{"id":16223,"date":"2025-07-25T16:53:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T23:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/?p=16223"},"modified":"2025-07-25T16:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T23:54:09","slug":"sound-credit-union-hosts-ribbon-cutting-at-downtown-olympia-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/blog\/sound-credit-union-hosts-ribbon-cutting-at-downtown-olympia-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound Credit Union Hosts Ribbon Cutting at Downtown Olympia Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"co-flex_row co-flex_row__blue co-flex_row__last co-flex_row__long-form-text\" >\n\t<div class=\"co-flex_row--row co-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"co-long_form\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-long_form--block co-long_form--block__nomedia prow items-start \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-long_form--text pcol-md:8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-long_form--content\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sound Credit Union Hosts Ribbon Cutting at Downtown Olympia Branch<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>TACOMA, Wash. \u2013 July 25, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/\">Sound Credit Union<\/a> (Sound) welcomed members, employees and community to the ribbon-cutting celebration of its new Downtown Olympia branch on Thursday, July 24, 2025. The event was held in collaboration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/thurstonchamber.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thurston County Chamber of Commerce<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sound obtained the location through its recent acquisition of Washington Business Bank (WBB). Established in 1940, the credit union now serves over 174,000 members and offers a wide array of consumer and business financial products and services. With the addition of the Downtown Olympia branch, Sound now operates 26 full-service locations throughout the Puget Sound region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSound is thrilled to have this new location in Downtown Olympia to serve our members and the community,\u201d said Don Clark, President &amp; CEO of Sound Credit Union. \u201cWe currently have over 3,500 members who live and operate their businesses within a five-mile radius of this location. This branch allows our team to better support those members while building meaningful connections with others in the community as their trusted financial partner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16226 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/files\/DTOly-CheckPresentation-1_842sq-540x540.png\" alt=\"Employees of Sound presenting a check donation to North Thurston Education Foundation\" width=\"252\" height=\"375\" \/>As part of its continued commitment to giving back, Sound presented a $2,500 donation to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ntef.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Thurston Education Foundation<\/a> (NTEF) during the event. NTEF is a nonprofit organization that provides Student Assistance Grants to local students facing financial barriers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWe are honored to partner with the foundation to help ensure students have access to the resources they need to pursue their education and career goals,\u201d added Clark. \u201cPrograms like NTEF are vital to preparing the next generation for success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>About Sound Credit Union<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sound Credit Union was founded in 1940 and today is one of Washington State\u2019s largest credit unions. With 26 full-service branch locations throughout the Puget Sound area, Sound provides over 174,000 members with authentic and trusted financial support and services. Sound is driven by the purpose of standing with members, employees and the community through all waves of life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":16225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16223"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16312,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16223\/revisions\/16312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}