Membership Membership
Eligibility to join the HEW Federal Credit Union (HEWFCU) is based on a "common bond" field of membership. Employees of groups listed here, as well as members of their families, regardless of residence, may join.
TO BEGIN YOUR MEMBERSHIP, you open a Regular Share Account. This is done by completing a signature card application, paying a one-time entrance fee of $2, and depositing at least $5, which constitutes the purchase of one share in the Credit Union. If you prefer, you may subscribe to the purchase of one share with an initial payment of $5 and monthly installments of $7.50 thereafter. The "par" value of each share for members who are 19 years of age or older is $50.00 and the "par" value of each share for members who are 18 years of age or younger is $5.00.
When you open your new account, you will be given an identification card showing your HEWFCU account number. This card is presented whenever business is transacted at the Credit Union office. All credit union members receive quarterly statements reflecting transactions on their Regular Share Accounts, any loans, club, holiday and other share or certificate accounts. Members with Share Draft or Money Management accounts receive monthly statements. Quarterly newsletters are sent with statements.
ONCE A MEMBER....the membership is yours for lifetime! Regardless of your employment or residence after you become a member, you may retain your HEWFCU membership with all its privileges. Furthermore, members of your family may still be eligible for membership even though you may have moved, retired or secured employment elsewhere.
HERE IS OUR CURRENT FIELD OF MEMBERSHIP. Please check with us even if you do not believe that you fit into one of these categories.....our field of membership list is growing daily!
1.Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education who work in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia or Washington, D.C., (except those noted under "EXCLUSIONS" below)
2.Baltimore District employees of the Food and Drug Administration, United States Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services who work within the territory described in "1." above.
3.Employees of the following organizations who work in Washington, D.C.:
National Credit Union Administration
Gallaudet University
The HEW Employees Association
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
The Freshie Company
Guardian Security Agency
Halifax Engineering, Inc.
A&C Building and Industrial Maintenance Corporation (ACTION CLEAN)
National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.
Harbert International Services
D.C. Randolph Sheppard Company
Helmsley-Spear, Inc.
RCG/Hagler, Bailly, Inc.
Synergy, Inc.
4.Employees of Federal Labor Relations Authority who work in or are paid from Washington, D.C.
5.Employees of the following organizations who work in the Webb Building at 4040 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia:
11SG/UM USAF
Department of Energy
Resi Real Estate Services
6. Persons who work in the Gateway Building at 36th and Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, except those persons who by virtue of their employment are eligible for membership in another credit union, including the employees of:
U.S. Department of Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bi-State Security
Gateway Management
Gateway Cafeteria
Gateway Blind Stand
7. Employees of the following who work in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
Halifax Engineering, Inc.
Heath Systems Agency of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Inc.
Drexel University
8. Employees of the following who work under contract with Health and Human Services at its facilities in Washington , D.C.:
Washington Data Systems, Inc.
RGI, Inc.
9. The field of membership also includes:
