“We look at this as a continuation of our program to move sixth graders to high school and keep them connected,” he said. “It’s called ‘Be a middle school mentor.’ I’m a mentor and my student is now attending City Charter Academy.”
Peterson said all KeyBank employees are expected to devote time to serving the communities they work in, and on May 24, they will show it during their annual “Neighbors Make the Difference Day.”
“This year we’ll have 7,000 employees working on 890 projects all afternoon,” said initiative national coordinator Karen White. “They’ll be painting, landscaping for seniors, serving food, and reading to children from Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine. And nobody’s off the hook, all Pittsburgh leadership, including Market President Todd Moules will be volunteering.”
Copeland said it’s nice, but she’s done it so long it doesn’t impress her husband—but something else at the Promise Singing Day event will.
“I have to make sure I get a picture when I’m up there on stage because my husband’s not going to believe I’m sitting next to (Promise Board Chairman) Franco Harris,” she said.
KeyBank’s $6.8 billion investment over the next five years will be broken down into four areas: $5 billion in new mortgage loans targeting low- and moderate-income individuals and communities; $2.5 million in small business/farm loans, again to low- and moderate-income communities; $8.8 million in community development lending and investment; and $175 million in philanthropy—which includes education, workforce and living-wage job development, providing technical assistance and education to businesses and homeowners, and service—supporting employee-driven volunteer efforts.
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