On Sunday, June 26, Arizona Federal's Service Squad and Make a Difference teamed up to battle the Arizona heat and bring a Hawaiian-themed barbecue to the residents of United Methodist Outreach Ministires (UMOM) New Day Center. UMOM is the largest family homeless shelter in the state of Arizona housing over 3,300 homeless, low-income families and single women.

With a full day of activities planned, the twelve volunteers immediately started decorating the lunchroom and preparing food for the barbecue. Once the preparations were complete, the festivities began! Everyone received a lei as they entered their tropical destination. Kids ran to the arts and crafts room to create hats and hula skirts while everyone else jumped in line for a good home-cooked barbecue including hot dogs, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fries, fruit salad and ice cream.

By the end of the day, everyone had smiles from ear to ear and full stomachs.

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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