Community Involvement
West Michigan Credit Union is proud to be a partner with many local organizations in the community. We are committed to supporting our members, team members, and the communities they call home in the best way we can. If you are interested in getting involved or have an opportunity to share with West Michigan Credit Union, please contact us.
Planting trees
Planting trees with each new account opened! So far we've planted 12,979 trees!
At WMCU, we’ve always focused on doing what’s best for people in our communities, and helping them thrive financially. So, it made sense to help our environment thrive too. As part of Bloom Credit Union's partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation, for every new WMCU account opened, we've been planting a tree in a forest of great need in Michigan.
If you think about it, trees are kind of amazing. They are important to our environment and they enrich our lives in so many ways. They not only help reduce the effects of climate change by capturing excess carbon, but they also:
- Provide habitat for wildlife
- Support our health and well-being
- Clean our air and water-helping us breathe easier
- Beautify and cool our communities
- Help nurture biodiversity and endangered species thrive
- Provide a buffer against extreme weather
- Reduce the effects of deforestation
Thanks for being a member of WMCU and helping us support our local communities, biodiversity, climate, and health.
Donating Books
So far we've donated more than 1,200 books!
At West Michigan Credit Union, we partner with Giving Tree Books to promote children’s literacy by publishing high-quality, elementary-level books and providing them free to children from under-resourced communities in West Michigan.
We've been collecting monetary donations at all of our locations to help every child in West Michigan have a book to call their own since January 2025.
We plan to donate books to 5 schools near each branch, and we donated over 1,200 books in 2025!
Thank you for being a member of West Michigan Credit Union and helping us support our local communities, the younger generation, and under-resourced communities.
Connect with us on social media to stay updated on our partnership and visit your local branch to donate and support literacy in your community.
Supporting our local community
We donated over $5,000 in 2025!
WMCU values the communities we serve and aims to reinvest in the where our members reside, work, and worship. To show our support for our community, we implemented a team member donation program in 2024.
We have set aside money for every team member to give back to the community! On behalf of WMCU, every team member has the opportunity to donate money to one local West Michigan charitable organization of their choosing.
In 2024, our team members chose over 35 different organizations across West Michigan and we donated $7,268! In 2025, so far, we have donated to organizations such as the Anxiety Resource Center, Manistee County Council on Aging, Friends of GR Parks, Dementia Institute, Coopersville Cares, Wexford County Animal Shelter, New Growth Project, Grand Rapids Trans Foundation, Gilda's Club, and more!
We are so proud to take a community first approach to hightlight local organizations that are making our team members', and so many others', lives be simply better.
Over the years, West Michigan Credit Union has been involved with:
- Advocates for Senior Issues
- AYA Youth Collective
- Beer City Dog Biscuits
- Big Rapids Public Schools
- Cadillac Public Schools
- CMN Hospitals’ Credit Unions For Kids® (Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital)
- Feeding America West Michigan
- FiveCap Toys for Tots
- Grand Rapids African American Museum & Archives
- Grand Rapids Public Museum
- Grand Rapids Pride Center
- Humane Society of West Michigan
- Kid's Food Basket
- Kelley's Heart-to-Heart Pet Adoption Center
- Land Conservancy of West Michigan
- Lion’s Club
- Mecosta Co. Habitat For Humanity
- Missaukee Humane Society
- Northwest Food Pantry
- Power of the Purse
- Reed City Little League
- Reed City Public Schools
- Salvation Army Angel Tree
- Special Olympics Michigan
- Staircase Youth Services
- Susan P. Wheatlake Cancer and Wellness Fund
- WISE
- Women's Resource Center of Grand Rapids
- Youth Attention Center
If you are interested in getting involved or have an opportunity for West Michigan Credit Union, please contact: marketing@wmcu.com
Working together as the most trusted resource to help our members' financial lives be simply better.