Credit unions operating all week in New Mexico's wildfire zonereported Thursday they are still dealing with smoky lobbies butalso fielding a mounting number of requests for loan waivers andother forms of financial relief as mop-up concludes on the LittleBear fire.
|For one, the $255 million Otero FCU of Alamogordo, whose Ruidosobranch was not directly in the fire path, said it has beenconcentrating on providing needed supplies and food to homeless andmaking donations to hard-pressed firefighter and National Guardcrews.,
|“Just yesterday we emptied out Walmart of all their non-meltingPayday bars plus we had 200 rolls of chapstick and cartloads ofwater we've donated to the fire teams still on the line,” said GregShaver, vice president of marketing.
|Shaver said his home in the hard-hit Alto subdivision was barelyspared by the wildfires early in the week which destroyed more than 249 homes and burned more than 38,000 acres insouth-central New Mexico. The fires are considered 60% contained in the mountain aroundRuidoso, one of the state's most popular ski and hiking areas.
|Billy Jones, Ruidoso branch manager at the $20 million Roswell Community CU, said he was proud his credit union andothers in the community have pitched in to help victims.
|“During this tumultuous time, I am proud to report the RuidosoCredit Union was able to maintain full hours of service even thoughcredit union employee homes were themselves in danger,” headded.
|“We were able to conduct needed transactions by phone for anumber of our affected members, and have served to provide localupdates regarding potential evacuations, fire restrictions andinformation. We plan in the weeks and months ahead to be a realpart of the rebuilding of our
|community.”
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