Mid-Oregon Credit Union’s Holiday Dough fundraiser back for 2024 season, benefits C.O. food pantries

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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Mid Oregon Credit Union is inviting the community to participate in its popular annual Holiday Dough fundraiser, supporting local charities that provide food and other needed items to individuals and families experiencing financial challenges during the holiday season.

Holiday Dough kicks off this week and continues through Friday, December 6. Members and the community can donate at all Mid Oregon’s seven branches, online at midoregon.com/dough or over the phone at 541-382-1795. One-hundred percent of the contributions stay in the community where they were collected and benefit these local nonprofits:

• The Giving Plate (Bend)—Coordinating the Community Store, Kid’s Korner Market, mobile pantry, and Backpacks for Bend.
• La Pine Christmas Basket Association—Providing Christmas food baskets to low-income families, singles, and seniors in southern Deschutes County area.  
• Redmond Jericho Road—Providing hot meals, backpacks of food, emergency and housing assistance to those in need in the Redmond area.
• Madras Community Food Pantry—Supplying food to families and individuals.
• Crook County Holiday Partnership (Prineville)—Providing holiday support to seniors, children, veterans, people with disabilities, and families who are less fortunate in Crook County. Funds are used for food, gifts, and related items. 
• Sisters Kiwanis Food Bank—The food bank’s Christmas program provides holiday meals to approximately 175 families. The food bank relies on cash donations to help buy items that are not normally donated, such as meat and dairy products.

Giving back to the community is a core value of Mid Oregon, aligning with its credit union philosophy of “people helping people.”

“We know that many families are already feeling the pressure on their food budgets and planning a festive holiday meal can be challenging,” says Kyle Frick, VP of Marketing for Mid Oregon Credit Union. “We are grateful for the community’s generosity and happy to facilitate this effort that supports those who are less fortunate.”

Since 2013, Mid Oregon members and the community have donated nearly $44,000 to local food banks through Holiday Dough—helping to bring holiday cheer to local families.

Mid Oregon Credit Union is a full-service, member-owned financial cooperative headquartered in and serving Central Oregonians since 1957. With nearly 49,000 members in Deschutes, Jefferson, Crook, Wheeler, Lake, and North Klamath Counties and over $755 million in assets, Mid Oregon partners with members to meet their financial needs and to help them achieve their dreams. Mid Oregon was named a Top Workplace in Oregon and Southwest Washington for 2022, 2023, and 2024. It was also ranked the #1 credit union in Oregon by Forbes for 2023 and 2024 and received the Bend Bulletin’s Best of the Best of Bend Community Choice Award in the credit union category for 2023 and 2024. For more information about its services and branch locations in Bend, La Pine, Madras, Prineville, Redmond, and Sisters, please visit midoregon.com.