BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hancock Whitney and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) will award $16,000 in Partnership Grant Program (PGP) funds to Scotlandville Community Development Corporation (Scotlandville CDC) for organizational capacity building including educational and financial seminars.
Local dignitaries will join bank representatives in awarding the funds at a check presentation at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, November 29, 2018, at Scotlandville CDC’s offices at 1920 Goudchaux Street in Baton Rouge. The media is encouraged to attend.
Scotlandville CDC is a volunteer-based organization that provides financial training and resources to low- to moderate-income families and individuals in Baton Rouge.
The structure of the PGP enables FHLB Dallas member institutions like Hancock Whitney to make a contribution of $500 to $4,000 to a community-based organization (CBO), which FHLB Dallas will match at a 3:1 ratio.
For more information about the PGP, visit fhlb.com/pgp.
| WHAT: | Check Presentation | ||
| WHEN: | 3:00 p.m., Thursday, November 29, 2018 | ||
| WHO: | Councilwoman Tara Wicker, City of Baton Rouge, District 10 | ||
| Councilwoman Chauna Banks, City of Baton Rouge, District 2 | |||
| Courtney Hart, Senior Regional Marketing Specialist, Hancock Whitney | |||
| Pat Leduff, Board President, Scotlandville CDC | |||
| Marion Zachary, Executive Director, Scotlandville CDC | |||
| Samuel Sanders, Executive Director, Mid City Redevelopment Alliance, Inc. and FHLB Dallas Advisory Council | |||
| Melanie Dill, Community and Economic Development Product Manager, FHLB Dallas | |||
| WHERE: | Scotlandville CDC | ||
| 1920 Goudchaux Street | |||
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70874 | |||
