Tower Federal Credit Union, which has its headquarters in Laurel, received two Trailblazer awards for Excellence in Marketing and Communications from the Maryland and D.C. Credit Union Association. Tower won Best Marketing Campaign and Best Newsletter for credit unions with $500 million or more in assets.

The award-winning marketing campaign focused on the credit union's March 2010 launch of FinanceWorks, an online personal financial management program the credit union offers free to its members.

This is the second year in a row that Tower has won the Trailblazer award for Best Marketing Campaign.

Tower won for Best Newsletter in recognition of its monthly member newsletter, TowerLine .