Banksgiving 2023 Winner: Gianna House

Описание: First State Bank has been helping people in the community for over 100 years. First State Banksgiving seeks to honor the charitable organizations who work so hard on a day-to-day basis to make change in our communities.

The Gianna House's mission is to provide support through education and life skills programming to pregnant women and mothers who are at-risk or lack safe housing to transition them to independence.

In the early morning of December 26, the day after Christmas, it was approximately 16 degrees outside. Due to the bitter cold, the PVC fire prevention pipes burst on the third floor of Gianna House’s historic building. The very old facility boiler is expected to be the cause; they have been having complications with our HVAC system and have been working on the update. The heat was unable to successfully reach the third floor adequately to keep the water within the sprinkler system pipes fluid. Consequently, the pipes burst. The water literally poured down, like a waterfall on the walls, and caused flooding, traveling down to the basement. The flooding affected all four floors which resulted in the damage of bathrooms, offices, kitchen, and the communal living spaces. Not only were rooms and furniture damaged, but most of their donations are housed in the basement because they use it for storage and their baby bucks store for the families of their programs. Their inventory includes items such as diapers, baby formula, wipes, clothing, baby furniture, car seats, and strollers.

First State Bank will be awarding $30,000 this Banksgiving in 2024:
One Grand Gift Winner will receive a $10,000 donation
Four Gift Winners will each receive a $5,000 donation

Are you involved with a charity or are you passionate about a project? This giving season, we’d like your help identifying the local non-profit organizations that are making a difference in Macomb and Oakland counties.

Know a deserving local non-profit organization? Nominate your favorite group for consideration between October 21 - 25, 2023. Be sure to include information on any special or unique project the organization needs to fund. Finalists will advance to community voting which will be held online between November 13 - 22. Winning organizations will be announced on December 3 (Giving Tuesday).

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