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Media Advisory: BankPlus, Citizens National Bank and FHLB Dallas Award More Than $19K to Affordable Housing Nonprofit

***12:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 9, 1001 29th Avenue, Meridian, Mississippi 39301***

MERIDIAN, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Representatives from BankPlus, Citizens National Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) will award $19,140 in Partnership Grant Program (PGP) matching-grant funding to the Lauderdale County Habitat for Humanity in Mississippi. The media is encouraged to attend.

PGP grants help qualified nonprofit organizations fund a variety of operational and administrative activities that are critical to serving their communities. The nonprofit plans to use grant proceeds to build organizational capacity. Additional staff will be used to aid employees with insurance and tax monitoring, clerical help and critical home repair application assistance.

WHAT:

Check presentation for Lauderdale County Habitat for Humanity

 

WHEN:

12:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 9, 2022

 

WHO:

Lance Burnham, Vice President, BankPlus

David Johnson, Senior Vice President and Director of Community Development, BankPlus

Mark Ouellette, First Vice President and Director of Affordable Housing, BankPlus

Debbie Young, Senior Lending Assistant, BankPlus

Archie McDonnell, CEO, Citizens National Bank

Tra Alford, Vice President Community Development Director, Citizens National Bank

Neil Henry, Regional President, Citizens National Bank

Tyeisha Smith, Community Development Officer, Citizens National Bank

Monica Bradley, Executive Director, Lauderdale County Habitat for Humanity

Melanie Dill, Community and Economic Development Product Manager, FHLB Dallas

 

WHERE:

Lauderdale County Habitat for Humanity offices

1001 29th Avenue, Meridian, Mississippi 39301

 

Contacts

Corporate Communications
Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas
fhlb.com
(214) 441-8445

Industry:

Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas

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Contacts

Corporate Communications
Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas
fhlb.com
(214) 441-8445

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