2024 Reed City Crossroads Festival 

Reed City and Evart team members attended the Great American Crossroads Festival Kiddy Carnival on Saturday, August 17th! Sasquatch was asked to do a drawing for the main event at the festival. Members of the community had the chance to win a motorized scooter from the Northland table. Northland also handed out fun giveaways and coloring books to kiddos. Thank you team for participating!

 

AuSable Canoe Marathon Finish Line 

Northland served up snow cones and water at the AuSable Canoe Marathon Finish Line in Oscoda on Sunday, July 28th! Sasquatch also made an appearance. Over $460 was raised for the Oscoda Veterans Memorial Park. Pictured (bottom right) is Rose Marie Nentwig and Oscoda Branch Manager, Mike, handing over the raised funds. Thank you to the Northland team for spending time with the Oscoda community and rasing funds for the Oscoda Veterans Memorial Park!

 

Grayling Kids Day

Tuesday, July 23rd, was Kids Day at the AuSable Canoe Marathon in Gryaling. Northland team members, Tim (Kalkaska), Amy (Mio), and Kelli served up snow cones and popcorn to all the kiddos and handed out coloring books. Northland served up over 500 snow cones and bags of popcorn! There were many different activities for kids to do like practicing with a bow and arrow, bouncing in a bounce house, and learning about emergency response vehicles! Thank you Tim, Amy, and Kelli for spending time with the Grayling community. 

 

 

2nd Annual "Reel Fun" Northland Challenge

Northland Area Federal Credit Union and the Thunder Bay River Center hosted the 2nd Annual "Reel Fun" Northland Challenge at the Alpena Duck Park on Saturday, July 20th! The day started at Sytek Park for the Kayak Race! Congratulations to Jonathan M, who took home $1,000 first place prize! Congratulations to 2nd Place: Lawrence B and 3rd Place: Randy R. Thank you to all 19 racers who came out to support the event. The day continued to the Arts & Craft Show and Carnival at the Alpena Duck Park. The Arts & Craft Show brought in 12 small business vendors! All attendees shopped from the vendors, bought tickets to play the carnival games, and kids got to bounce in the bounce house for free! We cannot forget about the Duck Park Doggy Derby. We have over 15 dogs race this year. Northland was able to donate $300 from the Doogy Derby and July Parade Prize to benefit the Alpena Animal Control. We cannot wait for next year! 

 

Oscoda County Project Connect

Regional Director, Kelli, and Mio Branch Manager, Amy, attended the Oscoda County Project Connect event on Thursday, June 13th. Project Connect is am event that connects the community with service agencies. These services include credit unions, emergency response teams, health departments, religious establishments, law enforcement and more! Northland was one of 30 vendors. Northland also sponsored two children's bikes for the community to win in a raffle. Thank you Kelli and Amy for attending and providing financial information to the Oscoda community.

 

Fourth of July Parades

Many of our branches participated in their communities Fourth of July Parades! Our Evart team members and Sasquatch particpated in the Evart Fourth of July Celebrations (left). Our Alpena team members particpated in the HPC Fourth of July Parade! Big thanks to Bedrock and Keystone for the collaboration (right). The float was inspired by the "Reel Fun" Northland Challenge event on July 20th! Northland took home 2nd place for the best float! The proceeds were donated to Alpena County Sherrif's Animal Control. 

AuGres Memorial Day Parade

Our AuGres and Skidway team members participated in the AuGres Memorial Day Parade on Sunday, May 26th. Northland took 2nd place in the float contest. Thank you April, Mary, Mariah, Monica, and Denise for observing Memorial Day in your communities! 

 

 

Iosco County Family Fun Fair

Our Oscoda team had a wonderful time at the Iosco County Family Fun Fair on Saturday, April 20th at Oscoda High School! All attendees had an oppotunity to spin the wheel for a Northland prize. Over 50 community organizations were present at the event. Attendees were able to participate in fun games and activities while gaining valuable resources and information. Thank you to our Oscoda team for spending time with the Isoco County community!

 

Kalkaska Trout Festival

Our Kalkaska team attended the Kalkaska National Trout Festival on Saturday, April 27th! Attendees were served popcoorn from the Northland trailer and enjoyed fun giveaways. The National Trout Festival consists of activities, events, and parades to celebrate the opening of trout season. Thank you to our Kalkaska team and volunteers.

IRESA Students Visit Northland HQ

We had the pleasure of welcoming Iosco County RESA Business Management Students to our Alpena headquarters on April 3rd! Northland team members lead presentations on how we help our members. From gaining insights into financial operations to networking with industry experts, the students had a wonderful experience that will help them shape their future careers in business management. The students enjoyed a tour around headquarters, pizza for lunch, and fun giveaways!