For Immediate Release:
March 4, 2010

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ESL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION CELEBRATES OPENING OF NEWARK BRANCH OFFICE

First ESL Branch to open in Wayne County

NEWARK, N.Y. - ESL Federal Credit Union celebrated the official opening of its 19^th branch today in the Village of Newark, located in Wayne County. ESL President and CEO David Fiedler and Newark town and village officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new branch, which is located at 140 South Main Street. This is the first ESL branch to open in Wayne County.

ESL representatives, along with Village of Newark Mayor, Peter Blandino, and Town of Arcadia Supervisor, Richard Colacino, joined Fiedler and assistant branch manager Christine Fisher for the grand opening and reception.

"ESL's expansion into Newark is great news for both our current and prospective members," said Fiedler, "It will allow us to offer our members more convenient access to our full array of products and services."

Joe Barcellona serves as branch manager and is joined by a staff of eight banking professionals. The 4,500-square-foot facility features five teller stations, three member service representative offices, two ATMs, safe deposit boxes and two drive-up teller stations.

Branch hours are Monday and Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Founded by George Eastman in 1920, ESL Federal Credit Union is a full-service financial institution with $3.9 billion in assets. ESL employs nearly 600 people locally and has more than 298,000 members world-wide. Access to the credit union includes 19 branch locations and more than 40 ATM locations, a Tele-Banking Center, and Internet and online banking channels. Effective March 22, the company will be headquartered at 225 Chestnut Street, in Rochester and can be found on the Internet at www.esl.org.