Our History

In 1952, a credit union was established to serve the employees of the Pacific Coast Paper Mill. Soon the mill became part of the Georgia Pacific West Corporation. Inspired to represent the company name, the organization used "Ga", which stands for Georgia, and "Pac", which stands for Pacific, to form the charter, GaPac Employees Federal Credit Union.

In the early days, the membership book resided at the home of Mr. James Moore and the credit union Board of Directors' meetings took place in the garage. That membership book stayed at several home-locations until 1974 when a suitable building, located on Lottie Street in Bellingham, was acquired. Yet GaPac EFCU was growing, so between 1982 and 1990 the organization moved two more times until arriving at its current location on the northwest corner of James and Alabama.

With the closure of the Bellingham GP Mill in 2002, the charter was expanded to include all of Whatcom County and in 2005 the name was changed to reflect the true membership identity as GaPac Community Federal Credit Union. Today, GaPac is thriving with an active and seasoned Board of Directors & Volunteers, 16 employees, and over 4500 members. We hope you will plan to stop by for a visit and discover for yourself that we are "GaPac Community Federal Credit Union, the friendly financial place!"

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