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February 8, 2023
OnPoint kicked off Refer a Friend on February 1
Urban League of
Portland Recipient
of OnPoint's
Membership
Campaign
OnPoint Community Credit Union
has kicked off its Refer a Friend
non-profit campaign to benefit one of
the region’s oldest civil rights and so-
cial service organizations.
OnPoint selected Urban League of Port-
land for the campaign that runs February 1
through March 31. Refer a Friend provides
members with the opportunity to support
local community organizations while in-
troducing friends and family to OnPoint’s
full range of financial services.
Founded in 1945, the Urban League of
Portland invests in and provides programs
for areas that affect the social and econom-
ic security of Black families in Oregon and
SW Washington. Those include:
• Multicultural Senior Center, a North-
east Portland activity center that pro-
vides healthcare and preventative ser-
vices, transportation and community
connections;
• Workforce development, including job
fairs and skills training;
• Academic support for middle school-
ers, such as paid internships;
• Advocacy and civic engagement to in-
fluence public policy and legislation to
promote racial equity.
“Our programs have played a crucial
role in improving the civil rights and social
justice for Oregon and Southwest Wash-
ington’s Black community since our found-
ing,” said Julia Delgado, Vice President,
Urban League of Portland. “The support
from OnPoint and its members will enable
us to build upon our work and continue
providing services and programs to help
our region’s Black community achieve
equality in education, employment, health,
economic security and quality of life.”
$50 for referring members, $50 for new
members, $50 for the Urban League
OnPoint’s Refer a Friend incentivizes
OnPoint members year-round to recom-
mend the credit union to their friends,
family or business associates by giving
$50 to both the new and referring mem-
ber when an account is opened. At select
times throughout the year, OnPoint do-
nates an additional $50 to local non-prof-
its for each new account opened through
Refer a Friend.
“We must continue to come togeth-
er to remove barriers and actively create
opportunities for underrepresented com-
munities,” said Jo Davis, Diversity, Equi-
ty and Inclusion Program Manager, On-
Point Community Credit Union. “We are
proud to build on our support of the Ur-
ban League of Portland through our Refer
a Friend program and advance its critical
work in our fight for racial equity in Ore-
gon and Southwest Washington.”
OnPoint’s last Refer a Friend campaign,
held in September/October 2022, raised
more than $33,850 for JoyRx | Children’s
Cancer Association. Since the beginning of
the Refer a Friend program in 2018, On-
Point has donated $296,250 to six organi-
zations through eight different campaigns.
OnPoint members who are interested in
learning more can visit www.onpointcu.
com/rates-rewards/refer-a-friend/, or stop
by their local OnPoint branch.
In November 2022, OnPoint announced
donations of $2.3 million to more than
377 non-profits in Oregon and Southwest
Washington, with more than $695,000
pledged to organizations focused on di-
versity, equity and inclusion. Visit www.
onpointcu.com/community-giving
to
learn more about OnPoint’s support of lo-
cal organizations like the Urban League
of Portland.