With First Bank serving as a Blueprint sponsor, executives and business leaders from across Orange County left their suits and smartphones behind to raise a record-breaking $116,000 during the Seventh Annual Leaders Build Day 2015.
Fifty-eight participants took part in the event at a build site in Cypress, California, where 15 houses will eventually be built.
Helping lead Leaders Build Day was Susan Montoya, First Bank’s Senior Vice President and Corporate CRA Officer. She served as event co-chair for the second consecutive year along with Charles Antis of Antis Roofing.
Joining Montoya from First Bank were Rod Pierce, Business Development Officer, Tom Fagan, Commercial Loan Officer (Long Beach), Rich Reid, C&I Group Manager (Newport Beach), and Jim Babbage, Commercial Loan Officer, Religious Lending.
Working together to build affordable homes for low-income families, corporate executives and business leaders also had the chance to network and forge new bonds that may lead to new business opportunities.
During Leaders Build, participants also heard first-hand from a Habitat Orange County homeowner and took part in competitive contests such as hammering and sawing.
In addition to First Bank, Pacific Western Bank and Banc of California were the other Blueprint sponsors.
Celebrating 27 years of changing lives and changing communities in Orange County,
Habitat for Humanity is dedicated to ending substandard housing and building strong communities in Orange County. For more information, visit habitatoc.org.
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