PUTNAM — CorePlus Federal Credit Union recently held its sixth “Unsung Heroes Recognition” event on WINY 1350AM Radio’s Morning Show with host Gary O.  This popular event has 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 7 to 9 a.m. and were answered by members of the CorePlus team: Brooklyn Service Manager Ashley Poe, Putnam Service Manager Elizabeth Zachow, Putnam Assistant Service Manager LisaBeth Adamick, Brooklyn Assistant Service Manager Sarah Cusimano, branch staff Maryssa Blanchette, Sabra Desrosiers, and Director of Marketing, Susan Dombrowski.  122 callers named their unsung heroes, and $3050 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, religious leaders and family members to name a few.  CorePlus has donated over $20,500 to local charities over the past six years, honoring close to 800 local heroes.