drop-o� site for the Stoughton “Stu� the Bus” school supply drive)
When: July 31-August 25
Want your school considered for adoption? Email us at [email protected] by July 28.
Janesville CraigJackson Elliott Jack WagnerEmily WangerinRiley EnnocentiEmily HelimanAlexander Krueger
Janesville ParkerKailey Kraus - Glenn Lea Presidential ScholarshipErin SeichterClaire Timm
Lucky Winners Saw LeAnn Rimes:MUSIC TO OUR MEMBERS’ EARS!
Congratulations to Joe Saladino and Angelika Bushaw, the lucky winners of our contest for LeAnn Rimes concert tickets! Contestants were asked to submit written entries describing why they would love to see LeAnn in concert. The prize included concert tickets as well as dinner for our winners and their guests.
EdgertonEthan Richardson - L. Patrick McGuire Presidential ScholarshipAnsel Chesney
ClintonCameron Klein
MiltonNicholas PatrickMorgan Olson
Please watch for next school year’s scholarship program in an upcoming issue of The Messenger and at www.bhccu.org.
Recognizing Our Leadership Development Academy Graduates and Their Work
Feeding Our FutureAngela’s group launched the Feeding Our Future snack program in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Janesville. This program gives each child who goes to the Boys and Girls Club of Janesville a free snack every day that school is in session, with the goal of providing more than 12,000 free, nutritious snacks per year to youth in the Janesville area. Feeding Our Future provides children with nutrients they may not be receiving at home and introduces them to healthy foods. The e� orts may also help alleviate aggression and lack of attention, which studies have shown to be more pronounced in the brains of children who do not get enough to eat.
Project 16:49Bobbie’s group partnered with Project 16:49, a local non-profi t organization serving Rock County’s homeless teens. The “16:49” represents the hours and minutes between school ending and beginning – a critical time of need. Through the LDA, Bobbie’s team created an Advocacy Committee to help create clear and consistent communication for Project 16:49 (including a quarterly newsletter as of May 2017), worked with Blackhawk to create a checking account available to homeless teens through referral from the School District Homeless Liaison, raised support for the Wisconsin bill that will eliminate work permits for all youth ages 16-18, and helped raise over $3,000 for Project 16:49’s Lip Sync Battle.
First LightJulie’s group worked to ensure that the right local resources would be in place for the First Light program, which is designed to help local police o� cers provide crisis assistance in the night until the “First Light” of morning, when more resources become available. While many o� cers have paid out of their own pockets to help crisis victims with shelter, food or other needs, First Light instead o� ers a voucher program and network that o� cers can use to connect crisis victims with the short-term help they need.
GIFTS Men’s Shelter Theresa’s group partnered with GIFTS Men’s Shelter, a Rock County organization that provides shelter and services to homeless men. In 2014, 1 in 211 Wisconsin residents experienced homelessness, and over 1,000 of these individuals were from our Rock County community. To enhance the clearly needed support for homeless men through GIFTS Men’s Shelter, Theresa’s group worked with a local greenhouse to create a landscaped garden area at a permanent shelter location. This area not only provides a place for shelter visitors to grow food and work on meaningful, fulfi lling tasks, but also to relax peacefully.
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBOF JANESVILLE
ANGELA HOIUMFeeding Our Future
JULIE GIETZELFirst Light
BOBBIE KEDROWSKI Project 16:49
THERESA GUNDERSON GIFTS Men’s Shelter
Part of our Blackhawk mission is “providing our employees with a rewarding career of giving back to our member community.” This includes not only the work they do for members here in our branches, but also the action they take for the betterment of the areas we serve.
In this spirit, we are proud of the four Blackhawk employees who recently graduated from Rock County’s Leadership Development Academy (LDA) Program, which provides a personal and professional empowerment experience for aspiring leaders interested in positively impacting our communities.
Congratulations to the following 2017 LDA graduates, who each participated in a group social service project as part of their program experience. Below, you will learn more about each of their projects.
Will We Pick Your Pic?It’s time to submit your photo for consideration for Blackhawk’s 2018 calendar! To enter our photo contest, snap a picture of your favorite scene or special attraction in Wisconsin, or create original artwork that somehow refl ects our great state and area communities. Then email your entry (with information about where the photo was taken or what the artwork represents) to us at [email protected] by October 2nd.*
Cover photo prize: $100 gift card
Other photo prizes: $50 gift card
*Photo submissions become property of BHCCU.
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Janesville – Eastside2704 E Milwaukee St
Janesville – Northside3012 Deerfi eld Dr
Kenosha City Employees625 52nd St Room 108
262-658-1500
Janesville – Westside2640 W Court St
Beloit500 Public Ave Ste 101
Delavan1116 E Geneva St
Edgerton617 N Main St
Milton701 S Janesville St
Stoughton1525 US Hwy 51-138
Sherri Stumpf, [email protected]
Lisa Palma, SVP Member Experience, [email protected]
Caroline Redmann, SVP Operations, [email protected]
David Schalk, SVP Lending, [email protected]
Matt Wohlers, SVP Finance, [email protected]
Senior Management
Team
Coming soon – Kenosha7180 75th St
Coming soon – Janesville – Southside1545 Center Ave
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ALL TICKETS $47 EA.
STOP BY ANY BLACKHAWK BRANCH FOR YOUR DISCOUNTED TICKETS TODAY AND HAPPY SUMMER!
Thank YouWe’d like to recognize Blackhawk members Shelley Schmidt and Joan Voda, who provided the beautiful lake and sunfl ower photos featured in our front-page header. Thanks, Shelley and Joan, for sharing your talents with us!
