Contact: Donna Gonyeau, Public Relations Manager Local Government Federal Credit Union, Phone: 919.866.3186 Email: donna.gonyeau@lgfcu.org For Immediate Release Local Government Federal Credit Union (LGFCU) Excellence in Innovations Award Winners Announced (Raleigh, NC 9/3/15) North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) announced the winners of the 2015 Local Government Federal Credit Union (LGFCU) Excellence in Innovation Awards at their annual meeting in Greensville, NC on August 22, 2015. The winning programs were announced to county managers and commissioners at the 108th NCACC Annual Conference. This award combines two previous recognition programs-- the Productivity Award and the Outstanding County Program Award. LGFCU sponsored the NCACC's Productivity Awards for the past three years, and is now the sponsor for the new combined award. “LGFCU is proud to support cutting edge innovative programs,” stated Maurice Smith, President of LGFCU. “When local government services improve through innovation it is a benefit to the entire community.” The winning County programs are as follows: Jackson County Health Catawba County Library Buncombe County Health and Human Services Orange County Health Department Durham County Criminal Justice Resource Center Perquimans, Chowan, and Gates Counties Wilson County Social Services Rutherford County EMS Cleveland County Department of Social Services Cumberland County For more information on this and other LGFCU partnerships, go to https://www.lgfcu.org/aboutlgfcu/more-resources. For a complete list of the winning LGFCU Excellence in Innovations, click on the N.C. Association of County Commissioners link. Local Government Federal Credit Union serves North Carolina’s local government employees, elected/appointed officials, volunteers and their families. The $1.5 billion federally chartered credit union is a cooperative of more than 265,000 members associated with various facets of local government in North Carolina’s 100 counties and 546 cities, towns and villages. ###