‘Holiday Dough’ delivers: Mid Oregon Credit Union members pitch in help area food banks
Barney Lerten
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Though the generosity of its members and community, Mid Oregon Credit Union said Friday that its 2025 Holiday Dough fundraising effort collected $7,250 from over 220 individuals in support of local food banks this holiday season.
During the month of December, Mid Oregon’s Holiday Dough invited its members and the community to make financial contributions to assist local nonprofits in their communities.
Donations raised provide food and other needed items to individuals and families experiencing financial challenges during the holiday season.
Mid Oregon says 100% of the contributions stay in the community where they were collected and aid these local nonprofits:
The Giving Plate (Bend)
La Pine Christmas Basket Association
Crook County Holiday Partnership (Prineville)
“We know that many families are already feeling the pressure on their food budgets and planning a festive holiday meal can be challenging,” says Kyle Frick, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Community Relations for Mid Oregon Credit Union.
“We are grateful for the community’s generosity and happy to facilitate this effort that relieves the pressure of food insecurity for many of our local families.”
Since 2013, Mid Oregon members and the community have donated more than $55,200 to local food banks through Holiday Dough — helping to bring holiday cheer to local families.
Mid Oregon Credit Union is a full-service, member-owned financial cooperative headquartered in and serving Central Oregonians since 1957. With close to 52,000 members in Deschutes, Jefferson, Crook, Wheeler, Lake, and North Klamath Counties and more than $839 million in assets, Mid Oregon partners with members to meet their financial needs and to help them achieve their dreams. Mid Oregon was named a Top Workplace in Oregon and Southwest Washington for four consecutive years including 2025. It was also ranked the #1 credit union in Oregon by Forbes for 2023, 2024, and 2025 and received the Bend Bulletin’s Best of the Best of Bend Community Choice Award in the credit union category for 2023, 2024, and 2025. For more information about its services and branch locations in Bend, La Pine, Madras, Prineville, Redmond, and Sisters, please visit midoregon.com.