Community Archives - ICCU https://www.iccu.com/blog/category/community/ Looking after your daily balance. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:40:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.iccu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-ICCU-logomark-green-32x32.png Community Archives - ICCU https://www.iccu.com/blog/category/community/ 32 32 Blue Turf, Quiet Grit: The Kage Casey Story https://www.iccu.com/blog/community/blue-turf-quiet-grit-the-kage-casey-story/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:40:31 +0000 https://www.iccu.com/?p=33369 It’s game day at Boise State University. The crowd roars to life as the opening chords to “Seven Nation Army” thunder through the stadium. Fog spills from the team’s entrance, and beneath his helmet, left tackle Kage Casey grins. It’s time. In a few months, Kage and the team may hold the Mountain West championship […]

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]]> Financial Literacy Is Possible — Here’s How One Intern Did It https://www.iccu.com/blog/community/financial-literacy-is-possible-heres-how-one-intern-did-it/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:29:24 +0000 https://www.iccu.com/?p=22337 Here at ICCU, we’re not just fans of finance how-to’s and budgeting quick tips; we’re also suckers for good news. Throughout April, we gathered financial success stories in honor of Financial Literacy Month, and we stumbled on one that’s been right under our noses — at an ICCU branch. Meet Darian Like most high school […]

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]]> Idaho’s Pride: Boxing Champion Alyssa Mendoza Finds Strength in Simplicity https://www.iccu.com/blog/news/idahos-pride-boxing-champion-alyssa-mendoza-finds-strength-in-simplicity/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 23:12:57 +0000 https://www.iccu.com/?p=16492 Meet Alyssa Mendoza If you think living a simple life is the same as living a boring one, it’s time you meet boxing champion and ICCU member Alyssa Mendoza. Born and raised in a middle-class home in Caldwell, Idaho — with a makeshift boxing ring swallowing the inside of her family’s shed — 20-year-old Alyssa […]

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]]> What We Learned from Our Communities and YOU in 2023 https://www.iccu.com/blog/community/what-we-learned-from-our-communities-and-you-in-2023/ Tue, 14 May 2024 22:46:57 +0000 https://www.iccu.com/?p=16031 This past year, we had the chance to work hand-in-hand with organizations who put their communities first, time and time again. When faced with social and economic challenges, these people didn’t just give a voice to the problem — they asked, “What can I do to help my community become a champion of this cause […]

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]]> Idaho Gives: The Easiest Way to Support Idaho Nonprofits https://www.iccu.com/blog/community/idaho-gives-the-easiest-way-to-support-idaho-nonprofits/ Fri, 26 Apr 2024 23:00:24 +0000 https://www.iccu.com/?p=15985 We all need support from our communities. But to serve us, those communities need our support too, perhaps now more than ever. Idaho nonprofits do just that. According to a 2021 study, nonprofits increase social engagement and buffer communities from threats to wellbeing. The causes they champion — from animal rehabilitation to fishing education to […]

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]]> 5 Lucky Schools Are Celebrating the Back-to-School Season in Style https://www.iccu.com/blog/community/5-lucky-schools-are-celebrating-the-back-to-school-season-in-style/ Wed, 30 Aug 2023 20:26:25 +0000 https://www.iccu.com/?p=13194 Thanks to our Rewards and Premier Rewards cardholders, we’ve made this back-to-school season one for the books. If you’ve seen the phrase “Gear Up and Give Back” recently, you know what we’re talking about. In the first half of August, ICCU Rewards and Premier Rewards cardholders scored exclusive cashback offers on school supplies, clothes, technology, […]

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]]> Students are Taking Off Their Financial Training Wheels https://www.iccu.com/blog/community/students-are-taking-off-financial-training-wheels/ Wed, 02 Aug 2023 21:47:21 +0000 https://www.iccu.com/?p=12919 Written by an ICCU team member At what age did you know what a good credit score was? For Kevin Sumter, Chief Revenue Officer at Stukent, it was around 25, when he tried to buy his first car. For me personally, it was at 20, when I started my first job in the finance industry […]

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]]> ICCU Celebrates Grant Donations  https://www.iccu.com/blog/community/idaho-central-credit-union-celebrates-grant-donations/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 20:25:25 +0000 https://www.iccu.com/?p=12525 ICCU is thrilled to announce we have been awarded significant grants through the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Des Moines. The Member Impact Fund is a program that matches $3 for every $1 of their member’s grant donation to improve the opportunity of affordable housing or community development. Eleven Idaho nonprofit organizations have been […]

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]]> Your Guide to 2023 Summer Concerts Sponsored by ICCU https://www.iccu.com/blog/community/your-guide-to-2023-summer-concerts-sponsored-by-iccu/ Fri, 05 May 2023 16:31:25 +0000 https://www.iccu.com/?p=11631 Find out how to get tickets and info on concerts in your area. We survived another northwest winter (with snowpack 120 percent above average!) and there’s no better way to celebrate this newfound sun than with a lineup of concerts and music festivals. Because no two concerts are alike, we can’t give you one catch-all hub to […]

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]]> Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month at ICCU https://www.iccu.com/blog/news/celebrating-national-hispanic-heritage-month-at-idaho-central/ Sat, 14 Sep 2019 05:17:44 +0000 https://iccu.lndo.site/blog/uncategorized/celebrating-national-hispanic-heritage-month-at-idaho-central/ ICCU is excited to be sponsoring some activities during National Hispanic Heritage Month.  We invite you to stop by and see us at these great events and help us celebrate.

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