Each month, the Arizona Federal Service Squad serves the community through various projects. Their work totals 25 projects, 425 participants and 1,347 hours of work.

But it wasn't enough. The Service Squad wanted to give more.

In July, the Arizona Federal Service Squad decided to double their efforts and engage in two projects per month. What better way to start than to feed the bodies and the minds of Maricopa County!

The first project took the Service Squad to the Andre House, which served meals to around 150 people six nights a week. One member of the Service Squad was impressed by "how much care [was] put into each meal" with a "real sense of dignity ... displayed in the way the meals were served to each person." The members of the Squad felt a real privilege to serve.

The next weekend the Squad fed the minds of children from Andre House by reading to them at the Centeral Library in Phoenix. The children first read books with the Service Squad volunteers, then shared the books they read with the rest of the group.

The Arizona Federal Service Squad is excited to have twice the opportunity to give back to the community.

Arizona Federal is a locally-owned, locally-controlled, and locally-operated federally-chartered credit union managing $1 billion in member assets and serving over 165,000 member accounts.

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