The Tobacco Valley Teachers Federal Credit Union (TVTFCU) in Enfield is pleased to announce the recipients of their 2013 Teacher Grant Award. The credit union began this program in an effort to assist their members who are educators in funding equipment, supplies or training.
The recipients are:
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Sharon Wolf, Librarian at Eli Whitney Elementary School in Enfield, CT. Ms. Wolf will use the grant funds to purchase an IPad for students to access an online library as well as utilizing for research projects. She has been working in the library for 19 years as well as volunteering in additional school departments.
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Adrienne Snow, Secondary Reading Department Chair at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Enfield, CT. Ms. Snow will use the grant funds to purchase GoReaders (audiobooks) for students to use to improve reading skills. She has been working for the Enfield Public Schools for 14 years. She also teaches Reading as an adjunct instructor at Asnuntuck Community College and Central Connecticut State University.
“With increasing restraints on budgets and funding for educators, we wanted to offer some assistance. Our program is open to our members who are educators in our field of membership. Two grants are awarded annually. It is our hope that this funding will add to the level of education that is offered to our area students.” said Myrijam Meserve, Manager/CEO for the Tobacco Valley Teachers Federal Credit Union.
For more information about the credit union, visit their web site: www.tvtfcu.org, find them on Facebook,
visit their YouTube Channel: tvtfcuinenfield, call them at 860-253-4780 or stop by their office which is located
at 182 South Road in Enfield.
TVTFCU is a not-for-profit, member owned, financial co-operative which has been serving its members since 1936. Financial services include savings and checking accounts, youth accounts. online account management, a variety of loans, mortgages and more. TVTFCU’s field of membership includes: All public and non-public school employees who work in the towns of Enfield, East Windsor, Windsor, Windsor Locks, Suffield and Somers, Connecticut; Enrico Fermi High School students; Enfield High School students; Employees of Community Health Resources and Employees, commissioners and volunteers of the Enfield Fire Department, plus, spouses of persons who died while within the field of membership of this credit union, persons retired as pensioners or annuitants from the above employment, members of their immediate families and organization of such persons.
