Past Community Champions Links
Redstone Federal Credit Union is excited to celebrate the members who are shaping stronger, brighter communities. Through their generosity, service, and commitment to others, these exceptional members show what is possible when neighbors invest in one another. These Community Champions are making a meaningful difference.
Mylikia Franklin
Mylikia has used her love for small business to help her community by donating her time to host local events such as the Friday Night Market in the BORO, Black Murfreesboro Market, and more.
Chase Woods
Chase is a young man with Muscular Dystrophy. Rocket City Adapted Athletics fields a competitive Wheelchair Basketball team and helps purchase special wheelchairs for those in need.
The Whitworths
Kelley and her husband, Chad, started a non-profit organization after they lost their son at full term. Their nonprofit helps pay for funeral expenses, burial plot and headstone for babies. They also fund grief counseling for the mothers.
Linda Kucinskas
Since April 2007, Linda has hosted bingo games for seniors at her own expense. She began in Lawrenceburg, TN with 31 people and that location has grown to over 100 participants.
LC Smith
LaCurtis is the founder and director of R FATHERS MAD or "Real Fathers Making a Difference". This organization focuses on mentoring, educating, and encouraging young men who don’t have fathers in their lives.
Kaye Bough
Kaye opened Kindred Hope Rescue and Sanctuary to provide equine-assisted therapy to veterans with PTSD using rescued horses.
Robin Kramer
Robin founded Next Step Farms to teach independent daily life skills to special needs adults in a small farm setting.
Leo Robinson
Leo started Second Chance Deliverance and Restoration Ministries to assist those suffering from addiction, poverty, and homelessness.
Janet M’mbaha-Zarnesky
Janet runs Action Kids Tennis Camp, a free summer program where children of underserved areas learn tennis and healthy habits.
Rachel Oppmann
Rachel donates her time and talents to the community through Scouts BSA and volunteering with local theaters.
Matthew Dormus
After surviving a mental health crisis himself, Matthew created The Story Room, a powerful student-led space at Oakwood University where anonymous stories break the silence and stigma around mental health.
Janet Geist
For over 25 years, Janet has played a pivotal role in building the North Alabama Search and Rescue Dog Association from the ground up. It is now a life-saving force that brings hope, skill, and compassion to every search.
Christie Harmon
Christie turned heartbreak into healing by founding Isaiah 41:10, a nonprofit that has raised over $775,000 to support families battling childhood cancer with faith, comfort, and critical resources.
Brent and Anna Morgan
Brent and Anna turned their own experience as foster parents into a movement of care and connection, creating joyful, restorative spaces for foster families who often feel forgotten.
Kate O’Neal
Kate built The Caring Link into a county-wide network that provides thousands of students with clothes and other essentials they need to thrive in and beyond the classroom.