Our Community CU history

In 1965, they became a state chartered credit union and changed the name to COPOCO Credit Union.

The first merger occurred in the mid 1970’s with Bay Farm Bureau Federal Credit Union.

Dorothy served the credit union until she retired in 1977.

On May 22, 2000, the credit union expanded again by changing our name to Midland Community Federal Credit Union and opening our membership base for all who live, work, worship or attend school in Midland County, Texas.

On June 1, 2002, the Credit Union changed the name to COPOCO Community Credit Union.

In 2010, OCCU expanded it’s field of membership to include all residents in the state of Washington.

In 2012, Self-Help acquired Second Federal S&L and continued service to 14,000 predominantly Latino depositors and borrowers.

To serve our membership more efficiently in the Great Lakes Bay Region, COPOCO CCU built and opened a third branch January 2, 2013.

In one recent example, a 2014 merger with Generations Community Credit Union helped to preserve and expand services for predominantly African-American communities in eastern and central NC.

In 2016 Self-Help Federal merged with CTFCU, and later CTFCU joined Self-Help Credit Union.

In June 2017 after months of research, study, and consideration, My Community Federal Credit Union petitioned the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) for a charter conversion to a state charter from its status as a federal charter.

In 2018, two South Carolina credit unions joined the Self-Help family: Palmetto Trust Federal Credit Union (Columbia) and CommunityWorks Federal Credit Union (Greenville). Palmetto Trust Federal was started to serve local federal employees.

Lower Valley Credit Union merged with Self-Help in 2021.