The Summit In The Community

Giving back to our communities

The Summit is dedicated to the rich diversity of the communities that we serve. You will regularly see our staff out and about supporting hundreds of not-for-profit organizations that share our mission and values through in-kind donations, event sponsorships, and fundraising activities.

Here are just a of the ways we elevated the ordinary in all our regions in 2023:

free financial education or counseling sessions

individuals assisted with no-cost financial education or counseling

donations made to charities, non-profits, and schools.

individuals assisted with no-cost financial education or counseling

Community Spotlights

Plates of Thanks for FeedMore WNY

January 13, 2021

Thanks to our members, The Summit’s “Plates of Thanks” campaign was a success.

Summit presents check to Second Chance Adoption Shelter

The Summit Gives Support “Fur” Second Chances

January 12, 2021

The Summit celebrated Law Enforcement Appreciation Day with a donation to the Second Chance Canine Adoption Center.

The Summit gives cookies to Rochester General and Unity Hospital frontline worker.

The Summit Thanks Frontline Workers

December 18, 2020

The Summit thanks workers at Rochester hospitals.

Trillium Staff Get Lunch from The Summit

May 5, 2020

The Business Relations Team at The Summit Federal Credit Union provided one of our Member Organizations, Trillium Health, with lunch for essential staff members last week. These staff members are on the front lines performing Covid-19 testing in our community. Thanking them for their help as we fight this pandemic is just one of the […]

The Summit Donates to FeedMore WNY

April 20, 2020

All year, people in Western New York need help getting food to live. With our current situation, even more have become vulnerable to hunger. FeedMore of WNY provides these members of our community with the food they need. The Summit Federal Credit Union recently delivered a check of around $1,500 to FeedMore. The money was […]

Central New York Branches Take Leap of Kindness

February 26, 2020

Leap of Kindness is a nationwide movement to take advantage of this year’s extra day in February to do something kind for others. The Summit’s Syracuse, Cortland and Seneca Falls branches have expanded the day into a week of kind activities. Here’s what’s happening at each branch February 24-29. Please stop in if you’d like […]

The Summit and Syracuse Law Enfocement present check to Second Chance Canine Adoption Center.

Lending a Paw for Second Chances

January 13, 2020

Our Erie Boulevard Branch Manager, Christin Vincent, was at the Second Chance Canine Adoption Center this weekend to present a check as well as blankets collected from our blanket drive. Also present were members of the Syracuse Police, Camillus Police and Onondaga Sheriffs, as well as U.S. Representative John Katko. At Second Chance, homeless dogs […]

The Summit Hosts “Plate” Drive for Hilton Students in Need

December 10, 2019

All through December, The Summit Federal Credit Union’s Hilton Branch is selling “plates” to benefit The Cadet Cupboard, a food pantry for students of the Hilton Central School District. Nutritious food is essential for growing children’s mental and physical development. The Cadet Cupboard subtly gives Hilton students in need food to take home from school […]

The Summit Joins Onondaga Sheriffs for Shop with a Sheriff

December 9, 2019

The Summit Federal Credit Union joined the Onondaga County Sheriffs Department for “Shop with a Sheriff” at Target in Clay on Saturday, December 7. The Summit joined other community sponsors to support the event, which lets children shop for holiday gifts with a member of the Onondaga County Sheriffs Department using donated gift cards. Volunteers […]

The Summit in Hilton Holiday Wishes Campaign

Holiday Wishes for Villa of Hope Underway

December 5, 2019

Villa of Hope’s annual Holiday Wishes program is back in all our Rochester branches. This program provides gifts for the youths serviced by Villa of Hope so that they may enjoy a festive holiday. For some of these kids, it is the only holiday gift they will receive. Stop into any Rochester branch of The […]

Buffalo Branches Raising Money for Feedmore WNY

December 4, 2019

As part of The Summit’s ongoing “Plates of Thanks” campaign, thousands of dollars have been raised in the past decade for the Food Bank of Western New York (now Feedmore WNY), totaling over 101,000 meals. The campaign to fight hunger in our community continues this year from November 15-December 24. Visitors to The Summit’s Delaware/Hertel […]