Disaster Relief Activated for Flooded Louisiana CUs Posted by Association of Vermont Credit Unions on 9:20 AM

CUAid.coop has been activated by the National Credit Union Foundation to to raise funds credit union members and employees in Louisiana affected by recent flooding.

Louisiana has been severely affected by recent flooding, which happened so fast that many credit union people didn’t have en
ough time to evacuate.  Aside from many CU members affected by flooding some credit union CEOs and staff report having lost everything.

The Louisiana Credit Union League has posted the following list of CUs now closed with no information on when or whether they will re-open:

• Ascension CU ($57-million in assets, based in Gonzales, La.)
• Baton Rouge Fire Department FCU ($48-million; Baton Rouge)
• Baton Rouge Telco FCU ($281-million; Baton Rouge)
• Bayou FCU ($71-million; Baton Rouge)
• BRECO FCU (($48-million; Baton Rouge)
• EFCU Financial ($344-million; Baton Rouge)
• Maple FCU ($30-million, Lafayette, La.)
• Neighbors FCU ($753--million; Baton Rouge)
• Shell Geismar FCU ($28-million, Gonzales, La.)

Also affected, according to the League, are.

• Campus Federal CU ($558-million, Baron Rouge): all Baton Rouge locations closed but will re-open Tuesday.
• Eagle FCU ($106-million, Baton Rouge): all locations are closed, but will re-open on Tuesday.
• Jefferson Financial CU ($400-million, Metairie, La,.): branches in Denham Springs, Livingston, and Baton Rouge are closed.
• La Capitol FCU ($477-million, Baton Rouge): branches in Siegen Lane, O’Neal, Florida Blvd. and Hammond are closed, but the branch on Main Street is open.
• Lafayette Schools CU ($198-million, Lafayette): the Crowley branch is closed.
• LES FCU ($32-million, Lafayette): the main branch is closed, while the Airline branch is drive-thru only.
• Louisiana FCU ($211-million, La Place, La.): the Hammond branch is drive-thru only
• Pelican State CU ($273-million, Baton Rouge), the branches in Denham Springs, Mid City (Baton Rouge), Zachary and Jackson are closed.

As donations are posted through CUAid.coop, the National CU Foundation will coordinate with the Louisiana Credit Union Foundation to distribute money efficiently to affected credit union employees and members.

CUAid enables credit union employees, volunteers and members, as well as credit unions and credit union organizations to contribute directly to support other disaster-affected CUs and members.