The place was at the Orchard Park High School. Several employees were gathered, earnestly discussing ways to help school employees make the most of their monies. Ultimately, they decided to ante up $5 each and use their grand total to form the OPCS Federal Credit Union. In the near six decades since those founding school employees made their financial commitment, the credit union has expanded to i
nclude Orchard Park Town and Village employees, and merging members from the East Aurora Schools Employees Credit Union. It has also relocated from the high school to its current location on North Buffalo Road, where the Orchard Park community at large was welcomed to membership in 2005. And today, there are more Great transformations underway, all of which are reflected in the credit union’s new name of Great Erie. As those first employees originally planned, outstanding member benefits and financial services continue to be the top priority at Great Erie. The Great news is that those services now are available to members in Orchard Park as well as throughout all of Erie County, NY. With an impressive membership of over 8000 and assets of over $114 million in and growing, it is obvious why Great Erie remains solidly rooted in its past, while impressively growing toward the future.
