One CU Member Has $500 More to Share as Our Share It! Winner

Congratulations to P.W. of Augusta, the winner of our Share It Competition! She has won $500 to share with a friend or charity! Her story shares how by using Shared Branching, she was able to share with someone in need:

"I, like many other hard working citizens, found myself in a rather precarious financial situation. A member of my church encountered an emergency situation that needed immediate attention. The person affected did not have the funds to take care of the emergency. A number of folks were rallying together to assist this person. I desperately wanted to help, but did not have the funds right at that moment. I shared this with my sister, and she understood that I desperately wanted to help, and wanted to help me. We brainstormed the different ways that $$ could be shifted from her to me, so that I could help. All of the brainstorming ideas failed to make funds immediately available.

Then, suddenly, she said, "Wait -do you use a credit union?" I replied that I did. She said that she remembered seeing something about Shared Branching at her credit union. She did some quick research and sure enough, her credit union and mine both had Shared Branching. She immediately went to her credit union and made arrangements to have $$ transferred from her credit union account to mine. The funds were available almost immediately. I went to my credit union, withdrew the funds and passed them along to the person who was overseeing the effort to assist the person in need.

Without Shared Branching, I wouldn't have been able to help another person. Shared Branching helped a person, help a person, to help a person. What a wonderful thing!”


We received many great examples that showcase what Sharing Branching is all about- making life better for Maine people as they share time, money, or simply the convenience of Shared Branching.

Congratulations also go out to our Second Place winners: N.R. of Topsham, N.L. of Great Pond, and E.D. of Presque Isle, who will each receive a GPS System!