On October 8, 1963, Federal Charter No. 15874 was granted to the U.S. Shoe No.1 Federal Credit Union. It began when the idea of a credit union was presented to the employees of U.S. Shoe, who without hesitation, voted to support it. Seven members organized and applied for our credit union charter.
Through the years there have been numerous additions to our charter. In 1984 associates of LensCrafters were added to our field of membership and in 1995 our name was changed to Members Trust Federal Credit Union.
Our current membership base, which includes EyeMed Vision Care, was further expanded with the inclusion of Sunglass Hut, Watch Station and Watch World in 2002. In 2004 the National Credit Union Administration granted Members Trust a charter expansion to include the associates from Cole National. This new group will include all associates from Pearle Vision, Target Optical, BJ's Optical, Sears Optical, Things Remembered and Cole Managed Vision.
This brings our entire membership potential to over 36,000 members.
We continue to look for ways to better serve our members, because at Member Trust Federal Credit Union - Ownership makes the difference.
