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On August 23, 2016,
Korean Churches for Community Development (KCCD) received a $15,000 grant from
Bank of America
. Those that presented from Bank of America include Millie Yamaki, VP, Community Relations Manager, Vinh T. Ngo, Senior VP, Credit Risk Manager, and James J. Suh, Director of the Los Angeles Region at Merrill Lynch.
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| Left to Right: Rev. John Jongdai Park, KCCD Board Co-Chair, Hyepin Im, KCCD President/CEO, Millie Yamaki, VP Community Relations Manager, Bank of America, James Suh, Director, Merrill Lynch, and Vinh Ngo, Senior VP Credit Risk Manager, Bank of America |
The $15,000 contribution will help strengthen and support KCCD's homeownership program, which has helped over 8,000 potential homebuyers to date. KCCD provides homebuyer education classes and pre-purchase counseling to prospective homebuyers to learn and be guided upon how to receive down payment assistance, special loan products, and understanding the home buying process. To learn more about KCCD's homeownership program,
please click here.
"Stable housing and home ownership are the cornerstones of healthy and vibrant communities," says
Raul A. Anaya, Los Angeles market president, Bank of America. "Together with organizations like Korean Churches for Community Development, we can help individuals and families with access to housing and financial coaching that will enable them to gain and maintain long-term economic stability."
Hyepin Im, KCCD President and CEO states "We are grateful for Bank of America's long time support and partnership. Bank of America was there as the lead sponsor for our first homeownership fair in 2002, in essence the first homeownership fair not only in the Korean community but also in the Asian American community in the US. It is long time partners like Bank of America that has allowed us to expand the dream of homeownership to so many people!"
KCCD again thanks Bank of America for their generous support and continued partnership.
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