Portales Blood Drive
First Financial Credit Union is teaming up with Vitalant Blood Drive on Thursday, June 26th, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Blood Mobile will be onsite at our Portales Branch located at 700 W 2nd.
Every day in the U.S., patients in hospitals, surgical centers and emergency treatment facilities need approximately:
- 30,000 units of red blood cells
- 6,000 units of platelets
- 6,000 units of plasma
When you give blood with Vitalant, you have the potential to help hospital patients within your community and, when the need arises, others across the country.
Schedule Your Appointment Here.
Deming Branch Donation Drive Success!
Our Deming Branch made a generous donation of toys and bikes to support CASA’s “Day Of The Young Child & Child Abuse Awareness” event, which took place on April 11, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM in Deming. Thank you to our wonderful employees who are making a difference in our communities.
Portales and Reality Check Day
A huge shout-out to Karen and Myra from our Portales branch. They volunteered with United Way for Reality Check Day. Reality Check Day shows our young people the adult responsibilities and challenges that lay ahead of them and gives them a chance to commit to graduation and engage in financial learning and career exploration to build their adult life.
Deming Duck Races
Deming employees at the Great American Duck Race 2024! Thank you for all your contributions to our communities.
Portales Teacher Appreciation Day
Portales branch manager Sherri and team member Karen from our Portales Teacher Appreciation Event this month. Our Portales branch participates in this event every year and looks forward to it. We love showing our teachers and community they are supported. They got free swag, and a few won some gift cards. And if you know a "teacher," you know they will most likely spend it on their students or supplies.
We were honored to be a part of the Best Day Ever!
A nationwide movement to a kinder world. Together with Kasasa, philanthropist and Dream Machine founder Charlie Rocket, and other community banks and credit unions across the country, First Financial Credit Union helped perform over 100,000 acts of kindness in a single day. We opened our doors early November 3, 2023 and handed out “Kindness” cash at all 16 locations in NM!
TopGolf Discount!
Special discount for First Financial Members, receive $15 OFF at TopGolf! Register Here.
Volunteer Recognition!
Junior Achievement of NM is recognizing First Financial Certified Financial Counselor, Jonathan S. for his volunteer efforts and the difference he is making in New Mexico schools. We are honored to have you as part of the FFCU team Jonathan and THANK YOU for your commitment to our New Mexico community!
Excerpt Junior Achievement of NM
Thank you Jonathan Sorsabal, for being a phenomenal volunteer and for introducing First Financial Credit Union to JA of New Mexico!
Jonathan Sorsabal, Financial Development Educator at First Financial Credit Union was a first-time volunteer this spring semester at Independence High School. This spring, he invited
JA of New Mexico to give a brief presentation to First Financial employees on the work we do and our volunteer opportunities.
From this presentation, 5 new volunteers were engaged and worked with classrooms this semester. Additionally, Jonathan continues to work with several classrooms across Central New Mexico and is consistently acting as a JA Champion.
Jonathan, thank you so much for passionately spreading the JA word! Because of your advocacy, recruitment efforts, and willingness to go above and beyond for these classrooms, you have helped bring our programs to over 150 students.
Thank You!
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Event Recaps
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New Mexico United Black and Yellow Bash
We had an amazing time at this year's New Mexico Black and Yellow Bash! Thank you to New Mexico United for having us.
NASW Social Workers Conference
We had an amazing time at this year's NASW Social Workers Conference! Thank you to the National Association of Social Workers for having us.
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2022
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Holiday Donation Drives Were A Success!
Big shout out to the below branches and the donation drives they hosted throughout November/December. Farmington - Toys for Tots | Downtown Gallup and Mesa View - Youth Shelter and Family Services
2022 Balloon Fiesta Recap
We had such a great time at the 2022 Balloon Fiesta! Thank you to all credit unions for teaming up together and all our First Financial volunteers who made this possible. We love being part of such a beautiful community! See you next year!
New Mexico United First Financial Training Center Opens
We officially cut the ribbon on the First Financial Training Center! Thank you to everyone at New Mexico United, Mesa del Sol, Improve Group, and Enterprise Builders. Somos Unidos!
Dawg Days ENMU
A huge thank you to our Portales Branch Employees for going out to Dawg Days Eastern New Mexico University - ENMU this weekend! Another great event in the books! We love being able to meet and support our community! We hope you enjoy the moments we were able to capture!
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