Media Advisory: Home Bank and FHLB Dallas to Award $8K to Baton Rouge Nonprofit

***10:00 a.m. Friday, October 7, 5302 Corporate Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70808***

BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Home Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) will award a $8,000 Partnership Grant Program (PGP) subsidy to Front Yard Bikes, a community-based organization (CBO) for students that provides mechanic courses, welding, gardening and cooking.

The funds will be awarded at a ceremonial check presentation Friday, October 7. Media is encouraged to attend.

Through this unique program, FHLB Dallas member institutions contribute $500 to $4,000 to a community-based organization, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which FHLB Dallas matches at a 3:1 ratio to provide the CBO up to $12,000 per member. PGP grants are awarded annually through FHLB Dallas’ member institutions to help promote and strengthen relationships between CBOs and FHLB Dallas members.

PGP grants help qualified nonprofit organizations fund a variety of operational and administrative activities that are critical to serving their communities.

WHAT:	Check presentation for Front Yard Bikes
WHEN:	10:00 a.m., Friday, October 7, 2022
WHO:	Kelvin Luster, Community Development Director, Home Bank
	Carlette Davis, CRA Administrator, Home Bank
	Debbie Mire, Senior Commercial Relationship Manager, Home Bank
	Chris Harrell, Market President, Home Bank
	Mary Hopkins, Director of Financial Management, Home Bank
	Dee Green, Mortgage Manager, Home Bank
	Dustin Lafont, Director and Founder, Front Yard Bikes
	Tatianna Hines, Program Manager, Front Yard Bikes
	Phillip St. Cyr, Youth City Lab Intern, Front Yard Bikes
	Melanie Dill, Community and Economic Development Product Manager, FHLB Dallas
WHERE:	Home Bank, 5302 Corporate Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70808