I would like to share a story with you that happened last night with one of our members.  It shows a true spirit of ‘people helping people.’  

I left here yesterday and went to pick up my young baby and then proceeded to go to the grocery store to try and buy her some juice and dinner.  All the grocery stores closed at 7 due to the curfew and I did not make it.  

I started to drive around to all the convenience stores with a crying baby in the back seat.  I finally found a convenience store in Angleton close to the high school and I was unloading my baby when a lady was getting into a car next to me and noticed my uniform.  She said, “Oh, you work for the credit union?”  

I informed her that I did and asked if there was something that I could help her with.  We chit-chatted a few minutes and I told her that I was there to buy my daughter some apple juice and dinner and she informed me that she just bought the last apple juice.  I told her that was okay that we would just get something else.  

She said that was nonsense and that because we had been open, she insisted that I take the juice for my crying child.  The swell of pride was overwhelming and I kept asking her if there was something that I could do to repay her and she insisted that there was nothing.  

I have no doubt that she has received incredible service and for that, I thank my fellow co-workers to help make this community a true ‘people helping people’ place!