Community Involvement

We love giving back

Helping our community is one of our top priorities as a credit union. We love giving back, getting involved, and partnering up with local charities and fundraising efforts. On this page, we’ll tell you about our Jeans Because We Care program. We’ll also let you know how your organization can request a donation from SIU Credit Union.

What is Blue Jeans Day?

Every Friday, our staff has the option to wear jeans for a $2 donation that goes directly back to our local communities.

In 2023, we raised over $9,200 with our jeans day donations for The Night’s Shield, The Carbondale Warming Center, Weekend Blessings, The Poshard Foundation for Abused Children and the 4C’s Food Pantry and Shelter.

We proudly wear our jeans because our casual Fridays make a real difference!

Request a Donation

At SIU Credit Union, we frequently donate and volunteer for a variety of charities and organizations. After all, we’re in the business of people helping people. Because of this, we are open to donation requests.

Due to the high volume of requests we receive, we are unable to guarantee funding or volunteers for every request. The Guidelines  listed in the link at the bottom of the page must be followed in order to be considered for a donation or sponsorship.

Community Reinvestment Notice

STATE OF ILLINOIS COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT NOTICE

The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (Department) evaluates our performance in meeting the financial services needs of this community, including the needs of low-income to moderate-income households. The Department takes this evaluation into account when deciding on certain applications submitted by us for approval by the Department. Your involvement is encouraged. You may obtain a copy of our evaluation once the Department completes our first evaluation. You may also submit signed, written comments about our performance in meeting community financial services needs to the Department. We will update this notice when our first evaluation has been issued.