Charter Oak And Board Member Win Awards At The 2024 Credit Union League of Connecticut Awards Program

VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION AND MARKETING EXCELLENCE WILD CARD AWARDS

For Immediate Release
Contact: Ronald Wertz
VP-Director of Marketing
860.446.3254

Waterford, CT – October 25, 2024 –  Charter Oak Federal Credit Union’s Marketing Team and Annette Janovic, a dedicated member of its Board of Directors, recently received awards at the 2024 Credit Union League of Connecticut Awards Program. Each year, The Credit Union League of Connecticut (League) presents awards to Connecticut credit union management, staff, and volunteers for individual accomplishments and to credit unions for their outstanding contributions to their members and communities and the credit union movement.

This year, Annette Janovic was awarded the Credit Union Volunteer Recognition Award for her extraordinary commitment to the credit union movement. Annette serves on the board at Charter Oak and was recently designated as a Credit Union Development Educator, after completing the National Credit Union Foundation’s Development Education program in June 2024. Annette also serves on the board of the League’s foundation – Credit Unions Building Financial Independence and has been a mainstay on that board, supporting the foundation’s financial coaching program. She is also very active with the League’s financial reality fair program, volunteering to chair the committee to help ensure the programs are successful.

Charter Oak’s Marketing Team was also awarded the Marketing Excellence Wild Card Entry Award for their data modeling and community events. As data is an integral piece in developing strategic decisions in marketing, Charter Oak has worked to restructure their data and build a model on how and where data is collected, map out products and create touchpoints and conversations around these findings to increase campaign performance. For events, Charter Oak has changed their approach to events they sponsor and host. Included at the events are the use of branded cornhole boards, giant ring toss, giant Connect Four, and a custom coloring board. They’ve also expanded to hosting events at their Headquarters to include live local band performances, an annual Trunk or Treat event, drive-in movie nights and clothing drives to support local non-profit organizations.

Charter Oak Federal Credit Union is like a bank, just better! We’ve been proudly serving eastern Connecticut since 1939 and we offer great checking, deposit, lending, insurance and investment products. And because we’re a credit union, we’re owned by our members, not by shareholders. So we can offer lower rates on loans and higher rates on deposits. It’s easy to become a Charter Oak member: simply live, work, worship, learn, or volunteer in New London or Windham counties. Join today and see why Members Bank Better at Charter Oak!