Our Foundation

We Share A Common Thread Foundation

Social responsibility is an integral part of Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union’s mission. Our sense of duty and concern for the community has inspired our strong support of numerous worthy causes. It has also inspired the creation of the “We Share A Common Thread Foundation.”

The “We Share A Common Thread Foundation” strives to enhance the lives of people in our local neighborhoods by providing assistance with food, shelter, clothing, health and education.

“The ‘We Share A Common Thread Foundation’ makes it easier for us to provide the help that some of our neighbors so desperately need,” said Mark S. Cochran, President and Chief Executive Officer of Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union. “The Credit Union exists to help people and the Foundation is another way for us to better serve our community members.”

“We Share A Common Thread" Fundraiser Was Great Success

The “We Share a Common Thread” fundraiser hosted by Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union Saturday night (March 3) at the Lowell Lodge of Elks to benefit the We Share a Common Thread Foundation was a tremendous success.

Our “We Share a Common Thread Foundation” was established in 2011 to assist us in providing monetary donations, as well as to accept and distribute contributions, to numerous charities in need of support. The Credit Union exists to help people and the Foundation is another way for us to better serve our community members.

Thanks to our many generous donors and more than 300 attendees, we raised more than $24,000 that will be used to support numerous worthy local causes, such as: assisting patients battling cancer at Lowell General Hospital; fighting the epidemic of heart disease; stocking local food pantries; sheltering the homeless; critical patient care and research at Children’s Hospital; helping youths in need; and much more.

The fun-filled evening included music, dancing, refreshments, basket raffles, a silent auction, and an iPad 2 and Kindle Fire raffle. More importantly, it gave attendees an opportunity to support worthy causes and organizations that help people in their own neighborhoods.

“Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union considers social responsibility to be an integral part of our overall mission,” Mark S. Cochran, President and Chief Executive Officer of Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union, said. “Our sense of duty and concern for the community, including those who reside therein, sparked our efforts and commitment to get involved with many area charities, including those that will benefit from Saturday night’s fundraiser.”

At Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union, we truly believe and are proud to say … “we share a common thread.”

To see the list of Donors for this fundraiser click here.