Member Appreciation Program

MAP, short for the Member Appreciation Program, is a benefits and rewards program offered to CES Credit Union members age 50 or higher with a deposit relationship of $3000 or more with CES Credit Union.

The benefits and rewards of this program include...

• No service-charge checking accounts with free standardized check-printing (one box per order) 
• 50 percent discount on safe-deposit boxes (at Yauger Road and London Road offices only). You may be billed for the full amount, but just remind the credit union employee of your MAP membership when you pay for the box.)
• Free periodic newsletters and special seminars
• Free limited photocopying (5 sheets per day) and free limited fax service (3 faxed pages per day)
• Free notary service and bond redemption (with proper ID)
• The opportunity for special trips, and you can even take friends and family along. Safety and value is a priority for these trips...the fun (and good-natured heckling of the credit union escort) is a plus!

Trips

CES Credit Union offers day trips to members as a “thank you” for your membership. We strive for safety and a good time at a good value. A nominal cost covers the transportation and any admission, but most meals are on-your-own. Your credit union escort will handle the details, so you can enjoy the motorcoach ride to your destination. All trips leave from the Yauger Road, Mount Vernon office at the time shown. Payment is expected when you reserve your seat. If you have any special needs, please let us know when you make your reservation. Please note, if you tease the escort, you’d better expect it in return.

Priority is given to members of the Membership Appreciation Program (MAP), a rewards program for members age 50 and higher with a deposits of $3000 or more with CES Credit Union. If you are not yet a MAP member, ask for an application. Members are welcome to take guests (including non-members...we'll work on making them members eventually) along on these trips.
RSVP by phone at 740-397-1136 extension 108 or 110.  

The 2010 Calendar

Wine & Cheese in Geauga County’s Amish Country
Friday July 9th

Leave at 7:00am (Returning around 9pm). Cost of $71 per person, and covers round-trip deluxe motorcoach, admissions and tours. Breakfast and dinner stops are on-your-own.

The motorcoach will be our “buggy” for the day as we cruise through Northwest Ohio’s Amish settlements in Geauga County with our own step-on local tour guide. Our first stop is at Harbor Perk coffee and muffin shop just before we check out the Lake Erie coast and the Bascule Lift Bridge. Pick up those “hard to find” items at the area’s unique bulk foods store.

Then, settle in for a relaxing lunch at Grand River Cellars, a winery with outdoor terraces overlooking the vineyards and farmlands. Lunch here includes mixed greens salad, marinated chicken, garlic mashed potatoes, bread  with dipping oil and dessert, and you’ll sample three selected wines as you tour the state-of-the-art facility.

We’ll wind around and check out a couple of the area’s historical and newly-built covered bridges on the way to Ridgeview Farms, located in the heart of Amish country. Fill up your basket with fresh produce in season.
Topping off the day is a stop at Middlefield Swiss Cheese House,  where you can purchase some cheeses and visit the museum to see how cheese-making has changed over the years. A dinner stop on the way home is on-your-own. 

 

Bob’s, Beans, Barns and Bewilderment
Saturday August 14th

Leave at 7:00am (Returning  around 11:45pm). Cost per person is $ 79 pp and includes deluxe motorcoach, admissions, train, bean lunch and sit-down dinner with tip. (Will pickup/drop-off in Utica also if requested.) 

On this long day, we’re heading south to the Rio Grande (the Buckeye one, not the Texas one) and stopping at the Bob Evans Homestead and Museum for about an hour before lunch at the 140th Annual Bean Dinner at Bob Evans Farms shelter house. Enjoy your lunch of beans, sausage, pies or other concessions at this dinner honoring Civil War veterans sponsored by the Rio Grande Memorial Association. The village of Rio Grande began its custom of the community bean dinner to honor the living veterans of the Civil War. (The cost of the unlimited beans, crackers, coffee, and water is included, but other concessions -and the “Beano” or Tums- are not.) Historical displays and entertainment mark the event.

Then we’ll drive through the hills to Athens and stop at the Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center for the exhibit “Quilting Traditions: The Art of the Amish”. If you want, there is an optional trail walk through the grounds of a “haunted” cemetery and former asylum.
Then we’ll head back north and have dinner at Nelsonville’s well-regarded “Coffee Cup Diner”  (choice of several entrees for your sit-down dinner/tip included) before heading out on the Haunted Hills Ghost Express on the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway (90 minute night-time trip).
 If you love spooky ghost stories, this is the train for you. Learn about the spirits who haunt the area — on board the Haunted Hills Ghost Express train. Departing passengers will hear hair-raising tales of more than thirteen local ghosts while the train passes near their haunts. From the famed Moonville Tunnel brakeman to the weeping West State angel to the deaf mute whose imprint still remains on the floor of the insane asylum, these are just a few of the supernatural stories that will be told. (Parental discretion is advised. The ride features ghost stories and may be too intense for children.)
Survivors of the train ride will then return home to Mount Vernon!

All trips will be escorted by a representative from CES Credit Union, and leave from the 1215 Yauger Rd. center in Mount Vernon. Please plan to arrive 10 minutes before the scheduled departure time. Return times are approximate. CES Credit Union is not responsible for lost or damaged items, or unavoidable delays. Please call, stop in or email us with your reservation.Payment in full is expected when you make your reservation. For all trips, refunds are not guaranteed if you need to cancel. However, if we can use stand-bys or substitutions, we will refund as much as possible. Most costs are inclusive, but rest stops or quick meals are on-your-own. Bus driver tip not included.CES Credit Union plans these trips for members of ourMember Appreciation Program and their friends & guests.
CES Credit Union: 740-397-1136 / 888-397-1136
MAP Trip Email: jmclaughlin@cescu.com
Make checks payable to CES Credit Union/MAP