Join the Sweetwater Federal Credit Union and you join a movement. The credit union movement in the United States dates to 1909 and is driven by a philosophy of people working together to solve their credit problems and to improve their financial status. Credit Unions began with volunteers organizing and operating the union in order to pool the savings of members in order to provide credit at a more reasonable rate. Credit Unions still rely on member volunteers to serve on the Board of Directors and various credit union committees in order to keep costs down. However, credit unions now have paid professional staff, the ability to offer a wide range of services, the assistance of a professional, national association, and the backing of the federal government to assure the financial safety of your credit union. The Sweetwater Federal Credit Union began, like so many other credit unions, with a group of federal and state employees poo