Save the Date—Salal’s 2012 Annual Meeting

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

The 2012 Annual Meeting for Salal Credit Union will be held Wednesday, March 28, at our Administrative Building, 1515 Dexter Avenue North, Seattle, 98109. Salal members and their families are invited to attend. We will be voting on candidates for open seats on the Board of Directors or supporting committees. See the February News You [...]

World Diabetes Day: Free Diabetes Screening

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

According to the American Diabetes Association, 8.3% of Americans—that’s 25.8 million children and adults—have diabetes. Nearly a quarter of them don’t even know it. There may be as many as 79 million Americans who are prediabetic and in danger of developing the disease. Diabetes and complications of diabetes claimed nearly a quarter of a million [...]

Why do U CU?

Monday, September 26th, 2011

October 20 is International Credit Union Day! On ICU Day, we CU members celebrate our choice to place our money in a cooperative rather than in a for-profit model that mainly profits others. We celebrate having a voice in the decisions that guide our financial institution, and let’s face it, we celebrate our lower loan [...]

Salal Credit Union and Washington Business Week: Partnering for the Future

Monday, September 26th, 2011

On Friday, August 5, a banquet and awards ceremony marked the end of the 2011 Washington Business Week (WBW) at Pacific Lutheran University. As in the past few years, Salal CU had several employees in attendance, participating in the camp as advisors and judges, and attending the final dinner to announce the two winners of [...]

Enjoy the Seasons with Salal

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

If you’re looking for an elegant holiday gift, complete with all the feel-good vibes the season has to offer, Salal CU has a great idea for you. Coming to Salal branches in early October: our “Washington Scenes” 2012 wall calendar! This beautiful calendar is full of images contributed by our members. We guarantee at least [...]

Putting the “fun” in “fundraising”

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Celebrate summer with Salal, and do some good while you’re at it! This summer, Salal’s branches will be hosting activities to raise funds for HealthPoint Community Health Center, and we’d love for you to join us. Visit our Northgate branch on July 15 from 11 am to 3 pm, and enjoy a hot dog, chips and [...]

Putting the “fun” in fundraising

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

It’s spring, and around this time is when Salal usually launches its fundraising efforts. We’re raising money for three amazing organizations this year, and we’ve got some very fun activities planned, so keep an eye on our website and our blog for details! Who are we fundraising for? HealthPoint is a Community Health Center network [...]

Enter Our Nature Photo Calendar Contest

Monday, May 16th, 2011

Do you have a talent for finding just the right picture? Are you obsessed with lighting, angle, color and composition? Or maybe you just got lucky and snapped a one-of-a-kind photo just as the sun disappeared over fiery sunset mountains. However you got the shot, Salal wants you to share it! As part of our [...]

Shredathon Success!

Monday, May 16th, 2011

Thanks to everyone who attended Salal’s annual Shredathon on May 14. We took in over 5,000 pounds of sensitive documents, all of which were securely shredded and will be pulped and recycled into paper towels, saving a whole lot of trees. Not only did we save trees and help to stop identity theft, we also [...]

Salal Supports Washington Business Week

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Last night, March 23, was Salal CU’s Annual Meeting, and we were thrilled to have Manny as our guest speaker. Last summer, Manny was the first-ever recipient of Salal’s Washington Business Week Healthcare Pathway scholarship. Manny was chosen from a field of excellent candidates based on his GPA, his written answer to the question “Why [...]