Dining for Charity Fundraiser to Benefit the American Eagle FCU Fund

On Thursday, July 12, 2012, American Eagle Federal Credit Union and Sakura Garden Restaurant in Glastonbury are teaming up for a Dining for Charity Fundraiser.

Sakura Garden will generously donate 10% of their entire day's sales to benefit the American Eagle FCU Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. The restaurant is open from 11:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and features Hibachi cuisine and fusion sushi. To view a menu, visit www.sakuragardencuisine/glastonbury.

Monies from the fund will be used to provide charitable grants to nonprofit organizations in the communities we serve. The American Eagle Federal Credit Union Fund is held and administered by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the community foundation for the 29-town Greater Hartford region, committed to improving the quality of life for residents throughout the region since 1925.

American Eagle Federal Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial cooperative based in East Hartford, Connecticut. It is the largest community credit union in Connecticut with assets of $1.3 billion and 100,000 members. AEFCU operates 17 retail offices. Eleven of the offices are publicly accessible and located in Bloomfield, Cromwell, East Hartford, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Manchester, Plainville, Southington, Vernon, and West Hartford. Other offices are for the use of employees located within facilities of United Technologies Corporation and Pratt & Whitney.

The Credit Union offers financial products and services to everyone who lives, works, worships, or attends school and businesses in Hartford, Middlesex, and Tolland counties in Connecticut. The Credit Union was founded in 1935 by employees of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. Member deposits are federally insured up to $250,000 per account by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), a U.S. government agency. For more information, visit www.americaneagle.org.