Freedom First is a CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) and is a member-owned, democratically operated, not-for-profit organization managed by a volunteer board of directors, with the specified mission of meeting the credit and savings needs of consumers, especially persons of modest means. The purpose of this Credit Union is to promote thrift among its members by affording them an opportunity to accumulate their savings and to create for them a source of credit for provident, business or productive purposes. Freedom First is proud to serve the Roanoke & New River Valleys for 60 years.