The Summit Blog

Insights and tips to help you with your finances, plus information from The Summit’s community partners.

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Restocking the ReStores

August 2, 2019

How Flower City Habitat for Humanity ReStores help our community.

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A Big New Addition to 2019 Roc the Taste

July 23, 2019

What’s new at 2019’s festival.

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Villa of Hope Focused on Making Triumph Possible

July 15, 2019

Our guest blogger, Jean Grover, is the Manager of Marketing and Community Relations at Villa of Hope, one of ROC the Taste’s beneficiaries. Come meet folks from Villa of Hope at Parcel 5 Saturday, July 27th, and help us support this organization that is so dedicated to Rochester’s youth. ROC the Taste is happening July […]

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The Danielle Downey Effect

July 12, 2019

The Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic begins this week. We asked four tournament staffers to tell us how their involvement helped shape them professionally and personally. Here is what they shared. Kristen Bromley Playing in the Danielle Downey Future of Women’s Golf Pro-Am1 was an experience like no other. When I was in high school, […]

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The Center for Youth is Ready for Roc The Taste

July 8, 2019

Along with Villa of Hope, the Center for Youth is a beneficiary of “Tribute to Youth” weekend at ROC the Taste, held July 26th-July 27th in Parcel 5, downtown Rochester. Activities at ROC the Taste help The Summit and TOPS Markets support the Center for Youth. Jason Roberts, Director of Development, Marketing & Special Events […]

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Want to try something new at Taste of Syracuse? Start here.

June 4, 2019

Central New York’s beloved Taste of Syracuse will be held for the 23rd time June 7th and 8th. Lest you think this year’s festival is the same-old-same-old (and what’s wrong with that, anyway), we’ve got a list of new restaurants joining the Taste this year. Take a look at who these new folks are. If […]

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Elmcrest Children’s Center is Ready for Taste of Syracuse

May 29, 2019

Our guest blogger is Andrea Autry, Director of Marketing Communications & Development for Elmcrest Children’s Center. We asked Andrea to tell us what she thinks about Elmcrest being one of 2019’s Taste of Syracuse beneficiaries. Here’s what she wrote! When Elmcrest first learned that we were chosen as the beneficiary for the 2019 Taste of […]

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Arc of Onondaga Excited to be a Taste of Syracuse Beneficiary

May 20, 2019

Our guest blogger today is Joanna Jewett, Director of Development for Arc of Onondaga. We asked Joanna to tell us how she feels about Arc being one of the beneficiaries of The Summit Federal Credit Union Taste of Syracuse. If you go, be sure to stop by The Summit’s tent to help support Arc of […]

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The Summit Helped Me Become an RIT Tiger

May 7, 2019

Matthew Johnson, winner of The Summit Federal Credit Union’s 2018 “Locally Grown, Locally Committed Scholarship”, is a guest contributor for this post. Matthew reflects on his first year of college, and what the scholarship has helped him achieve. This year’s winner will be announced at our Annual Meeting on May 8, 2019. What The Summit’s […]

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Eight Fraud Prevention Tips

April 29, 2019

If you’re among those who wish to better protect yourself from the growing problem of identity theft, The Summit is here to help. It’s important to be on the lookout for fraudulent activity and to know how to safeguard against it. Lucky for you, The Summit monitors this kind of activity on a daily–and even […]

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What To Do If Your Identity is Stolen

April 29, 2019

In a previous post, we gave you eight tips to keep in mind to help protect you from fraud. But what if it actually happens to you? Follow these steps: File a police report. If your Summit checkbook, Visa® Debit Card or Visa® Credit Card is stolen, report it to us as soon as possible. […]

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