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Banks Partner to Award $16K in Grant Funds to Mississippi Nonprofit

CADE.PR.A | February 20, 2019

Banks Partner to Award $16K in Grant Funds to Mississippi Nonprofit

10:30 a.m. Friday, February 22; 3405 Medgar Evers Boulevard, Jackson

BancorpSouth Bank (NYSE: BXS), BankPlus, Trustmark National Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) will award $16,000 in Partnership Grant Program (PGP) funds to Housing Education and Economic Development, Inc. (HEED), which provides mortgage and foreclosure prevention counseling and fair housing education to residents in Jackson, Mississippi. The grant will be used to help offset operational and administrative expenses.

The media is encouraged to join local dignitaries and bank representatives at a check presentation at 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 22, 2019, at HEED’s offices at 3405 Medgar Evers Boulevard in Jackson.

The structure of the PGP enables FHLB Dallas member institutions, like BancorpSouth Bank, BankPlus and Trustmark National Bank, to make a contribution of $500 to $4,000 to a community-based organization (CBO), which FHLB Dallas matches at a 3:1 ratio.

For more information about the PGP, visit fhlb.com/pgp.

WHAT:			Check Presentation

WHEN:			10:30 a.m. Friday, February 22, 2019

WHO:			Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, City of Jackson
			Mark Ouellette, First Vice President and Director of Affordable Housing, BankPlus
			David Johnson, Senior Vice President and Director of Community Development, BankPlus
			Evelyn Edwards, Vice President, Community Development Grant Specialist, BancorpSouth Bank
			Sherry Rainey, Community Development Director and CRA Officer, Trustmark National Bank
			Charles Harris, Executive Director, Housing Education and Economic Development
			Melanie Dill, Community and Economic Development Product Manager, FHLB Dallas

WHERE:			HEED
			3405 Medgar Evers Boulevard
			Jackson, Mississippi 39213