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CorePlus Federal Credit Union and WINY Radio celebrated the area's Unsung Hereos. Courtesy photo.

 

 

PUTNAM — CorePlus Federal Credit Union recently held its fifth “Unsung Heroes Recognition” event on WINY 1350 AM Radio’s Morning Show with host “Gary O. 

Members of the listening audience call in to name an ‘unsung hero’ in their community or someone who may have had a special impact on their life so that that person might receive recognition as an “Unsung Hero”.  For every call received, CorePlus then donated $25 towards the local charity of the caller’s choice in the hero’s name.  

Calls came into the station from 7am until 9am and were answered by members of the CorePlus team; Brooklyn Service Manager Meg Popiak, Putnam Service Manager Elizabeth Zachow, Putnam Assistant Service Manager LisaBeth Adamick, Brooklyn Assistant Service Manager Ashley Thorstenson, and Director of Marketing, Susan Dombrowski.  162 callers named their unsung heroes, and $4050 total was donated to dozens of local non-profit and charitable organizations.  

Each caller was asked to explain why the person named was their hero and then each hero was recognized “on the air” by Nicholas Fortson, president and CEO of CorePlus Credit Union and host Gary Osbrey.  In addition to the names of the “hero’s”, listeners also were told the caller’s name and why the hero was being recognized.   All of the stories were truly from the heart, and provided genuine recognition of the many unsung heroes in our community, including veterans, cancer survivors, senior center and food pantry organizers and religious leaders and family members to name a few.  

Through the “Unsung Hero Recognition” campaign, CorePlus has donated more than $17,500 to local charities over the past five years, honoring over 700 local heroes.