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Media Advisory: Check Presentation Celebrates $2M Affordable Housing Program Grant to Fund Housing Campus for Unsheltered Families

***1:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 8, The Wellspring, 1515 Jackson Street, Monroe, LA 71202***

MONROE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Representatives from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) and Origin Bank will celebrate a $2 million Affordable Housing Program grant to The Wellspring Alliance for Families Inc. (The Wellspring) during a ceremonial check presentation at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 8, 2025.

The funds, awarded by FHLB Dallas through Origin Bank, an FHLB Dallas member institution, will support the development of Holly Haven, a housing campus with private living spaces designed to serve unsheltered families and individuals, including those escaping domestic violence and other harm.

The media is encouraged to attend. Please RSVP to events@fhlb.com.

Learn more about the AHP.

WHAT:

Check presentation

 

 

WHEN:

1:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 8, 2025

 

 

WHO:

State Senator Katrina Jackson-Andrews, District 34

 

State Representative Patricia Moore, District 17

 

Shelia Grayson, Origin Bank

 

Rick Guillot, Origin Bank

 

Cindy Gordon, The Wellspring

 

Caroline Cascio, The Wellspring

 

Greg Hettrick, FHLB Dallas

 

 

 

 

WHERE:

The Wellspring

 

1515 Jackson Street

 

Monroe, Louisiana 71202

 

Contacts

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

Industry:

Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas

Release Versions
English

Contacts

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

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