Truist Leaders Provide Teen Financial Literacy & Beautification Projects at Boys & Girls Clubs

Leaders from Truist, City Year and Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida kicked off a day of volunteerism and community engagement with local young people

During National Boys & Girls Club Week (June 26-30), teen Boys & Girls Club members at our NFL Youth Education Town (YET) Boys & Girls Club benefitted from a day of service from Truist and its national partner, City Year – Care Force.

More than 40 individuals, including executive leaders, staff and volunteers, from Truist’s local Jacksonville offices and branches and City Year’s Care Force division came together to reinvigorate and refresh the Club’s spaces, create resource boxes for Club members at 11 Club locations across Northeast Florida, while also providing financial education curriculum via a gamified simulation for high school students to support their journey to financial independence.

Truist and City Year are committed to supporting Jacksonville-area Boys & Girls Clubs and local young people to enable the next generation to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens.

The volunteer day also coincided with National Boys & Girls Club Week (June 26-30), a detail that is not lost on Truist Chairman and CEO Bill Rogers who also sits on the national Board of Governors for Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

The volunteer event kicked off with remarks from Rogers; Paul Martinez, BGCNF President & CEO; and Chris Farzner, Care Force Managing Director, before transitioning into service activities throughout the Club space.

About Truist

Truist Financial Corporation is a purpose-driven financial services company committed to inspiring and building better lives and communities. Truist has leading market share in many high-growth markets in the country and offers a wide range of products and services through our retail and small business banking, commercial banking, corporate and investment banking, insurance, wealth management, and specialized lending businesses. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Truist is a top 10 U.S. commercial bank with total assets of $574 billion as of March 31, 2023. Truist Bank, Member FDIC. Learn more at Truist.com.

About Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida

For 60 years, Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida has enabled young people to achieve great futures as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Our 48 Clubs serve more than 4,800 young people each day in Alachua, Clay, Duval and St. Johns counties. Our Boys & Girls Clubs provide a safe place, caring adult mentors, fun and friendship, and high-impact youth development programs during critical non-school hours and during the summer. Club programs promote five core areas: character and leadership, education and workforce readiness, the arts, health and wellness, and sports and recreation. In a Harris Survey of Boys & Girls Clubs alumni, 57 percent said the Club saved their lives. Learn more at bgcnf.org.

About City Year – Care Force

Care Force™, a division of City Year, engages corporations and their employees in high-impact fee-for-service volunteer events all around the world. The sponsorships provided to Care Force directly support each volunteer service event and City Year’s work to help student and schools succeed. Since our launch in 2001, we have managed over 110,000 volunteers in more than 800 events generating in excess of 560,000 hours of community service. These events have occurred in 42 U.S. states, bridging ten countries and spanning three continents. We operate with three key values with our partners: inspire, lead, transform.