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Posted: December 13, 2012
The board of directors at HarborOne Credit Union in Brockton donate $4,000 to two local charities
The board of directors of HarborOne Credit Union has made recent donations to the following community-based organizations:
* $2,500 to "Homes for Our Troops, a Taunton based organization that builds specially adapted homes for our severely injured veterans.
* $1,500 to Trinity Catholic Academy to further its efforts to provide high-quality private education to local students.
With $1.8 billion in assets, HarborOne is one of the largest community-based credit unions in New England and one of the 100 largest in the United States. It has received five consecutive outstanding rating for performance under the Community Reinvestment Act from the Division of Banks, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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