LBS Financial Donates School Supplies to Franklin Middle School
Long Beach, CA – September 11, 2019 – LBS Financial Credit Union delivered thousands of school supplies to Franklin Middle School on September 9th to help initiate a successful start to the 2019-2020 school year.
Ms. Wendy Sowinski, principal of Franklin Middle School in Long Beach, provided the Credit Union with a wish list at the beginning of the summer. Their wish list included a variety of school supplies and wish list items. On September 9th, the Credit Union delivered thousands of dollars in supplies and items including: 1,400 Crayola markers, 864 colored pencils, 360 dry erase markers, 60 uniform shirts, 50 gift cards for student incentives, 10 electric sharpeners, a trauma kit for the nurse’s office, and a variety of other items from their wish list. Five indoor floor mats with their school mascot on them have also been ordered and will be delivered later in the month.
During the summer, LBS Financial promoted its school supply drive for Franklin Middle School with Credit Union members at three of their Long Beach branch locations and on their website. Members donated school supplies from the provided wish list the school developed. Internally, the Credit Union promoted two jeans days with staff, encouraging donations to wear jeans. Donations from the staff jeans days went towards the Credit Union’s school supply drives and was combined with a special budget set aside for the school.
“We are very appreciative of LBS Financial for organizing the supplies drive and donation on behalf of Franklin students,” said Wendy Sowinski, principal of Franklin Middle School. “We want to ensure students have all of the tools to be successful in school. With access to all of these wonderful supplies, students can focus on learning. Franklin students, staff, and community would like to thank all of the people that were involved in supporting our school”
This is the Credit Union’s ninth year of adopting a school in Long Beach USD. LBS Financial also adopted two additional schools in ABC Unified School District and Bellflower Unified School District and is delivering their supplies this week.
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 mobile banking) and are part of the CO-OP ATM and Shared Branching Networks. LBS Financial Credit Union has over $1.5 billion in total assets.
