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Credit Union Donates Plants to ARMC

By Erika Murillo, Community Writer
July 31, 2013 at 03:11pm. Views: 82

Members of Arrowhead Credit Union brought 175 jade plants—a hardy, evergreen succulent with thick jade-green leaves—to the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) on Tuesday, July 23. Members of the Credit Union arrived at ARMC with their donation of plants at 8:30 a.m. and began transplanting them into one of the parking lot islands. The plant donation was meant to commemorate the launch of the Credit Union’s online banking and mobile application which launched two weeks earlier. “As we started talking to [team members] about launching our new online banking and our mobile app, we knew it was going to take a long time and a lot of commitment from our team members,” said Emily Friesen, vice president of marketing for Arrowhead Credit Union. Friesen insisted the plants were a sort of metaphor for the online banking and mobile app. “Just like it’s going to take some time and nurturing to make sure online banking is great,” Friesen compared the plants to the time and dedication it took to launch the banking app. Once the online banking application was launched, the jade plants were also ready to be planted, said Friesen, who called ARMC and told them it was time to do so. “We told them we have the perfect place, and we had just started this beautification project here at the hospital so it was perfect timing,” said Jorge Valencia, who is director of business development, marketing, and public relations for ARMC. Though Arrowhead Credit Union has partnered with ARMC for many years, this was the first plant donation it has made to the hospital. “The staff is amazing, they knew exactly what was going on, they came out and dug holes so we brought all our plants in, loaded them up this morning, brought them in, and the whole team was here,” added Friesen. “We were thrilled that they thought of us [ARMC],” said Valencia. “There are so many ways of giving back to the community and sometimes it’s with money and sometimes it’s with your own labor. We really like this notion of getting our hand dirty and in this particular instance, we literally got to get our hands dirty,” Friesen chuckled. According to Valencia the plants will become larger in two to three months and they are excited to see it. The plants were spread evenly throughout the hospital’s parking lot islands in its Parking Lot 5, which is west of the medical center. Friesen also can’t wait to see the fruit of the Credit Union’s labor. “I’m excited to come back and see it. This is the first time Arrowhead Credit Union donated plants to the hospital,” she said.

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