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The Summit Celebrates the Irondequoit Community

September 16, 2019

From September 16th until October 11th, The Summit Federal Credit Union is showing appreciation for our Irondequoit Neighbors. We’ll have weekly giveaways of home appliances, plus a grand prize of $500. Stop inside the Irondequoit Branch at 2121 Hudson Avenue in Irondequoit to enter to win. Visitors to the branch may also purchase a “plate” for […]

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Palmiter’s Garden Nursery is September’s Vendor of the Month

August 28, 2019

September’s Summit Vendor of the Month at the Rochester Public Market is Palmiter’s Garden Nursery of Avon. Palmiter’s has been a Market presence for over four decades, and currently specializes in sweet and hot peppers, herbs and also cut flowers, which are sold under the Summer Skies name. The Summit Vendor of the Month honors […]

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Forjone Farms Honored as Vendor of the Month

August 8, 2019

The Summit Federal Credit Union Vendor of the Month for August is Chris and Sarah Neff of Forjone Farms in Holley. The Neffs grow a variety of vegetables as well as tomatoes and potatoes. The Summit Vendor of the Month Award is presented by The Summit Federal Credit Union and the Friends of the Rochester […]

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Seneca Falls Branch-Warming Giveaways Begin

August 6, 2019

The Summit Federal Credit Union is holding a Branch-Warming Celebration to highlight recent updates to its Seneca Falls branch. The public is invited to come inside the Seneca Falls branch to enter to win weekly giveaways of home appliances as well as a grand prize $500 gift card. Raffle entries will be accepted August 5th […]

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The Losses are July’s Vendor of the Month

July 5, 2019

The Summit Vendor of the Month at the Rochester Public Market is Mary Ellen Loss of Avon. Mary Ellen is a reliable, familiar face at the Market, where she and her son Peter sell a variety of produce. The Summit Vendor of the Month Award is presented by The Summit Federal Credit Union and the […]

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Jim Kelly, Jim Boeheim, Others to Play in Celebrity Golf Scramble

June 14, 2019

The Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic has announced a celebrity golf scramble featuring former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly, Syracuse University men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim, former NHL star Brian Gionta and Elvio Fernandez of the band Daughtry. Tickets for the celebrity scramble, which will be held July 16th, are $12 at danielledowneyclassic.com and […]

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Cortland Hosts “Stone Soup” Community Picnic

June 12, 2019

The Summit Federal Credit Union was honored to be part of Cortland’s community picnic earlier this month. Coordinated by the Cortland Police Department’s Office of Community Policing, the family event had a theme of “Stone Soup,” a story about neighbors coming together, which perfectly underscored the event’s aim of uniting Cortland residents in kinship. 400 […]

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Market Seafood Receives The Summit Vendor of the Month Award

June 4, 2019

Market Seafood LLC, owned by husband-and-wife team Zach and Jessica Feldman, is the recipient of 2019’s first Summit Vendor of the Month award at the City of Rochester Public Market. The award, presented by The Summit Federal Credit Union and the Friends of the Rochester Public Market, recognizes those vendors who provide the community with […]

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Rochester-Area Credit Unions Support Matchstick Prize

May 22, 2019

The Credit Union Collective (The Summit, Reliant and Pittsford Federal Credit Unions) is offering $5000 cash for the 2019 winner of the Matchstick Prize. The prize, awarded by Causewave Community Partners and the Credit Union Collective, goes to a small nonprofit organization that makes positive change in the Rochester community. The prize also includes a […]

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The Summit Recognizes Two Local Students

May 17, 2019

The Summit recognized two young members at its annual meeting this month. Madelyn George, a senior at Rush-Henrietta High School, will attend the University of Connecticut in the fall. She is the recipient of The Summit’s 2019 “Locally Grown, Locally Committed” College Scholarship. Benjamin Christensen, a senior at Irondequoit High School, will attend Yale University […]

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Four Members of The Summit Awarded NYCUA Scholarships

May 14, 2019

Four college-bound high school seniors who are members of The Summit received scholarships from The Rochester Chapter of the New York Credit Union Association (NYCUA). They are among thirteen area students awarded the scholarships, pictured left to right: Maverick Coryell (Finger Lakes FCU, Midlakes), Matthew Capel (Genesee Valley FCU, Geneseo), Twanda Dixon (The Summit FCU, […]

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ROC the Taste Returns July 26-27, 2019

April 25, 2019

After a successful inaugural festival in 2018, The Summit Federal Credit Union ROC the Taste will return to Parcel 5 in downtown Rochester this summer. The event will run from 11am to 11pm Friday, July 26th and Saturday, July 27th. Admission is free and scores of local restaurants will be there to offer $1 tastes. […]

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