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Pacific Western Bank: A valued ALG partner

When California-based Pacific Western Bank expanded into Colorado four years ago, its executives began looking for community partners it could support with Community Reinvestment Act contributions.

It didnโ€™t take long for them to discover the African Leadership Group and the variety of programs and services it offers in the greater Denver area. โ€œIf weโ€™re going to make a donation and get involved with an organization, we donโ€™t want to just check a box, we want to really understand an organization,โ€ Laura Mendez, a Pacific Western Bank community banker.

Bank executives were immediately impressed by the work of ALG and its leader, Papa Dia. โ€œWe felt really passionate about what they were doing,โ€ Laura said. โ€œAnd thatโ€™s when we decided to start donating.โ€

This will be the third year that Pacific Western Bank has been the major funder of ALGโ€™s Education Scholarship Program, which provides scholarships ranging from $2,500 to $4,000 to deserving, low-income graduating high school seniors intending to pursue a course of study at either a vocational (two-year) or four-year educational institution.

Mendez also teaches ALGโ€™s Youth Empowerment Initiative Financial Literacy Class. A mortgage broker and real estate agent as well as banker, Mendez also hopes to start assisting ALG with its homeownership workshops.

Finally, Pacific Western has become a sponsor of ALGโ€™s Afrik Impact Fundraising Gala. โ€œWe have a table and itโ€™s always a lot of fun to have 8-10 people from the bank there learning more about this wonderful organization.”ย 

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