To be Featured on Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid: Our Community Credit Union was selected on Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid to discuss the Benefits of Credit Union Membership.

Shelton, WA, April 12, 2024 - The Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid show is a Telly award-winning documentary series. Viewpoint is distributed explicitly across public television stations nationwide. Producers, writers, and editors tie together each episode, using their collective decades of experience working in educational TV. 

In 2023, OURCU was approached by Viewpoint to be a featured segment, highlighting the credit union movement in Washington State.  Our Community Credit Union has a rich history in Washington.  The Credit Union was established in 1941 by the Simpson Logging Company employees, to provide financial solutions, education, and community support when workers were denied basic financial needs from traditional banking institutions, due to seasonal work in the forest industry.  The segment features OURCU staff, select community members, local business owner and member, Jeff Slakey and Mason County Sheriff, Ryan Spurling.

The credit unions serving the people of Washington State are not-for-profit cooperatives embodying the values of cooperation and community. Credit Unions are unique in that they are owned by the people who’ve chosen them as their trusted banking partners and financial services providers.  At a credit union, you’re a member with a trusted voice, not just a number. As a member, you have the opportunity to shape the direction of your financial institution including what products are offered, and how the credit union serves your community.

Unlike traditional for-profit financial services organizations, there are no Wall Street stockholders to pay. In the credit union movement, earnings are reinvested right back into the communities credit unions serve. Every decision made is driven by a commitment to the members’ best financial interests. This means your credit union will strive to offer you the best loans and savings returns possible, and will offer services to help you build a brighter financial future.

What truly distinguishes credit unions is their deep connection to the communities they serve. Your credit union team lives and works here, too. They share the same passion for making your community stronger and are personally invested in its success.

The story will be distributed to Public Television affiliates the week of April 29, 2024.