(Danville, PA) – Service 1st Federal Credit Union recently announced Jamie Brininger has joined their team as Chief Financial Officer. Click the title to read the full announcement. 

September 2023 will mark the 9th year local organizations and community volunteers have joined forces to help fight pediatric cancer and raise funds to benefit the ThinkBIG® Pediatric Cancer Fund. This year, the Going Gold Pediatric Cancer Awareness and Fundraising Campaign of Central PA (Going Gold) is excited to kick-off their month-long calendar of events as part of the 44th Annual Fall Arts & Crafts Festival happening along Mill Street in Downtown Danville on Saturday, September 9 from 9 am to 4 pm. Click the title to read the full article.

Service 1st Federal Credit Union held its 29th Annual Charity Golf Tournament Friday, August 25 at Frosty Valley Resort in Danville. During the tournament, Service 1st presented two local charities with donations totaling $60,000! Click the title to read the full article.

The ATM at our Bloom Road Office, located at 861 Bloom Road, Danville, will be unavailable next Monday, August 28 and Tuesday, August 29. 

The Service 1st Federal Credit Union Annual Charity Duck Derby was held Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 12:00 noon near the Danville/Riverside Bridge in Danville. Winners have been announced. Click the title to read the full article.  

(Danville, PA) – Service 1st Federal Credit Union recently announced Jeffrey H. McKinnon, CFP®, CRC®*, has joined the Service 1st Retirement & Investment Center* team as a Financial Advisor.  Click the title to read the full notice.

(Danville, PA) – Service 1st Federal Credit Union’s Board of Directors announced recently that the credit union’s Chief Financial Officer Mike Thomas will be the next President/CEO for the $640 million credit union. Thomas will assume his new position upon Bill Lavage’s retirement in September 2023. Lavage has served in his current position for the past 42 years. Click the title to read the full notice.

(Danville, PA) – Service 1st Federal Credit Union’s Board of Directors announced recently that the credit union’s Chief Financial Officer Mike Thomas will be the next President/CEO for the $640 million credit union. Thomas will assume his new position upon Bill Lavage’s retirement in September 2023. Lavage has served in his current position for the past 42 years. Click the title to read the full notice.

[Danville, PA] – Service 1st Federal Credit Union Member Service Representative Sarah Smith, has been named the 2023 CrossState Credit Union Ambassador. In May, she was announced as one of three finalists to represent the Northwest Susquehanna Chapter of Credit Unions at the CrossState Credit Union Association’s 2023 Credit Union Ambassador Contest held on May 19, 2023, during the Association’s Annual Connect Convention in Hershey, PA. Click the title to read the full notice.

(Danville, PA) – Service 1st Federal Credit Union recently announced Jeffrey H. McKinnon, CFP®, CRC®, has joined the Service 1st Retirement & Investment Center* team as a Financial Advisor.*  Click the title to read the full notice.

Service 1st Federal Credit Union Mascot Crissie, along with Chief Financial Officer Mike Thomas and Chief Lending Officer Jeff Balestrini visited Priestley Elementary School in Northumberland where they donated a variety of sports balls and playground toys.   Click the title to read the full notice. 

(Danville, PA) – Steve Endress, Chair, Service 1st Board of Directors, has announced the retirement of Service 1st Federal Credit Union President/CEO Bill Lavage. Lavage will retire effective September 2023 after 42 years of leading the credit union which proudly serves over 38,700 members in Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania.   

(Danville, PA) – Service 1st Federal Credit Union President/CEO Bill Lavage was recently honored with the 2022 Robert N. Pursel Award for Community Service during the Community Giving Foundation's Holiday Happenings Gala held at the Pine Barn Inn, located in Danville. Please click the title for the full article. 

Service 1st 2023 Holiday Hours

Bucknell Athletics’ popular mascot, Bucky the Bison, signed a name, image, and likeness (NIL) deal with Service 1st Federal Credit Union on Tuesday.  

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has the third highest percentage of elderly residents in the United States with nearly 2 million residents over the age of 65.1 One in 10 Americans age 60-plus have experienced elder abuse – and one of the most frequent forms of elder abuse is financial.2  Click the title to be directed to the full article and learn more about what signs you should be looking for. 

Chris Court, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer recently attended and graduated from the 2022 Canada Development Educator (CanadaDE) program along with 42 other participants representing 10 countries from 35 credit unions, leagues, centrals and co-op organizations. Click the title to read the full article.