  Membership Drive Coming Soon!
Check the website
in late August for details.
 Mobile Banking is Here!
You asked for it and we listened. Now you can check your account balances, transfer funds between accounts, pay your LVECU loan or Visa Credit Card right from your smartphone or tablet.
 It’s easy to use, secure, convenient and best of all, it’s with you wherever you go! If you have e-Tran home-banking, then mobile banking is ready for you to use. Simply visit www.lvecu.org and click on the Mobile Banking link on the homepage under the e-Tran icon to log on. If you don’t have home-banking, now’s the time to sign up for e-Tran and take advantage of another free service from LVECU!
Saving...The Time is Now!
Savings can help you achieve any financial goal. Whether it’s a comfortable retirement, a down payment for a house, or a new car or stereo, you can get there by setting money aside. And best of all, you can have what you want without getting bogged down in debt.
 Yet if you’re like most people, you don’t save as much as you’d like, or you don’t save at all. Americans spend more than we earn. Consider that the national personal savings rate has dipped to the lowest point since the Great Depression. Today’s high energy, home and food prices may make saving seem less possible than ever.
But the time is now. And with a little forethought and effort, saving money is not only possible, it’s easy.
Click here for the full story.
July Financial Fitness Challenge
Six Slam-Dunk Ways to Trash Your Credit Score
by Susan Tiffany, CCUFC
It’s a fact of financial life that if you want to borrow money, your lender will look atinformation about your credit habits before deciding how to price the loan.
If you’re a good risk, you won’t have to pay as much interest for the privilege of borrowing. If you’ve been a credit screw-up, expect a lender to charge you more. That’s only fair, not only to the lender but to other borrowers the lender serves. It wouldn’t be right to expect responsible borrowers to subsidize careless borrowers.
This is where your credit score comes in. It’s a three-digit grade for your credit behavior to date. It changes all the time, based on your improving or deteriorating credit habits.
Some of the ways you can damage your credit score are pretty clear, while others might surprise you.
For the full story, click here.
 Identity Theft
What You Need to Know
- In 2013, 13.21 million consumers suffered identity fraud
- 500,000 more victims in 2013 than in 2012
- A new victim of identity theft occurred every 2 seconds in America
- Prime targets include: Smartphone Owners, College Students, Children & the Elderly
Click here for more information.
Read to Succeed Summer Reading Program
 Watch your mail for information about our “Read to Succeed”
Summer Reading Program. You could receive a $5 or $10 gift card
to Barnes & Noble® Book Store!
Open to school-age LVECU members ages 5-17.
Member Benefits
Dorney Park, Camelbeach & Movie Tickets
Dorney Park: Discount Dorney Park tickets are available to purchase at either office
- Regular – $38.00 (Anyone 48” or taller in shoes – Regular Gate Price $52.99)
- Jr/Sr – $29.00 (Anyone age 3 or older, under 48” tall in shoes or anyone age 62 or older – Regular Jr/Sr Gate Price $32.99)
Camelbeach: Camelbeach Print-at-Home Program – Order tickets online to receive a $2.00 discount off the “General Waterpark” admission price only (48” tall, ages 3 to 64).
Movie Tickets: Discount movie tickets for Carmike and AMC are available at both offices. Not valid on special engagements or some 3D movies, some restrictions apply.
- Carmike – $7.50
- AMC – $8.00
For a complete list of member benefits, click here.
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Learning Vacations: Travel for Your Mind
by Dianne Molvig
 Would you like to return home from your next vacation with something more than a collection of photos, souvenirs and famous place-names you can drop during dinner-party conversations?
Then you may be a prime candidate for a learning vacation. We’re not talking about days filled with dry lectures and rigid class schedules. “This isn’t regimented travel ... This is hands-on learning,” says Evelyn Kaye, author of “Travel and Learn: 1001 Vacations Around the World”. Kaye grew up in England and travels extensively worldwide from her home in Boulder, Colorado.
For full story, click here.
Shred Day
 Our Annual Shred Day was held on Saturday, May 31st
from 9:30am-12:00pm, and we filled the truck! We collected
6 tons of paper to recycle for our members. Start your pile
of unwanted paperwork now and keep checking the website
for the next Shred Day!
National Credit Union Youth Week
This year’s National Credit Union Youth Week was celebrated in April with the theme “Catch the Save Wave”. We had more than 290 youth members who deposited a total of $65,675! Kirby members received double Kirby Credits and giveaways at each office included snacks, glow-in-the-dark flying discs, beach balls and beach towels depending on age. We also gave away 3 ‘Grand Prizes’. Congratulations to: Lucas Maxwell who won a Gift Pack including a Sand Box and Sand Toys; Allison Superka who won a Slip-n-Slide with a Super Soaker™ and Water Toys; and Brian Mittura, who won a
Body Board, Beach Blanket and more. Also,
congratulations to our CU Succeed 2013
4th Quarter & 2014 1st Quarter winners.
Caleb Smith and Collin Ambrose each
received a $100 deposit! If you’re between
the ages of 13 and 17, enter the drawing
next time you visit the office.
What is TruStage?
TruStage is insurance the credit union way. Our products and programs are made available through TruStage Insurance Agency and offered only to credit union members. Today, more than 14 million members rely on TruStage for our products, programs, services, expertise and experience. With a commitment to dependability and a members-first philosophy, we help you protect what matters most.
For the full story, click here.
In Memorium
LVECU is saddened to announce the passing of Robert J. Maza, a longtime member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Maza generously gave of his time to serve the credit union and was always a pleasure to be around. He will be sorely missed. We send our condolences to his family.
Board of Directors
Due to the passing of our long time board member Robert Maza, LVECU has a vacancy on our board. If you are interested in being more involved in your credit union and becoming a volunteer director, please submit a 100 word or less bio to Lehigh Valley Educators Credit Union, c/o Board of Directors, 3720 Hamilton Blvd, Allentown PA 18103.
Nominees must be members in good standing as defined by the following criteria: all entrance fees have been paid, all loans with the Credit Union are current, and the Credit Union has suffered no losses as a result of a charge-off or discharge in bankruptcy of any loans or obligations.
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