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History of the CampaignThe Social Responsibility Committee at the Maine Credit Union League developed the CU Campaign for Ending Hunger in association with Partners in Ending Hunger as a way to create a statewide social responsibility program to help end hunger in Maine.
NEWS: The Results of the 2011 Campaign will be announced on Monday, February 13, at a special ceremony at The Marriott in South Portland.
Special Guest: Academy Award winning playwright and writer, Ernest Thompson, who won an Academy Award for "On Golden Pond," recognized by the American Film Institute as one of the greatest films of all time, will be on hand to help announce the results.
Credit unions began raising money for Ending Hunger in 1990
Participation in the Campaign and funds raised have increased over the twenty-one years of the Maine Credit Unions' Campaign for Ending Hunger
Since 1990, the Credit Union Campaign for Ending Hunger has raised over $3.9million
In 2010, 92% of Maine Credit Unions and 7 Maine CU Chapters raised a record-setting $402,740.02
The Campaign has raised $100,000 or more for fifteen consecutive years, surpassed the $200,000 mark the past eight years, exceeded $300,000 for the past five years in a row and, in 2010, topped the $400,000 mark raised in a single year for the first time!
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