Bob Clampett, President/CEO, Core Credit Union presented a $3,500 check to the Bulloch Retired Educators Scholarship Foundation Inc. (BRESFI) to help fund annual education scholarships.
This is the seventh year Clampett has personally made the presentation to BREASFI. BREASFI member Gwendolyn Yarbrough accepted the check at their quarterly meeting held at Pittman Park Church on Wednesday, January 11, 2023.
CORE began contributing $1,000 annually but have now increased their contribution to $3,500 annually. Each year BREASFI provide four $1,000 scholarships
The purpose of these scholarships is to honor and assist high school seniors from the Bulloch County, Georgia, schools who are planning to enter teaching as a career. Students who would like to apply for these scholarships should contact their school counselors.
The Central Ogeechee Regional Educators (CORE) Credit Union was founded in 1974 as Bulloch County School Employees Credit Union. The effort to begin a credit union was led by Hubert P. Tankersley Jr., then an elementary school principal,along with Jerry Brown, John W. Harris, Leffler H. Akins, Ginny Lockwood, Sarah Ayers Smith, Grace D. Smith and Louis M. Woodrum, who was superintendent of schools at the time.
The credit union will celebrate its 50th year in business in 2024 and is the only locally owned financial institution in Bulloch County owned by its members. They are serving nearly 16,000 members (1 in 8 Bulloch County citizens as members of the credit union) with over $150 million in assets and employ 48.
"We hold true to the mission of our founders as nonprofit, members own cooperative which gives back in many different ways to our community," said Bob Clampett. "CORE Credit Union and our team members are always behind the scenes in our community helping where we can."
Staying true to their founding mission of helping and supporting educators, CORE Credit Union supports a variety of educators and educational efforts in Bulloch County in addition to these scholarships.
To date there have been 27 recipients of education partnerships provided in partnership with CORE Credit Union and the BREASFI.
Esther's Place
The founders of Esther's Place provided the program for the meeting. Esther's Place is located at 206 East Grady Street in Statesboro. It is a place where women come to develop confidence in all areas of their daily lives. They do this by teaching women to live a meaningful life full of hope, purpose and strenght through Jesus Christ.
This organization is doing wonderful things for our community and Grice Connect will have a more indepth story soon about Esther's Place.
Are you a retired educator? Join Bulloch County Retired Educators Association
The Bulloch County Retired Educators Association (BREA) they are a local organization associated with the Georgia Retired Educators Association. Like the statewide organization the local organization has a mission to unite retired local educators for fellowship, support and education and community services opportunities.
The BREA meets quarterly for lunch and would love for you to join them. To learn more about joining the local organization you can email Beth Persinger, President, BREA at [email protected] or Johnny Tremble, Treasurer BREA at [email protected]. Annual memberships begin at $20.
