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Vision Credit Union: Here for Good

This commemorative magazine marks 75 years of Vision Credit Union by celebrating the people who shaped it. Inside, you’ll find heartfelt member stories, archival snapshots and community milestones. It’s a look at how Vision has grown alongside rural Alberta, from the early days of handshake loans to today’s digital tools. It’s more than history. It’s a tribute to the values that build strong farms, strong families and strong communities — and to the credit union that’s proud to stand with them. Look inside to see local legacy in action.

A 75-year vision.

It started as a shoebox of savings in a Camrose seniors’ home

and grew into one of Alberta’s strongest rural credit unions.

In the spring of 1950, in the break rooms and back hallways of Rosehaven

seniors’ care facility in Camrose, Alberta, a group of cooks, attendants, nurses and

custodians took hold of their ﬁnancial futures. With just $178 and a cooperative

approach, 21 people ofcially launched a credit union that would help shape rural

Alberta for the next 75 years and beyond.

This was the beginning of Vision Credit Union’s story.

It’s your story, too.

VISION CREDIT UNION 75 YEARS / HERE FOR GOOD

1950

/ Camrose Savings and Credit Union Ltd.

incorporated to serve staff of Rosehaven

Institute. Membership: 21 and

assets: $178.

1957

/ Gerrit Oldekamp, an attendant at

Rosehaven, appointed Secretary of

the Credit Union.

1962

/ Credit union is moved from Oldekamp’s

home to a downtown office.

1964

/ Oldekamp becomes the credit union’s

first full-time manager.