Colleen Matteson | President, Bank of America Rochester
Hear from Colleen Matteson, President of Bank of America Rochester, about our role in keeping Rochester moving forward.
I’m proud of what Bank of America is helping the city accomplish, and we’re finding ways to double down on our commitments. We’re building on the bank’s connections to help make financial lives better.
We are committed to helping our communities thrive - dedicating our resources to address the issues that matter most in each community where we live and work.
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We're committed to supporting our employees' health and safety and to addressing our local communities' most critical needs. That's why we've donated to local hunger-relief organizations on behalf of each employee who received a COVID-19 vaccine or booster and/or a flu shot.* In addition, employees are doubling the impact of their personal donations to fight hunger with our matching gifts program.
Through this effort, our team in Rochester recently presented Foodlink with a check for $25,000. We're proud to be able to help our community as we work together to move forward.
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We’re proud to support the unique needs of our heroes as they transition to civilian life and careers by offering online resources on financial education, expanded financial center access near military installations, and intentional hiring practices.
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Learn more about how we are advancing opportunities for Hispanic-Latinos as part of our commitment to responsible growth.
Read moreColleen Matteson | President, Bank of America Rochester
Hear from Colleen Matteson, President of Bank of America Rochester, about our role in keeping Rochester moving forward.
We’re committed to ensuring everyone in Rochester has the opportunity to share in the city’s success through programs focused on building career skills and helping our most vulnerable communities. These initiatives include supporting a local college that pinpoints and supplies the training needed for high-demand jobs in IT, healthcare, professional services and manufacturing. We’re focused on adding a program for non-clinical healthcare, which has a 20% local vacancy rate, partnering with local employers to gain hiring commitments. We also help fund community-centered programs that not only build vibrant neighborhoods but also train at-risk youth from racially diverse communities to cultivate cut flower gardens on once-vacant lots in the city of Rochester. These youth also harvest and sell the flowers, ultimately developing their business skills and improving mental health. And, together with local nonprofits, we've helped women re-enter the workforce and supported a homeless shelter for LGBT youth in a high-poverty area.
In Rochester, Center for Youth has served as a lifeline for young people for more than 50 years, offering wide-ranging services from housing support to educational and job-readiness services. Now, the Center’s youth-centered and youth-directed initiative, Flower City Changemakers, is assisting young leaders with paid internships, transportation and social and emotional support services. In what the Center calls “A Bridge to Peace,” these youth leaders will ultimately engage more than 200 local young people each year.
At Bank of America, we’re committed to addressing the root causes of inequality through a company-wide commitment to advancing racial equality and economic opportunity across diverse communities. We are doing this by building upon our existing efforts and leveraging our strengths: creating more affordable housing and expanding home ownership, increasing lending and support to minority-owned small businesses, championing job training and career readiness and addressing health disparities like access to care. We also know we can’t solve these challenges alone, so we’re partnering with other corporations, local nonprofits and community leaders across the country who share our vision for creating meaningful change.
At Bank of America, we believe in the power of the arts to help economies thrive, educate and enrich societies, and create greater cultural understanding. That’s why we’re helping the arts flourish in communities across the globe.
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*Donations in each market reflect $50 per employee who recorded their booster, $50 per employee who received their flu shot, and an additional company contribution. Vaccination boosters and vaccination reporting are voluntary.