Our new branch grand opening on National Ave. and Chestnut Expressway is now in full swing as we enter into our month long celebration with various community-focused events. We chose Habitat for Humanity as our first “Charity of the Week” and are already seeing great community involvement!
You may have seen pictures and posts in the past about partnerships between our banks and the Habitat for Humanity organization in their communities as part of a bank-wide, three-year commitment to the organization. While we are celebrating the opening of our new branch, we are also busy helping a Springfield family get a new home, too.
Arvest has donated $10,000 to Habitat for Humanity in Springfield. Our funds are being used for the ReHabitat project on Clifton Street. The upgrades on this three-bedroom house will help make it a home for Corey and Tanisha Holland and their three children.
This last Saturday we held a groundbreaking event for the project. With the Hollands, Habitat volunteers and a group of our associates the ceremony began with a check presentation to Habitat for Humanity, with Arvest being the sole sponsor of this ReHabitat build. After the presentation, work began to construct a fence, do some exterior painting and bring a covered porch up to code to make it safe to play on.