1. Become a Union Plus Facebook Fan and we'll donate $100 to a special union hardship fund
 

• College Savings Grant - $500 (money that does not need to be repaid) for union members who open a 529 college savings for their child or grandchild. Please encourage your members to learn more and apply at UnionPlus.org/CollegeSavings.
   
• Budgeting advice and credit counseling are available at no cost for your members who are struggling with their finances and debt. Call 1-877-833-1745.
   
• Save My Home Hotline at 1-866-490-5361 may help union members facing foreclosure.

Play a new 5-minute video about all the Union SAFE grants that are helping union members facing financial hardship. This short presentation is perfectly designed to show at your next union member meeting.

Union Plus will donate $100 to the AFL-CIO Mutual Benefits Trust for every union member who joins the Union Plus Facebook fan page.

The trust provides the financial backing for Union SAFE grants which offer money to qualified union members who are who are saving for their child's education, are laid off, on strike, disabled, facing debt problems or large uncovered hospital bills.

Help us reach $100,000 for the trust. Tell your fellow union members to join the Union Plus Facebook Fan page at www.facebook.com/unionplus. While there, you can read about union members who've benefited from the grants and other Union Plus programs.

Union members can enjoy a summer vacation right in your own backyard -- or close to it. Use union discounts to:

• 7% union discount from Dell -- save on everything from laptops and printers to plasma screens and digital cameras.
   
• Save 10% off the regular monthly rate for AT&T wireless phone plans. Also save on cell phones & accessories like ear buds.
   
• Save 5% - 10% on union-made clothing

Union member comment: "To BUY union-made products is to know that the people who made the product made a decent day's wages for a day's work!"

See all the back-to-school discounts at UnionPlus.org/BackToSchool.

4. Moving? Use your union discount

5. Promote Union Plus benefits and win $1,000 for your local
 

Download an application at UnionPlus.org/Contest.

It's as simple as 1-2-3:

1. Subscribe to our monthly E-News and add us to your mailing list.
    
2. Put a Union Plus banner on your Web site and run an ad or article on Union Plus in half the issues of your local print or electronic newsletter.
    
3. Place a Union Plus display prominently at your local hall or worksite. (We'll send you a display case and materials for free -- and they're easy to order.)