Self-Help Blog update: Celebrating 40 Years: Thanks for Joining Us on the Journey

Updates from the Self-Help Shares blog View this email in your browser Forward to a friend Self-Help Shares is a blog from Self-Help, where we share with you stories about our members, staff and community. To read more, visit our blog. Got a story to share? Email us at shonline@self-help.org. Newest from our blog: Celebrating 40 Years: Thanks for Joining Us on the Journey Feb 20, 2020 04:22 pm Forty years ago, in February 1980, Self-Help started as the Center for Community Self-Help. Maybe you know the story . . .  Self-Help began as an effort to help worker-owned businesses, with initial funding of $77 raised through a bake sale. Our founders, Martin and Bonnie Eakes, quickly realized that workers couldn’t get far without affordable financing. Thus, Self-Help Credit Union started with the mission of lending to the under-served and expanding economic opportunity. When we started, we never would have imagined all the challenges and joys that lay ahead. Over the years, we have been privileged to lend $8.5 billion to help families buy their first home, support small entrepreneurs in realizing their dreams, an... Read more » Recent Articles: "A Burden was Lifted": Credit Union Employee Reflects on a New Merger with an Old Partner Self-Help Comes to Raleigh! Celebrating the Opening of our Newest Branch Remaining Awake: Three Ways to Honor Dr. King A Message from Our President Capital Matters: Closing Race and Gender Gaps   Self-Help | 301 West Main Street, Durham, NC 27701 | (919) 956-4400 For member services, please call 1-800-966-7353 Want fewer emails?  update subscription preferences here    unsubscribe from this list