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Good money, Good morning, good
morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.

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It is time now for a very
special event here. We've got like

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a little bit of a birthday celebration
going on with Truity Credit Union. Miss

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Freeman, how are you doing today? I'm great? How are you well?

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I'm doing wonderful. I didn't get
a party hat going on, and

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I didn't start the streamers or anything, but this is a good day for

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Truity Credit Union on all of its
members. It was on this day this

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thing kind of got the ball rolling
for a new way of doing business in

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Bartlesville. Absolutely. Yeah, we're
really excited to be celebrating our eighty fifth

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anniversary as an institution and really a
huge part of the Bartlesville community obviously,

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but also just improving people's lives for
a long long time. Well, the

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way it got started couldn't be any
more bartleswield than what it is. It

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is. It's a really great story. You know. Originally there were two

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bits, is kind of the joke
that we have around the office that took

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two bits to open a savings account. That started with the secretary at Phillips

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Petroleum Company, and if you gave
her two bits she would hold onto your

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savings for you, because the women
were gathering their funds separately from the men

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at that point, and so it
was really a group of strong, independent

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women, which you know, I
love starting an organization that's now really changed

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our community. It sure has.
We have two beautiful locations kind of art

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to really when you think about it, the big beautiful building in downtown Bartlesvillia

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and on Southeast Washington Boulevard. Fancy
Knew kind of got that art thing going

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on down there too, very very
colorful insight and out. But what's really

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neat is what's inside, and that
is probably the best work force you can

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apply. Yeah. Absolutely. You
know, we've had incredible loyalty among our

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employees over the years, and I
think that really goes to show that we

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have strong culture that our employees believe
in the mission of the Credit Union,

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which is people helping people and serving
our members. And so with that strong

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sense of service, we just really
go through every day knowing exactly what we

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want to get accomplished and being able
to really help people along the way as

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well. And you know, it's
more than just people helping people, it's

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neighbors helping neighbors because it seems like
I can't go anywhere in town. I

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can't go to the grocery store or
my high school kids events at school without

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seeing somebody from Truity that I know
because you booked are everywhere. Yeah,

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we really you know, our folks
really want to be involved in the community,

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and as a credit union, we
spend a lot of time making sure

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that we're supporting the organizations that are
supporting our friends and neighbors. So we

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are in the schools and at sporting
events and arts events and tons of sponsorships.

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We just want to make sure that
our community is strong because we know

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that helps our members. It does, it helps everybody. You've got some

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really cool ways to even help out
our schools too. With the debit cards.

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Absolutely, we do have a we
call it our Spirit Card program,

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so we offer debit cards that are
specific to local high schools and different entities.

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So in Bartlesviille we have our Brewing
Card, our wool Rock Card which

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gives back to the Frank Phillips Foundation, and our Tri County Tech Card oice.

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So anytime our members use those,
we take what would be our profit

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from that and donate a percentage back
to those organizations and have been doing so

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for I think close to fifteen years
now. Well, that is amazing and

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it shows just how committed Truity is
to our community and do people helping people,

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and to really our members because they're
the ones that are choosing to get

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that card. They come in and
say, hey, I want the brewing

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cards, so my money all back
to the districts. And it's great to

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see everybody kind of chipping in together
because really the opportunities are endless for those

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to go back to the schools.
It truly is. And with Truity,

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you have some of the probably the
most knowledgeable folks who don't come at you

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as some kind of authoritarian although they
know what they're doing. They work signed

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by side with you instead of across
a table, and I kind of I

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like that we're here working with you
aspect of it. All. That part

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of the culture is key, it
really is. And you know, that

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reminds me of a new program that
we're starting. We have certified financial counselors

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in all of our lobbies now and
we have an opportunity for people to come

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in and meet with someone one on
one to really go over their finances,

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not from a let us tell you
how to do it, but how can

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we help you make this easier?
How can we help you make sure that

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your budget is where you want it
to be, or that you're hitting the

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saving school that you're looking for.
Oftentimes there's a light bulb that goes off,

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and you may understand this when you
have kids getting ready to go to

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college and you think, gosh,
am I going to be able to do

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this. So we're going to be
able to make this happen. And so

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we want to be able to help
people make sure they've got money in all

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the right buckets so that they can
take care of their family and feel secure.

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Now, this is something that I'm
not aware of too many other financial

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institutions where you have folks who are
basically helping you help yourself in this manner.

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We certainly feel like it's something different
that sets us apart a better way

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to bank, if you will,
And we think that that attention and that

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one on one kind of counseling environment
is really going to help some people cross

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that threshold from an insecure financial space
to a more secure and competent space where

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they feel good about what they're doing. Well, boy, I tell you

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what, if there's something people need
these days when it comes to their finances,

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a little bit of confidence, because
you know, sometimes we have high

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highs and low lows and all that
great stuff in the middle. This kind

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of irons it out, kind of
makes it all level for folks, and

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it makes it easier to to get
through and not be so apprehensive. It

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does. And you know, I
will tell you that I've been doing this

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for eighteen years with the Credit Union. I've met with hundreds of our members,

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probably thousands of our members over the
years, and no one is really

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as secure about their finances as they
make appear to be, and so there's

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always an opportunity to better yourself.
No one is without credit card debt,

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no one is without you know,
the occasional oh I thought I had a

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little bit more money than I did
and I you know, how to check

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that balanced or whatever it might be. And so we just want to make

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sure that everyone understands that that's a
common situation and we want to make sure

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that you know how to fix it
and know how to not have it happen

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again, or get that credit score
up so you can get into your first

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house those kinds of things are just
so important for families. Indeed they are.

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You have a lot of the technology
that is really you dart and useful.

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I was never really a fan of
technology until I was pretty much forced

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to be into it many years ago, probably when I was in my forties

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or fifties. But now that I'm
sixty four, I can't live without it.

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And that, of course, you've
got it right there on your phone

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in a lot of cases where you
can take care of a lot of things

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financially. Absolutely, you know our
app and is essential. I know,

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I pull it up almost every single
day. I rarely even go down to

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the lobbies anymore because I can do
so many things on my phone. And

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that's just one of the ways that
we're investing in technology so that our members

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can do things more easily and be
able to do their banking wherever they are.

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And that's that's another one that makes
you breathe a little easier too.

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You know what's going on, You
see what's going on, and it's practically

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up to the minute, you know, as close to up to the minute

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as you can get. And it
just serves as a good peace of mind

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investment too, So Folks, if
you're a member of Truity and you haven't

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gotten the app invest in, that
you got to do is push the button

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and next thing you know, it
pops up on your phone. Yeah,

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and don't be afraid to go in
and check it out. Sometimes we get

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so used to just going in to
check the balance or whatever it might be.

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The things on there, there's other
pieces in there. You have the

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ability to monitor your credit score.
We have what we call a quick cash

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loan now, which is really an
alternative to payday lending. Those payday lenders

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are really really bad and kind of
can get people in a bad cycle.

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So if you're if you have an
emergency car need or health need or something,

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we have a new a new program
that will allow you to just grab

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that loan without any decisioning for a
little bit of quick cash there. And

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that's really helpful for people as well. So there's a lot of things in

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the app that can that can really
help people very good. We were talking

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about how Truity is involved in the
community, and you brought in a whole

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list of things about what's going on
in the community where Truity is partnering or

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just lending and jem hand in all
of this. Yeah, we really you

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know, as I mentioned, being
a good corporate citizen is one of our

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you know, key pillars at the
Credit Union, and we have so many

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things that we're sponsoring that I just
wanted to kind of remind people about you.

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So this Saturday, Past to Independence
and Daybreak Rotary are doing a grilled

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cheese competition down at Cooper and Mill. I don't really know what could be

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bad about grilled cheese and a beer
from Cooper and Mill. So I'll tell

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you about it because I'm a judge. Absolutely, you got somebody we both

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know, Dennis Hoppern is going to
be right there with me. Yes,

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there's going to be a lot of
truity folks down there, and we're excited

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for that event on Saturday. That's
of course helping Past to Independence. Next

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week is Bruins of the Year,
which is like our Teacher of the Year

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and staff of the Year at Rigden
Field. So that's a really fun event.

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It's a lot of fun to go
and be a part of that.

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It is, Yeah, And then
next Friday we're actually hosting Barstbool Art Association

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is doing a little downtown art and
we'll be hosting high school students artwork in

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our lobby on Friday night from six
to nine. It's free. Anybody can

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come. I think I'm gonna have
some cookies, you know, just a

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little snack while you produce some artworks. So that's happening next Friday, and

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then next Saturday is like the day
of Operation Clean House, which is the

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opportunity to get rid of any of
those hazardous materials from your home. And

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then Truity brings in a shred truck, So we're bringing in a big truck

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for people to bring all their shred. You drive through, get it out,

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they shred it for you right there. That'll be happening early in the

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day. And then after that is
the city block Party and we'll be there

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with the food truck grilling out.
The police department helps put that on with

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other community partners. So it's gonna
be a big couple of weeks just getting

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through getting through April. You know, I forgot about the shred thing.

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That's pretty darn important. People have
all kinds of things that they need to

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shred and get rid of, and
this is it's the best way to do

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it. It's safe, it's ecological
and it just works out well for everybody,

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and you know, it's a great
example of how we try and work

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with our community. So Trudy had
done a shredfest on our own for years

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and we would get a good long
line and it was at one of our

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branches, and it was the whole
thing. But once we knew more about

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Operation Clean House and the intent of
that and the promotion they do and the

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people that come to it, it
was a perfect partnership for us to be

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able to say, hey, let's
all work together because we can get more

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people coming to both events if we
do it together, and we'll have employees

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out there volunteering, helping gets top
out of cars. It's going to be

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a lot of fun. Eric dellas
how folks can find out more about Truity

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Credit Union, not only its history, but it's present and plans for the

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future, and how you can work
with Truity and Truity can work with you.

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Sure, So our website is really
the very best way to find out

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about us. I just say,
go to the Googles, Go to the

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Googles and type in Truity Credit Union
and you'll find us there. It's true

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DCU dot org. On our website, you can find all sorts of financial

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calculators to help you if you're trying
to make decisions. You can search for

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cars on there. You can find
out information from our blog about like things

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about your credit score and how to
do budgeting things like that. And then

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we also have a community section where
you can get in touch with any of

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the community advocates like myself or Nicole
McKinney here in Martinsville, as well as

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our giving page where you can apply
for sponsorships. So it's all there on

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the website and we encourage people to
go out. We also have a chat

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feature on the website, so if
you don't see something you're looking for,

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just chat someone and they can help
you find it. Get that link.

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Well, Happy eighty fifth birthday to
Truity. Thanks, I look pretty good

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for eighty five, don't you think
you? Yeah, you get she's twenty

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five. Don't let her fool you. All right there you go, Thank

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you very much, and we've been
genlebrating with Truity. Grantit union right here.

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Okay, when it comes to you, we're children, choosing the ride

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daycare is important. You are