First Tennessee to aid financial recovery for Gatlinburg wildfire victims
December 02 2016 - 12:31PM
First Tennessee Bank is partnering with national nonprofit
Operation HOPE to assist residents affected by the recent wildfires
in East Tennessee.
Starting Dec. 5, First Tennessee will staff its branch at 300
East Main St. in Sevierville, TN, with financial wellbeing coaches
from HOPE Coalition America, Operation HOPE’s national emergency
preparedness and financial recovery division. Services will
include financial counseling, small business recovery, help
obtaining destroyed documents and assistance with insurance claims
and home inspection and repair contracts.
The counseling services will be free and available to the public
at First Tennessee’s Sevierville branch weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m.
First Tennessee is supporting relief efforts in other ways,
too:
- First Tennessee branches across the state are accepting
donations from the public to support the East Tennessee relief
efforts of the American Red Cross. The First Tennessee Foundation
will match those contributions up to a total of $50,000.
People may also mail checks payable to the American Red Cross to:
Corporate Communications, First Tennessee, P.O. Box 84, Memphis, TN
38101.
- Loan customers in the Sevier County wildfire areas can apply
for the First Tennessee Assistance Program for consumer and
commercial clients. To learn more about the program, call (800)
382-5465.
- The Employee Relief Fund is available for First Tennessee
employees impacted by the wildfires. More information is available
on the bank’s Intranet.
“First Tennessee is deeply committed to the communities we serve
and to assisting our customers and neighbors who have been affected
by this tragedy,” said Bryan Jordan, chairman, president and CEO of
First Tennessee’s parent company, First Horizon National Corp.
(NYSE:FHN). “We are honored to be Tennessee’s bank, and we are
dedicated to helping in the ongoing recovery efforts.”
About the First Tennessee Foundation and First Tennessee
BankFirst Tennessee Bank was founded during the Civil War
in 1864 and has the 14th oldest national bank charter in the
country. First Tennessee has one of the highest customer
retention rates of any bank in the country and the number one
deposit market share in Tennessee. The First Tennessee
Foundation is a Tennessee nonprofit corporation established in
1993. Both First Tennessee Bank and the First Tennessee
Foundation are part of First Horizon National Corp.
(NYSE:FHN). First Horizon has been recognized as one of the
nation's best employers by American Banker and Working Mother. More
information is available at www.FirstTennessee.com and
www.FirstTennesseeFoundation.com.
About Operation HOPESince 1992, Operation HOPE
has been moving America from civil rights to "silver rights" with
the mission of making free enterprise and capitalism work for the
underserved. Through its core programs, the nonprofit has provided
financial dignity and economic empowerment to over 2.6 million
individuals worldwide, and $2 billion in economic activity for the
disenfranchised—turning check cashing customers into banking
customers, renters into homeowners, small business dreamers into
small business owners and minimum wage workers into living wage
consumers. Project 5117 is HOPE’s multi-year four-pronged
approach to combating economic inequality that aims to improve
financial literacy, increase business role models and business
internships for youth, and stabilize the American dream by boosting
credit scores. Operation HOPE recently received its second
consecutive 4-star charity rating for fiscal management and
commitment to transparency and accountability by the prestigious
non-profit evaluator, Charity Navigator—further establishing it as
a best-in-class organization. For more information:
www.OperationHOPE.org.
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Contact:
James Dowd
(901) 523-4305
JEDowd@FirstTennessee.com
Kim Cherry
(901) 523-4380
KCherry@FirstTennessee.com
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