LBS Financial Awards $20,000 in Scholarships to Local High School Seniors and College Students
Long Beach, CA – July 31, 2019 – LBS Financial Credit Union is proud to support and award scholarships to 38 students in Long Beach, Lakewood, Cerritos, and surrounding communities at the close of the 2018-2019 school year.
LBS Financial encourages local area high schools, adult schools, and community colleges to participate in their scholarship program by selecting a deserving student to receive an award. This year LBS Financial Credit Union awarded scholarships up to $500 to 36 schools. A total of 34 high school, 2 college, and 2 adult school students were awarded scholarships. The credit union works directly with each school to select the recipient and present a plaque with the check to the student.
The credit union also awarded two Members with $1,000 each for their perseverance, dedication, high academic performance, and community involvement. The $1,000 scholarships can be applied for by any member of the credit union that is currently enrolled as a high school senior or at an accredited college in his/her freshman-junior year at the time of application. This year’s recipients were Keystone Academy School graduate Victoria Benefield of Lakewood and Long Beach Poly High School graduate Christina Palacios of Long Beach. Victoria will be attending Northwestern University and will be pursuing a degree in Newspaper/Print Journalism with a minor in International Relations. Christina will be attending California State University in Monterey Bay and pursuing a degree in Kinesiology.
Throughout May and June 2019, many of the scholarships were presented by LBS Financial staff, along with a plaque, to students at their school’s award ceremony.
About LBS Financial Credit Union
LBS Financial, founded in 1935 as the Long Beach School District Employees Federal Credit Union, is a member-owned cooperative providing savings, checking, Visa®, money markets, certificates, IRA, insurance and investment services. LBS Financial also offers personal, vehicle, boat and home loans. Their field of membership encompasses fifty cities surrounding the greater Long Beach area, as well as Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and San Diego Counties. They currently service over 130,000 members with seven branch office locations, convenient electronic access (ATMs, online banking) and are part of the CO-OP ATM and Shared Branch network. LBS Financial Credit Union has over $1.5 billion in total assets.
