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Backpacks for Back to School: Helping kids, families and teachers focus on education

OCCU is partnering with St. Vincent de Paul, the Salem Keizer Education Foundation and Wilsonville Community Sharing for Backpacks for Back to School, an event that helps provide over 3,000 backpacks filled with school supplies to local kids in need.
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Community
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Ready to own a boat?

Summer heat waves often kindle dreams of owning a boat. When temperatures creep toward triple digits, nothing sounds more refreshing than cruising on the water and feeling the wind on your face. Is it time to make that dream a reality? As fun as
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Managing Debt & Credit
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Is travel insurance worth it?

We all have ways of protecting ourselves when we travel. Buying travel-sized hand sanitizer. Studying the hotel evacuation map. Calling your financial institution to make sure your debit card will work. Still, things happen. Travel insurance can
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Insurance & Protection
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Traveling abroad? Here’s how to protect your identity

Traveling is all about experiences, seeing new places, trying new foods, meeting new people. But there are some experiences you can do without — like getting your identity stolen. Unfortunately, it’s a very real possibility for unwary travelers. With
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Privacy & Security
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Not enough financial aid? A private student loan can fill the gap

Scholarships. Work study. Federal loans. Scrounging under the couch cushions for change. Paying for college often means scraping together funds from multiple sources. Although 85 percent of undergrads receive financial aid, it only goes so far. When
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Managing Debt & Credit
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Take the heat off your summer budget

It’s been another summer of prolonged heat waves and uncomfortable temperatures. How are you holding up? If you’re like most people, this relentless heat can really sap your energy. It can also sap your budget. Hotter temperatures mean the AC has to
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Budgeting & Saving
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New OCCU employees tear it up at NextStep Recycling

Every two weeks, OCCU new hires spend their last afternoon of New Employee Orientation volunteering at a Eugene/Springfield area nonprofit. It is an important way for new employees to begin to understand and embrace OCCU’s brand pillar of community
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Community
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The benefits of RV GAP

Your RV is your ticket to freedom. It’s the force that sets you loose upon the world, a home base that goes where you go. Until it isn’t. Let’s face it: Part of the magic of the road is that anything can happen, including accidents or theft. If
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Insurance & Protection
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Is a 5/1 adjustable rate mortgage right for you?

Buying a home comes with some big questions. How much can I qualify for? Will the seller accept my offer? What will the home inspection find? Can I lock in my interest rate before it goes up? That last question can have a big impact on your home’s
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Owning a Home
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How an FHA loan can get you in the door (of your new home)

Does buying a home seem like a far-off dream to you? If so, you’re not alone. In Oregon, a shortage of homes for sale has caused prices to climb and fueled intense competition in many areas, dissuading would-be buyers from entering the market. But
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Owning a Home