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In Our Community

 
Inn of the Good Shepherd

The Inn of the Good Shepherd

 Our Sarnia Branch supported The Inn of the Good Shepherd - Sarnia for their casual Friday donations and held a "30 Days of Giving" campaign.
 
Ohanna-Landing

Ohana Landing

The Southwest Regional Credit Union head office team selected Ohana Landing as the recipient for their year-end donation. 
 
Mom's Baby Cupboard

Mom's Baby Cupboard supported by Wallaceburg Branch

Mom's Baby Cupboard was founded in 2010. They provide diapers, formula, wipes, pablum, creams, and gently used clothing and toys to mothers in need serving within Wallaceburg, Walpole Island, and Dresden. 

Visit the link below to learn more:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082708745400
 
Parkway Church

Parkway Church

Parkway Church is supported by the Corunna Branch for the Souper Thursdays they provide to the community for their year-end donation.
 
Making a difference

Making A Difference In Our Children’s Future

This week, Our CEO Glenn Wilson, On behalf of the Board of Directors, staff and members, presented cheques to two incredible community organizations. $10,000 to Pathways and $5,000 to the Children's Treatment Centre Foundation of Chatham-Kent. These organizations are truly amazing and are on a mission to provide outstanding services and support to children in our community.
 
Year End Donations

Christmas for Everyone supported by Wyoming Branch.

Every year our staff "Buy In" to casual Fridays with a donation to a charity of their own choosing. At the end of the year, Our Board matches the amount that each Branch raised for a group donation to a charity of the Branch's choice.

Our Wyoming Branch has selected Christmas for Everyone. The holidays are such a magical time of the year, yet for many, it is very stressful. This amazing organization is making a difference for so many.
 

Our Corunna Branch joined their community to celebrate the Corunna 200!

Jay Anderson of Corunna was our lucky raffle winner!
 

Had a blast at the Plympton-Wyoming Fair

Our team attended the Plympton-Wyoming Fair, and raffled two new bikes off to lucky winners, Rhett Bourque and Brynleigh Schenk! Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table.
 
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CU Succeed Youth Bursary awarded to our Member, Haley, by the Ontario Credit Union Foundation

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2023 Scholarship Award Program Winners

Southwest Regional Credit Union is pleased to announce the 2023 Scholarship Award Program Winners! This year Southwest has awarded a total of ELEVEN scholarships of $1,000 to deserving Members continuing their post-secondary education!
2023 Scholarship Winners
 

3rd stop on our BBQ Tour-Corunna

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2nd stop on our BBQ Tour-Wyoming

2nd stop on our BBQ Tour-Wyoming

It was a cooler, windy day but we still had a fabulous turnout in support of Ryan's House. Staff from both SWRCU and Bluewater Health Foundation were on hand to serve up Hamburgers and hotdogs. At the end of the day, $1200.00 was raised to go towards operational services for Ryan's House.
 
ROCK Mission

Wallaceburg's Annual Charity BBQ

The first stop of our Annual Charity BBQ tour was Friday, June 2 at our Wallaceburg branch. What an amazing turnout from the Wallaceburg community, with $1200.00 raised for the Rock for Missions.
 

Southwest Dragons were at it again!


The Wallaceburg Dragon Boat Festival also known as the Sydenham Challenge provides a fun-filled day of recreation and friendly competition for both community teams and established, experienced teams. Southwest CU has been a longtime sponsor of this event, and our team REALLY gets into it!
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BBB Winner

Business Boost Bundle Winner - Save the Date

Congratulations to the winner of the 2023 Business Boost Bundle, Save the Date Floral & Decor!
 
 

GO STING GO!!!

Our team enjoyed watching Our Sarnia Sting take on the London Knights Tuesday and Wednesday night at the Hive!!!
 
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Brenda and Wendy
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Community Clean Up 2023

Community Clean Up 2023

On a misty Saturday morning in April, Members of the Southwest Team put on their rubber boots and rain jackets to get one of Sarnia's local parks ready for the season. A little rain did not dampen the spirits!
 

Sarnia Home Show in 2023

We had a blast at the annual Sarnia Homeshow this past weekend. Thank you to everyone who stopped by and said Hello. We're already looking forward to next year!
 
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Annual Holiday Donations

All year long, the staff support "Friday Jean day". At the end of the year, Southwest Matches the funds raised and the branches together pick a charity to make the donation to. This year, The Wyoming branch has chosen The Petrolia Food Bank. Every year the needs seem to get bigger and bigger, please check out this amazing organization and what they provide to the communities around them.
 
Our Exmouth Street Branch supports the Inn of the Good Shepherd

Our Exmouth Street Branch supports the Inn of the Good Shepherd

The team at the Exmouth street branch has selected the Inn of the Good Shepherd for the casual Friday donation. The need is always there, especially around the holidays!
 
Corunna Supports St. Andrews Chruch

Corunna Supports St. Andrews Chruch

Our Corunna team has a special relationship with the food bank at St. Andrews Church. Again this year, the team has selected the food bank for their casual Fridays.
 
Wallaceburg supports Scared Heart Food Bank

Wallaceburg supports Sacred Heart Food Bank

Our Wallaceburg team has selected the good people of the Sacred Heart Church Food Bank for their casual Friday donations.
 
Head office supports the Salvation Army

Head office supports the Salvation Army

And Finally, our Head office team is supporting The Salvation Army with their casual Friday proceeds.
 
 

Noelle's Gift

Noelle’s Gift was established in January 2013, in honour of a beautiful, dedicated caring volunteer and school teacher named Noelle Paquette. Noelle’s Gift values education, healthy nutrition, physical activity and the provision of basic necessities that support student success for families in need.

Southwest Regional Credit Union is proud to support this amazing organization with a donation of $10,000 to support Noelle’s Gift in their commitment to improving the lives of children in our community.

Pictured left to right-Glenn Wilson CEO SWRCU, Nicole Paquette (Noelle’s gift), Sherry VanBilsen (Director of Sales SWRCU) and Cathy Robertson (Noelle’s Gift)
 

Wyoming Branch Supports John Knox Christian School

Saturday, September 16th John Knox Christian School held their annual golf tournament. Coming to visit to collect the donation is Brian Sipkens and his daughter Amberly.

 

20th Annual Sydenham Challenge Dragon Boat Festival!

The team at Southwest Regional Credit Union participated in the 20th annual Sydenham Challenge Dragon Boat Festival! We had a full boat of our team members and family. It was an amazing day!

Check out some of the photos from the event!

https://www.sydenhamchallenge.ca/

 
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The Return of our Annual BBQ Tour - Sarnia

We held our first charity BBQ at our Sarnia Branch. Almost $1000.00 was raised for St. Joseph’s Hospice. It was wonderful to see everyone who came out and had a tasty burger prepared by our team, got to chat with some of the incredible volunteers from Hospice. It was a great day and a great start to our BBQ Tour.
 

Corunna Annual Charity BBQ Supports St.Andrews Food Bank

Our 2nd BBQ of the Tour was held Friday June 10 at our Corunna Branch. It was a great turnout with the Corunna Community raising almost $800.00 for the St. Andrews Foodbank. 

 
Wyoming BBQ

The 3rd Stop in Our BBQ Tour

The Wyoming Community did not disappoint! The Wyoming branch selected Wyoming Wee Ones as their recipient. $1000.00 was raised in support of the Cooperative Nursery School. A lot of fun was had all around.
 
Wallaceburg Donation

Our Final BBQ of the Year

We held our final charity BBQ of the Season at our Wallaceburg branch. The Wallaceburg Community helped us raise $1000.00 for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Chatham Kent!

 

Credit Union Day

Thank you to our Members for helping us celebrate Credit Union Day with a special donation to St. Joseph’s Hospice for each ATM and POS transaction completed on October 21st.Giving back to our community is the foundation of Southwest Regional Credit Union. For more information on St. Joseph’s Hospice, visit https://www.stjosephshospice.ca/

 

Our Favorite Time of the Year -
​People Serving People

The Inn of the Good Shepherd in Sarnia is celebrating 40 years of continuous service this year. Our CEO Glenn Wilson and the Sarnia Branch Manager Gina Savo dropped in to present Myles Vanni and his amazing team with a small donation to help. The need is higher than ever, please keep the Inn in your mind when you are out shopping this holiday season. Every little bit helps and will make a big difference. 

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Our 2nd stop in giving back

Petrolia Food Bank is a non profit, volunteer based organization which relies solely on the generous support of donations within our communities. Our CEO Glenn Wilson and Wyoming Branch Manager Kelly Ash stopped in to present Sandra Hartman a donation on behalf of the members, staff and Board of directors of SWRCU.

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Our 3rd stop in giving back

St.Andrews church in Corunna has an amazing program in place to help those in need in Corunna. Please keep them in mind this holiday season when you are making donations of your own. Our CEO Glenn Wilson and Corunna Branch Manager Shannon De Rooy stopped in to present a donation on behalf of the members, staff and Board of directors of SWRCU.

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Our final stop in giving back 2021 

The Wallaceburg Salvation Army serves so many in the community in their times of need. Our CEO Glenn Wilson and Wallaceburg Branch Manager Dee Johnston stopped in to present a donation on behalf of the members, staff and Board of directors of SWRCU.

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Chipping in to get our parks ready!

On Saturday, April 23, Staff members from all three of our Lambton branches came together for the Annual Spring Community Clean up. The goal of this event is to engage community participation in cleaning up our City parks, trails, boulevards, and public spaces. We had a blast. Our park was Tecumseh park, thanks to the neighbours that surround this park, there was actually very little for us to do. We wanted to give a big shout out to those that help every day to keep our parks clean and welcoming.

https://www.sarnia.ca/play/city-signature-events/community-parks-clean-up-day/

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Supporting the Future of our Agricultural Community Leaders

The JR Beef Expo provides a safe place for youth aged 21 and younger together with their calves and make connections with their peers. Southwest is proud to be a Silver sponsor for this fantastic event!!

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Great Time at The Sarnia Home Show

After 2 very long years, it was wonderful to get back to the Sarnia Home Show. Our teams had a great time talking to many people that came out.

 
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All year, the staff at each branch make a donation to participate in "Dress Down Day". At the end of the year, our Board matches those donations to a charity selected by the staff. To learn more about these amazing organizations and the great work they do, click the links below!

 
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This year our Head Office team selected Noelle's Gift. To learn more, visit https://noellesgift.ca/

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This year our Sarnia Branch selected The Inn of the Good Shepherd. To learn more, visit https://www.theinnsarnia.ca/.

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This year out Wallaceburg Branch selected TJ Stables. To learn more, visit https://www.tjstables.ca/

 
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This year our Wyoming Branch selected Ryan's House. To learn more, visit https://bluewaterhealth.ca/news/bluewater-health-opens-doors-to-ryan-house/.

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This year our Corunna Branch selected Community Safety Net. To learn more, visit https://www.helpkidsnow.com/books/community-safety-net-corunna/support/.

 
 
 

No One Stands Alone Golf Tournament

Some of our team took part in the first annual No One Stands Alone Golf Tournament. Beautiful day for golf, our Corunna Branch Manager even got "a hole in one"... in the tree. It was an amazing shot!!

Check out the website!

No One Stands Alone. #peopleservingpeople #noonestandsalone


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Southwest Regional Credit Union is a proud sponsor of the annual Business Boost Bundle Contest, and we are excited to present a well-deserved cheque to this year’s winner. Congratulations to Tiffany from Bluewater Pelvic Health Centre!

 

Shop Local Promotion

Southwest Regional Credit Union recently participated in the Shop Local promotion with Blackburn Radio to give two listeners $50 cash. As the holiday season approaches, it's so important to consider your local businesses and support local as much as possible! Congratulations to the winners of the Southwest Regional Credit Union $50 cash giveaway, Valerie Vanderburg and Gillian Sherwood. 

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