 Regions
is providing Habitat with the office space
through the donation of its 720-square-foot
former drive-up branch location at 909
Woodlawn Road. The bank will turn over the
building keys to Habitat officials during a
ribbon-cutting ceremony set for Thursday at
2 p.m. at the Woodlawn site.
"For more than two decades, Habitat for
Humanity has been committed to building
homes and providing a safe haven for local
families," said Pat Dienslake, city
president of Regions' central Illinois
market. "When the opportunity to provide
this organization with its very first home
presented itself, we jumped at the chance.
We consider it a perfect way to fulfill
Regions' mission to make life better for the
communities we serve."
Habitat for Humanity was equally pleased
when the bank reached out to them regarding
the donation.
"We celebrate this gift," said Toni
Reifsteck, past board chair for the Logan
County affiliate. "To have this space means
so much to our more than 100 volunteers who
drive all of our efforts."
Habitat will use the newly acquired site
to coordinate its recycling fundraising
initiative, provide meeting space for its
program volunteers and board of directors,
and store agency records. The Woodlawn
facility will provide a home base to an
agency that has been dedicated to
constructing homes for others in Logan
County since 1989.
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Habitat will conduct its next house
blessing July 18, when it turns over the
keys to a local family in Elkhart. The
Elkhart home is the 14th home the Logan
County affiliate has erected or
rehabilitated. Work is already under way on
the affiliate's 15th home, located in
Lincoln.
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About Regions Financial Corp.:
Regions Financial Corp., with $142
billion in assets, is a member of the S&P
100 Index and one of the nation's largest
full-service providers of consumer and
commercial banking, trust, securities
brokerage, mortgage and insurance products
and services. Regions serves customers in 16
states across the South, Midwest and Texas,
and through its subsidiary, Regions Bank,
operates approximately 1,900 banking offices
and 2,300 ATMs. Its investment and
securities brokerage trust and asset
management division, Morgan Keegan & Company
Inc., provides services from over 300
offices. Additional information about
Regions and its full line of products and
services can be found at
www.regions.com.
[Text from
Regions
Bank news release received from
Habitat
for Humanity of Logan County]
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