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YOUR MEMBERSHIP IS MORE REWARDING

We couldn’t do it without you. Really. And we want you to know just how much your membership means to us. That’s why we give back with more benefits and rewards.

RELATIONSHIP REWARDS

The more you do with us, the more rewards you can earn — including FREE checking, cash back bonuses, loan discounts and more.

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MEMBER GIVEBACK BONUS

You could earn an annual cash back bonus just by partnering with us to achieve your financial goals!

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EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCES

Here’s your chance to win concert tickets, VIP sports packages, cash prizes and more in our seasonal sweepstakes.

Featured Exceptional Experience

Pay My Way Holiday Sweepstakes

Use your debit card from November 1 through December 31 for chances to win a cash prize of up to $10,000 in our Pay My Way Holiday Sweepstakes! You’ll get one entry into the sweepstakes for every 15 purchases you make with your debit card.

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WHAT YOU DO HERE COUNTS FOR MORE

When you partner with Desert Financial for life’s big decisions and purchases, you empower us to help people in our community. There’s no donation or volunteering required — though there are always opportunities to join us in giving back.

COMMUNITY

Desert Financial is passionate about helping others, and our team members are, too! We offer hundreds of ways for our employees to give back throughout the year.

Featured Community Event

United Food Bank Turkey Drive

Through our Random Acts of Kindness program, Desert Financial supported food drive efforts across Arizona to ensure community members had food on their tables this Thanksgiving. We partnered with United Food Bank, providing $50,000 to match turkey donations during their drive. Our team members assisted in both the collection and distribution of turkeys, including handing out food boxes to 1,847 households on November 21, serving 8,467 individuals with that distribution alone. Households received a turkey, a stuffing kit, potatoes and other basic essentials like eggs.

300

volunteer events this year

AND

15,185

volunteer hours in 2022

RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS

We started a #KindnessRevolution in Arizona by surprising members of our community in unexpected ways!

Featured Random Act of Kindness

Thanksgiving Giving

We contributed $125,000 to turkey drives across Arizona: $50,000 to match United Food Bank’s Turkey Tuesday giving; $50,000 to match the Flagstaff Family Food Center during its Stuff the Bus event; and $12,500 each to the Prescott Valley and the Prescott Chambers of Commerce to match both of their Flying High Turkey Drives for the Yavapai County Food Bank.

We partnered with ASU's Student Alumni Association in their last Gold Patrol initiative before finals week! We handed out lots of swag to students wearing gold, including Finals Week Survival Kits with an iPad, Starbucks gift cards, office supplies, snacks and sleeping masks.

Prescott Housing Solutions is a nonprofit that works to provide affordable housing in northern Arizona. We provided the organization with essential household items to help their shelter residents feel more comfortable.

We purchased 50 pairs of shoes for students at Andersen Junior High School in Chandler after we learned that many of them had not had a new pair of shoes in many years. We partnered with the school's guidance counselor, who is also a Desert Financial member, to complete the surprise!

We performed

12,152

Random Acts of Kindness in 2022

AND

$489,000

given back

TEACHER APPRECIATION

Throughout the year, we’re rewarding the Valley educators who are shaping our next generation by hosting special events, providing school supplies and so much more!

Featured Teacher Appreciation Event

Payson High School

The team at our Payson branch provided lunch from Rim Country BBQ and Wood-Fired Pizza for the teachers at Payson High School. All the teachers also received goodie bags filled with treats and movie tickets. Our Payson-based Adopt-a-Teacher recipient, Laura Trevillyan, received movie tickets and a gift basket of home spa products as a special thank-you for also being a foster parent of several children.

Our Arrowhead Mall branch hosted an event at Ethos Academy in Glendale, where they provided lunch from Panera Bread and gave the teachers bags of supplies and swag.

To celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week, we hosted a Teacher Appreciation event for all seven of our adopted schools.

We surprised the teachers at Peralta Elementary School in Phoenix with a new mini fridge filled with coffee creamers and treated them to Crumbl Cookies. Each teacher also received a $25 gift card.

We hosted

103

Teacher Appreciation events in 2022

AND

$119,000

given back

DESERT FINANCIAL FOUNDATION

Founded in 2015, our Foundation helps Valley nonprofits and supports education through scholarship and financial literacy programs. The Foundation also works to create innovative programs for Desert Financial team members and to increase our outreach and impact in the community.

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WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN

So they can take better care of our members

At Desert Financial, we provide our team members with a personalized roadmap for their success. Benefits like affordable healthcare, full 401(k) matching, paid volunteer hours and tuition reimbursement are just the start.