Community Involvement

Community Involvement

Community is at the heart of the Credit Union movement. During our 80+ year history, Bluestone FCU has been committed to supporting our local communities and many non-profits, sports teams and schools, as well as offering our employees the ability to earn additional PTO hours by volunteering. Read on to learn how Bluestone gets involved with the community.

Bluestone's Community Involvement

picture of logo for Bluestone FCU Cooperative Culture initiative, blending the Bluestone icon and the Sioux Falls Stampede bull

What is Bluestone’s Cooperative Culture?

Bluestone FCU has been a long-time supporter of the Sioux Falls Stampede. In 2023 we asked ourselves, “how can our sponsorship dollars not only support the Stampede, but also our community as a whole?” This led us to create Bluestone’s Cooperative Culture, an initiative together with the Stampede that shines a light on the many non-profits that make our communities better each day.

Click Here to learn more about Bluestone’s Cooperative Culture.

Care Committee logo with two hands holding a heart with the words together in it with a globe in the background

What is CARE Committee?

CARE Committee is made up of volunteer Bluestone and CU Mortgage employees that coordinate 4 employee volunteer events, Bake Sale, and Giving Tree. CARE stands for Community Actions Represent Encouragement.

Click Here to see what the CARE Committee has done.

211 Tuesday Logo

What is 211 Tuesday?

We have partnered with Helpline Center to bring awareness to their services and opportunities. This partnership started back in August of 2024 to bring volunteering events to our members.

Click Here to see upcoming and past volunteering events.

Other Community Involvement!

Great Plains Zoo “Egg-Stravaganza” -April 2025

  • Bluestone staff volunteered to fill 4,800 eggs with prizes for the Great Plains Zoo’s Egg-Stravaganza day on April 19th.

Non-Profit Night-March 2025

  • Bluestone was the game sponsor for the first ever Non-Profit Night at a Sioux Falls Stampede game! The night consisted of 6 non-profits and an auction that raised over$4,900 that was split between the 6 non-profits in attendance.

Points for Charity- September 2024

  • Total donation of points was $15,050 from members of Bluestone with a $5,000 match for the first 5,000 donated from Bluestone. The donations went to Sioux Falls Area Humane Society, Feeding SD, and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sioux Falls

See What We Are Doing

Total staff volunteer hours for Q1 was 120 hours!

Lets See What You Are Doing

If you have a cool volunteering story or picture that you would like to be shown on our Bluestone Community Involvement Page send it to thomash@bluestonefcu.org