CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE
DRISCOLL FOUNDATION CREDIT UNION

Driscoll Children's Hospital Auditorium
6pm-8pm
Tuesday, April 06, 2004

(Corpus Christi, TX) Happy 50th Birthday to the one and only Credit Union within a Medical facility in South Texas who caters to their employees on a daily basis. Chartered in early 1954, Nettie Ruth Hoskins started the Credit Union on advisement from Dr. Furman.

The Credit Union started off with 100 employees of whom owed money to other banks. In an interest to look out for their own employees, Driscoll Children's Hospital, established the Driscoll Foundation Credit Union in hopes of making sure their employees were protected. In order to help out their own, Driscoll encouraged everyone to borrow what they needed to pay off their loans. As word spread of Driscoll’s move, banks were asking employees to pay off their loans with full interest. Ms. Hoskins and trustees of the Driscoll Foundation Credit Union would have none of that and went to each bank and made them accept what was owed. By the end of the first year, no one owed the loan companies.

50 years later, Ms. Hoskins is celebrating the growth and partnership the Driscoll Foundation Credit Union continues to show their employees. Now, 90% of the 1400 employees who make up Driscoll Children's Hospital all participate in the benefits and savings. In fact, nearly $200,000 is generated back into savings from employees every month.

The Driscoll Foundation Credit Union is inviting you to attend their 50th Anniversary this evening, Tuesday, April 06, 2004 at the hospital’s auditorium. Ms. Hoskins will also participate in the festivities and looks forward to telling her story which continues to live on 50 years later.

About Driscoll Children’s Hospital
“Improve the health of adults and you give them back their health …
Improve the health of children and you give them their life.”

Since opening its doors in 1953, Driscoll Children’s Hospital has been offering hope and healing to the children of South Texas for half a century. The facility is a 189-bed pediatric tertiary care center with pediatric board-certified specialists representing 19 medical and nine surgical specialties. Each year, more than 6,000 children are admitted for inpatient care, 5,000 for day surgery, and 50,000 for outpatient primary and specialty care, as well as 40,000 for emergency care, as the first South Texas hospital with emergency services exclusively for children. Additionally, Driscoll maintains a state-of-the-art ground/air transport team, 20-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 40-bed neonatal intensive care unit, and specialized medical outreach.

www.driscollchildrens.org

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