CB&T associates turn out statewide to volunteer their time and talents for worthy causes
Banking
for a cause A network of giving
BY BRUCE FARR
O N FRIDAY AFTERNOON, Aug. 20, CB&T employee Ryan Clark was somewhat uncharacteristically wielding a paintbrush, creating a mural on the walls of a handball court at Del Obispo Elementary School, a Title I school in San Juan Capistrano. Clark, a senior vice president and commercial banking manager for the company’s
CB&T has a rich history of volunteerism, but the Aug. 20 “Give Day” was unprecedented in that it featured a coordinated statewide effort — and it was the first time in more than a year that bank volunteers could be together while helping out. “We’ve done many regional volunteer events in the past, but this is the first time we’ve ever held one that’s statewide, reaching every single CB&T associate within our California footprint,” said Jesica Holstein, vice president-project manager for CB&T and program administrator for the bank’s Corporate Responsibility Program. The multi-city event capped off a larger corporate- wide, multi-day virtual conference called “CB&T Week,” which took place Aug. 17-20. The conference electronically linked more than 1,000 CB&T associates across the entire spectrum of the bank’s operations. On the conference’s last day, CB&T staff physically reported for duty at the designated nonprofit in their respective location. “CB&T is deeply rooted in the California communities we serve,” said CB&T president and CEO Eric Ellingsen, who himself rolled up his sleeves and volunteered at the Feeding San Diego event. “Giving back to our communities is one of our core values as a company. We have a long history of donating time and money to nonprofit organizations doing important work across our state.” The volunteering event targeted the following nonprofit organizations throughout the state.
Irvine office, joined approximately 20 of his CB&T colleagues in the worthwhile effort. On the same day, an hour or so up the coast, Sherri Harris joined 10 of her colleagues as they painted baseboards and toted lumber for a Habitat for Humanity home-building project in south Los Angeles. Harris, who’s the branch manager for CB&T’s Crenshaw branch in L.A., might otherwise have been behind her desk that day, fielding calls and helping clients. That Friday, the two volunteers were among more than 115 CB&T employees in cities and towns spanning the state who participated in a well-coordinated effort to donate their time and
“Giving back to our communities
is one of our core values as a company.” Eric Ellingsen President and CEO, CB&T
talents to an event focused on giving back to their communities. Employees in San Francisco also joined the volunteer effort on Sept. 3.
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