Freedom United FCU was chartered on October 14, 1939 by employees of the Freedom Oil Company, Freedom Pa. In January of 1987, the Credit Union name was changed to Freedom United FCU.
Freedom United FCU is a member-owned and operated financial organization. Each member is an OWNER, SAVER, and a potential BORROWER. Freedom United FCU is a non-profit financial organization formed under the concept of "People Helping People."There are several ways you may be eligible to join our credit union:
If you are related to any existing members
If you live, work, or worship in Rochester or Freedom, Pa
If you work for a sponsoring business or sponsoring organization
The field of membership shall be limited to those having the following common bond:
Employees of:- Freedom Area School District
- Center Area School District
- Monaca School District
- Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit #27
- Beaver County Area Vocational-Technical School
- Lucci Kitchen Center (working in Monaca, PA)
- Mental Health (working in Monaca, PA)
- Center Quick Lube (working in Monaca, PA)
- Med-Fast Pharmacy (working in Monaca, PA)
- Employees of Ashland Oil, Incorporated, who work in or have headquarters in Freedom, Pennsylvania;
- Employees of the Rochester Area School District;
- Members of the Beaver Valley Musicians' Union, Local No. 82, in Beaver Falls, PA, who qualify for membership in accordance with its constitution and bylaws as of the date of this amendment;
- Employees of New Sewickley Township, Pennsylvania
- Employees of the following who work in Rochester, Pa: E.W. Swager Sons
Elliott Electric Supply Co.
Fritsch Farms
Precise Automotive
R & B Pizza & Hoagies
Rochester Area Joint Sewer Authority - Employees of the following who work in New Brighton, Pennsylvania:
- Employees of the following who work in the Pennsylvania locations named:
George M. Brobeck Co., Inc., Aliquippa
Herr-Voss Corporation, Callery or Mars
Mayfair Livery, Fallston
National Plumbing & Heating Supply, Inc., Beaver Falls
P. Ferguson Transportation Company, Beaver
Pine Run Market, Freedom
Pittsburgh Tube Company, Monaca or Pittsburgh
Rhodes Galaxy Tours, Freedom
Ron August Trucking, Inc., Fallston
The Great Race Pizza, Inc., dba Domino's Pizza, Monroeville
Young Galvanizing, Inc., Pulaski
8. Employees of the following who work in Monaca, Pennsylvania:
Beaver County Cancer & Heart Association, Inc.
NF&M International
Robinson's Auto Body
9. Regular members of the Construction and General Laborers' Union Local 833 in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, who qualify for membership in accordance with its constitution and bylaws as of June 1984;
10. Members of the Rochester Turners in Rochester, Pennsylvania, who qualify for membership in accordance with its constitution and bylaws as of April 1985;
11. Employees of the Homemaker-Home Health Aide Service of Beaver County, Inc., who work in or are paid from Beaver, Pennsylvania;
12. Members of the Beaver Valley Yacht Club, Inc., in Fallston, Pennsylvania, who qualify for membership in accordance with its constitution and bylaws as of May 1985;
13. Employees of the Borough of Freedom, Pennsylvania;
14. Members of the Beaver Valley Rifle & Pistol Club Inc. in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, who qualify for membership in accordance with its constitution and bylaws as of March 1987;
15. Members of the South Side Volunteer Fire Department in Rochester, Pennsylvania;
16. Regular members of Local No. 66, District 1, International Union of Operating Engineers in Monaca, Pennsylvania, who qualify for membership in accordance with its constitution and bylaws as of the date of this charter; employees of the above Local No. 66;
17. Members of the Rochester Township Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, in Rochester, Pennsylvania, who qualify for membership in accordance with its constitution and bylaws as of September 1990;
18. Employees of the following who work in the Pennsylvania locations named: 5/3/00:
Jack L. Bonus Insurance Agency, Zelienople
Rege Harbison, Jr. Electrical Contractors, Cranberry Township
19. Employees of Hilltop Grill, Inc. aka Hilltop Restaurant & Lounge who work in Rochester, Pennsylvania; 05/11/00
20. Employees of Ritter Engineering Company who work in Zelienople, Pennsylvania; 06/23/00
21. Employees of A & K Janitorial Services who work in Evans City, Pennsylvania; 06/30/00;
22. Employees of Pittsburgh Logistics Systems, Inc., who work in Monaca, Pennsylvania; 06/30/00
23. Employees of Paul Blinn Agency who work in Harmony, Pennsylvania; 08/02/00;
24. Employees of the following who work in the Pennsylvania locations named: 08/09/00:
InnerLink Strategic Solutions, Monaca
eflatbed.com, Pittsburgh
25. Employees of Anlin Industries who work in Zelienople, Pennsylvania, 08/25/00;
26. Employees of Amy Baughman Sewing Centers who work in Zelienople, Pennsylvania; 09/25/00;
27. Employees of Resolite A United Dominion Company who work in Zelienople, Pennsylvania; 09/25/00
28. Employees of the following who work in the Pennsylvania locations named: 09/28/00
Flugher Law Office's, Harmony
I.A. Construction Corporation, Zelienople
29. Employees of Harmony Castings, LLC who work in Harmony, Pennsylvania; 10/30/00
30. Employees of Knoechel Heating Co. who work in Zelienople, Pennsylvania;
10/04/00
31. Employees of Flamingo Gardens, Inc. who work in Zelienople, Pennsylvania; 10/24/00
32. Employees of Harmony Emergency Medical Services, Inc. who work in Harmony, Pennsylvania; 10/27/00
33. Employees of O'Shea's Pub, who work in New Brighton, Pennsylvania; 11/28/00
34. Employees of SYSCO Food Services of Pittsburgh, Inc. who work in Harmony, Pennsylvania; 12/05/00
35. Employees of Brodhead Animal Hospital, Inc. who work in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania; 01/03/00
36. Employees of Moody Corporation who work in Zelienople, Pennsylvania; 01/31/01
37. Employees of A.J. Meyers & Sons, Inc., who work in Harmony, Pennsylvania; 01/31/01
38. Employees of the following who work in Zelienople, Pennsylvania; 2/13/01
R D & Firearms And Accessories, Inc.
Roadside Feed & Supply, Inc.
39. The following has been added effective January 1, 2001, as a result of the merger of Zelienople J-M Federal Credit Union pursuant to the emergency merger provisions: 03/01/01
Employees of Johns-Manville Products Corporation of Pennsylvania who work in Zelienople, Pennsylvania;
Members of United Lodge No. 2455, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, in Zelienople, Pennsylvania, who qualify for membership in accordance with its constitution and bylaws as of April 1988 and who work at Lava Crucible Refractories Company in Zelienople, Pennsylvania;
Members of record of the Zelienople J-M Federal Credit Union as of the effective date of this merger;
40. Employees of Howard Krovak Horse Shoeing who work in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania; 3/14/01
41. Employees of Marburger Farm Dairy who work in Evans City, Pennsylvania; 3/19/01
42. Employees of The F.B. Leopold Company Inc. who work in Zelienople, Pennsylvania; 4/9/01
43. Employees of Pollak's Candy who work in Harmony, Pennsylvania; 4/20/01
44. Employees of StarFlite Systems, Inc., who work in Connoquenessing, Pennsylvania; 4/25/01
45. Employees of Healthcare Support Services who work in Rochester, Pennsylvania; 6/12/01
46. Employees of Fosnights of Valencia Personal Care Home who work in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania; 6/29/01
47. Employees of the following who work in Zelienople, Pennsylvania; 7/17/01
Edward Jones Zelienople Branch
Spherion
48. Voting members of Rochester Chamber of Commerce, in Rochester, Pennsylvania, who qualify for membership in accordance with its bylaws in effect August 6, 2001; 8/6/01
49. Employees of Boat Doc, Inc. who work in Harmony, Pennsylvania; 8/30/01
50. Employees of Harmony Cleaners + Alterations who work in Harmony, Pennsylvania; 8/30/01
51. Employees of Butler Refrigerated Meats Inc., who work in Harmony, Pennsylvania; 9/25/01
52. Employees of Meyer Builders, Inc., who work in Harmony, Pennsylvania; 9/25/01
53. Employees of W.R. Fox Publishing & Photography who work in, are supervised in, or are paid from Rochester, Pennsylvania; 10/12/01
54. Employees of video World, Inc. who work in Harmony, Pennsylvania; 01/09/02
55. Employees of LAS/PASSAVANT Retirement Community who work in Zelienople, Pennsylvania; 01/17/02
56. Employees of Barbish Contracting, Inc., who are headquartered in Harmony, Pennsylvania; 02/01/02
57. Employees of Lutheran Affiliated Services who work in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania; 02/01/02
58. Employees of St. John Specialty Care Center who work in Mars, Pennsylvania; 02/05/02
59. Employees of Pennsylvania Collision Parts who work in Zelienople, Pennsylvania; 03/04/02
60. Employees of Happy Kid's Day Care who work in and are paid, supervised, and headquartered from Mars, Pennsylvania; 03/19/02
61. Employees of and students attending Bethel Mission Church in Renfrew, Pennsylvania; 04/09/02
62. Employees of Fresh Impressions who work in Mars. Pennsylvania; 04/09/02
63. Employees of Henderson Printing Service who work in Rochester, Pennsylvania; 04/17/02
64. Employees of Classic Vinyl Repairs of Wetern Pennsylvania who work in or are paid or supervised from Mars, Pennsylvania; 04/23/02
65. Employees of Anderson Health Emporium who work in Harmony, Pennsylvania; 05/09/02
66. The following has been added effective May 1, 2002, as a result of the merger of Freedom Area Schools Federal Credit Union: 05/21/02
Employees of the public schools in the Freedom Area School District in Beaver County, Pennsylvania;
Members of record of the Freedom Area Schools Federal Credit Union as of the effective date of this merger;
67. Employees of Mister Smith's Garage who work in Rochester, Pennsylvania; 07/15/02
68. Employees of Hufnagel + Majors, Inc. who work in Harmony, Pennsylvania; 09/20/02
69. Employees of Schaffer Automotive who work in Evans City, Pennsylvania; 1/8/03
70. Members of the Auxiliary of Women of the Moose, Chapter #924, in Harmony, Pennsylvania, who qualify for membership in accordance with its charter and bylaws in effect as of January 2003; 02/04/03
OUR MISSION STATEMENT:
The mission of Freedom United Federal Credit Union is to encourage the habit of thrift among its members and to create a source of credit at a reasonable rate of interest.
Callahan & Associated 2003 Credit Union Directory has declared Freedom United an industry leader in Return on Assets. We qualified to receive a Callahan & Associate's Certificate of Achievement for our excellent performance in Return on Assets. Callahan & Associate's is a credit union's most trusted name in performance comparison. We are proud to have ranked number 74 in the Top 100 credit union's nationwide, what better way to let you, our member, know how hard we are working for you. Freedom United has achieved above average share growth of 21.71%, far surpassing the 12.6% national average.
BAUERFINANCIAL Reports, Inc., Coral Gables, Florida awarded Freedom United its five-star "SUPERIOR" rating. A five-star is the highest rating and indicates that this credit union is one of the safest in the United States. We have rated a five-star credit union since June 1994.