LOS ANGELES, March 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- MUFG Union
Bank, N.A. (MUFG) today announced the initial results of its
partnership with The Student Conservation Association (SCA). In the
last five months alone, the two organizations have improved the
environmental resiliency of eight cities and produced the following
outcomes:
- Two tons of trash removed from local waterfronts in eight
cities
- Four hundred bird rescue kits created in Chicago
- More than 1,600 native trees, shrubs, and bulbs planted
The ongoing collaboration between SCA and MUFG is making a
positive impact in the communities MUFG and Union Bank serve.
SCA and MUFG joined forces last November to coincide with "MUFG
Gives Back" volunteer month. Since then, SCA youth and alumni,
MUFG employees, and local residents – nearly 500 volunteers in all
– have improved beloved parks, strengthened wildlife habitats, and
forged more resilient communities in eight cities nationwide.
"In just two hours, volunteers transformed the park," said
Ben Shupp, an official with New York
City Parks. "What they accomplished in one morning would have taken
our staff weeks to complete."
Los Angeles volunteer organizer
Chris Fabbro added, "This level of
support — the tools, the food, everything we need — is something
you don't get very often. It motivates people to come back when
they see that companies care and provides a platform for community
groups to work together."
SCA/MUFG stewardship projects spanned the country:
- Atlanta: partnered with
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper to refurbish a key bridge and drainage
channel, mitigating storm water impacts along the Chattahoochee and local trails
- Chicago: teamed with the
Morton Arboretum and Chicago Bird Collision Monitors to build
nesting boxes and rescue kits to aid migratory bird species
- Los Angeles: constructed a new
trail winding through woodland, grassland, and sage scrub at the
Audubon Center at Debs Park
- New York City: renewed
Morningside Park gardens in Harlem
with hundreds of new plantings
- Oakland: restored historic
City Stables, home of therapeutic riding programs for area
youth
- Phoenix: preserved native
habitat for iconic saguaro cacti and created wildflower seed balls
to support pollinator species
- Seattle: planted 400 trees and
native shrubs at Maple Wood Playfield as part of citywide Green
Seattle Day
- Tampa: aided multiple city
parks and beachfront habitats with Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful
The MUFG Union Bank Foundation also donated $150,000 to support SCA green job training
programs for America's youth.
"Our employees are excited to partner with SCA to mentor young
people on leadership skills and volunteer with them in many of the
cities we call home. We are also proud to be part of the efforts to
advance SCA's mission of developing conservation leaders and
mobilizing more than 10,000 community volunteers annually," said
Julius Robinson, the bank's Head
of Corporate Social Responsibility.
Additional joint volunteer projects will be scheduled throughout
the year.
The MUFG Union Bank Foundation ("The Foundation") is a nonprofit
public benefit corporation that serves as an agent for charitable
contributions made by MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Since its creation in
1953, The Foundation has supported the bank's commitment to help
meet the needs of the communities that it serves. Its mission is to
make philanthropic investments that expand access to economic
opportunity in low- and moderate-income communities especially in
the areas of affordable housing, community economic development,
education, human services, and the environment.
About MUFG Union Bank, N.A.
As of December 31,
2017, MUFG Union Bank, N.A. operated 361 branches, comprised
primarily of retail banking branches in the West Coast states,
along with commercial branches in Texas, Illinois, New
York and Georgia, as well
as 19 PurePoint Financial Centers and one international
office. We provide a wide spectrum of corporate, commercial
and retail banking and wealth management solutions to meet the
needs of customers. We also offer an extensive portfolio of
value-added solutions for customers, including investment banking,
personal and corporate trust, global custody, transaction banking,
capital markets, and other services. With assets of
$118.5 billion, as of December 31, 2017, MUFG Union Bank has strong
capital reserves, credit ratings and capital ratios relative to
peer banks. MUFG Union Bank is a proud member of the
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE: MTU), one of the world's
largest financial organizations with total assets of approximately
¥312.5 trillion (JPY) or $2.8
trillion (USD)¹, as of December 31,
2017. The corporate headquarters (principal executive
office) for MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation, which is the
financial holding company, and MUFG Union Bank, is in New York City. The main banking office of MUFG
Union Bank is in San Francisco,
California.
1 Exchange rate of 1
USD=¥113.0 (JPY) as of December 29,
2017
About the Student Conservation Association
The Student
Conservation Association (SCA) is America's largest and most
effective youth conservation service organization. SCA conserves
lands and transforms lives by empowering young people of all
backgrounds to plan, act, and lead, while they protect and restore
our natural and cultural resources. Founded in 1957, SCA's mission
is to build the next generation of conservation leaders, and 70% of
its 85,000 alumni are employed or studying in conservation-related
fields. For more, visit www.thesca.org.
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