$20,000 in Grants Awarded to Project Build a Future of Lake Charles

2:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 20, 737 South Lyons Street, Lake Charles

LAKE CHARLES, La.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–First National Bank of Louisiana, First Federal Bank of Louisiana and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) will award $20,000 in Partnership Grant Program (PGP) funds to Project Build a Future in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

The funds will help the nonprofit organization purchase home sites, improve those sites, develop a smaller home plan and develop new counseling and training for low-income working families seeking to buy a new home.

The media is encouraged to join local dignitaries and bank representatives at a check presentation at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 20 at 707 South Lyons Street in Lake Charles.

The structure of the PGP enables FHLB Dallas member institutions to contribute $500 to $4,000 to a community-based organization, which FHLB Dallas matches at a 3:1 ratio.

For more information about the PGP, visit fhlb.com/pgp.

WHAT:

Check Presentation

 

 

WHEN:

2:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 20, 2019

 

 

WHO:

Melissa Dickson, Community Reinvestment Act Coordinator, First Federal Bank of Louisiana

 

Roxanna Mize, Vice President, First National Bank of Louisiana

 

Charla Blake, Executive Director, Project Build a Future

 

Melanie Dill, Community and Economic Development Product Manager, FHLB Dallas

 

 

WHERE:

737 South Lyons Street

 

Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601

 

 

 

NOTE: This is the address of a Project Build a Future house that is under construction. The address may not yet be recognized by GPS apps. The house is north of Broad Street and south of I-10.

 

Contacts

Corporate Communications

Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas

fhlb.com
(214) 441-8445

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