WASHINGTON — The American Bankers Association’s Community Engagement Foundation is requesting submissions for its annual Community Commitment Awards to recognize banks’ essential involvement in their communities.
The awards will honor innovative, high impact contributions banks make to the customers and communities they serve. The entry period will extend to July 1, 2015.
The awards are given to banks of all asset sizes and judged by a panel of nationally recognized experts. The ABA Community Commitment Awards for 2015 will recognize excellence in seven categories:
- Affordable Housing;
- Community and Economic Development;
- Financial Education;
- Nontraditional Borrower and Underbanked;
- Protecting Older Americans;
- Volunteerism; and
- The George Bailey Award, for non-CEO bank employees who demonstrate outstanding service to their bank, industry and community.
For full category descriptions, please click here.
Award winners will be honored in a ceremony during ABA’s Annual Convention in Los Angeles, November 8-10. All awardees will receive a complimentary registration to the convention.
New to the Community Commitment Awards this year is an interactive, searchable map on aba.com that will showcase all program entries by state. The map, which is expected to launch this summer, will serve as a database for corporate social responsibility efforts across the industry.
The Community Commitment Awards were established in 2005 to commend banks’ exceptional charitable achievements. The program recognizes the contributions of banks of all asset sizes to the growth and vitality of their communities.
For an entry form or a list of past winners, visit aba.com/awards. For more information, contact Melissa Murray at mmurray@aba.comor 202-663-5440.