Community Service 2009 Company of the Week
October 25, 2009
Regions Financial Corporation
Regions Reaches Out to Homeowners, Small Businesses and Seniors
Regions associates across 16 states have helped to make life better in their communities as part of the Financial Services Roundtable Community Service 2009. Three of the most impactful projects aimed to help segments of society that have been hit hard by the recession – homeowners, small businesses and seniors.
Helping first-time homebuyers and distressed homeowners.
In Florida, Regions Mortgage associates volunteered to lead Mortgage Literacy Seminars. They partnered with local non-profits to invite 575 at-risk borrowers to one of 14 locations from Naples to Ft. Lauderdale. The Regions associates led the free educational sessions, providing information on:
- First-time home buying
- Government-sponsored refinancing opportunities
- Mortgage modification
For homeowners in distress, the federal Housing Assistance and Recovery Program (HARP) and Regions’ own Customer Assistance Program were explained.
Pictured above: Elsa Cruz, mortgage loan originator, leads a Mortgage Literacy Seminar in Miami
Small businesses get a boost in Dallas.
A team of financial services companies and non-profits, co-chaired by Regions Community Affairs Manager Terry Wade-Ottley, held a one-day workshop designed to help jump-start small businesses and further the development of newly established businesses. The Southern Dallas Entrepreneurship Boot Camp is a one-day intensive workshop designed by a group of experienced entrepreneurs, business experts, and financing specialists. The primary objective was to educate the attendees about the process of launching and growing a business, including traditional and alternative financing options. The event also focused on financial fitness and business development skills for all business owners. More than 85 small businesses participated.
Pictured above: Representatives from Regions, other financial services companies and non-profits joined together to give small businesses a boost in Dallas, Texas.
Raising hands to raise the roof
Thirty-one Regions associates helped to "raise the roof" for low-income seniors of the Jackson, Miss., Medical Mall community this summer.
For five days, associates volunteered with the Raise the Roof program, a home renovation initiative designed to assist low- to moderate-income senior citizens who reside in the Jackson Medical Mall area, in the up-keep of their home. The associates performed minor repairs, such as painting, roofing, plumbing, electrical, general carpentry, and flooring, for residents of the community. Some qualified homeowners have been on the waiting list for the needed repair work for three to five years.
Pictured above: Regions associates who helped Jackson, Miss., seniors in need of home repairs.
Congratulations Regions!
For more information on Community Service 2009, please visit www.financialcommunityservice.org.
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