NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) and Whitney Bank will award New Orleans nonprofit affordable housing developer Home by Hand $8,000 in Partnership Grant Program (PGP) grant funds. Representatives from FHLB Dallas, Whitney Bank, and Home by Hand will attend a check presentation, which will take place Wednesday, August 24 at 11:00 a.m. at 6041 Vermillion Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70122. The media is encouraged to attend.
Presented annually, PGP grants are awarded to community-based organizations. The grants may be used for research, organizational capacity-building, grant- and funding-application assistance, or contractual services.
Home by Hand will use the funds to support its operations, focusing their efforts on providing affordable housing to low- to moderate-income families whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Established in 2015 by partner organization, Project Home Again Foundation, Home by Hand has built more than 170 homes in New Orleans.
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WHAT: |
Check Presentation | ||
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016, 11:00 a.m. | ||
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WHO: |
Andy Fritzshall, Project Manager, Home by Hand |
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Sunada Pool-Brookins, Vice President, Director of CRA, Community Affairs, Whitney Bank |
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Ashley Aubrey Harrison, AVP, Community Affairs Officer, Whitney Bank |
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Greg Hettrick, First Vice President, Director, FHLB Dallas |
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WHERE: |
6041 Vermillion Boulevard | ||
| New Orleans, LA 70122 | |||
