Citizens Bank, Rhode Island and NBC 10 announce Champions in Action categories for 2008
Providence, R.I. (September 27, 2007) - Citizens Bank and NBC 10 today announced the categories for the 2008 Champions in Action® program. Affordable Housing, Workforce Development, Youth Programming and Community Health Care are the four areas of focus.
Non-profit organizations which provide the following will be announced in 2008:
• Affordable Housing will be selected and announced in January 2008. The application deadline is Friday, October 19, 2007 at 5 p.m.
• Workforce Development will be selected and announced in April 2008. The application deadline is Friday, January 18, 2008 at 5 p.m.
• Youth Programming will be selected and announced in July 2008. The application deadline is Friday, April 18, 2008 at 5 p.m.
• Community Health Care will be selected and announced in October 2008. The application deadline is Monday, July 18, 2008 at 5 p.m.
Applications may be obtained online at www.citizensbank.com/champions. Completed applications should be sent to: Citizens Bank, Public Affairs Department, Attn: Champions in Action program, One Citizens Plaza, 5th Floor, Providence, RI 02903. All applications must be received by 5 p.m. on the specified deadline day.
Launched in fall of 2002, the Champions in Action program is designed to recognize and support non-profit organizations for their contributions to Rhode Island communities. A new champion is selected each quarter among a range of social service areas.
Each Champion in Action receives:
• A $25,000 contribution in unrestricted funds from the Citizens Bank Foundation;
• Media coverage from NBC 10, including public service announcements and television profiles;
• Volunteer support from Citizens and NBC 10 employees;
• Extensive public relations support;
• Promotional support, highlighting the Champion in Action in all Citizens Bank branches and on its ATMs; and
• Exposure on both Citizens Bank and NBC 10 web sites.
About Citizens Bank
Citizens Bank is a division of RBS Citizens, N.A., operating its seven-state branch network in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. It has 78 branches and 145 ATMs in Rhode Island.
RBS Citizens, N.A. is a subsidiary of Citizens Financial Group, Inc., a $159 billion commercial bank holding company headquartered in Providence, R.I. CFG’s two bank subsidiaries are RBS Citizens, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania. They operate a 13-state branch network under the Citizens Bank brand in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont, and the Charter One brand in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. CFG has non-branch retail and commercial offices in about 40 states. It is one of the 10 largest commercial banking companies in the United States ranked by assets and deposits. CFG is owned by RBS (The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc).
About NBC10
WJAR-TV/DT is the most watched television station in the Providence-New Bedford television market and NBC10 News is Southern New England’s leading news station. WJAR was first launched as a radio station in 1922 and then became the market’s first television station in 1949. WJAR-TV/DT is owned by Media General, Inc.
About Media General
Media General is a multimedia company operating leading newspapers, television stations and online enterprises primarily in the southeastern United States. The company’s publishing assets include three metropolitan newspapers, The Tampa Tribune, Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Winston-Salem Journal; 22 daily community newspapers in Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama and South Carolina; and more than 150 weekly newspapers and other publications. The company’s broadcasting assets include 30 network-affiliated television stations that reach more than 33 percent of the television households in the Southeast and more than 10 percent of those in the United States. The company’s interactive media assets include more than 75 online enterprises that are associated with its newspapers and television stations. Media General also owns a 33 percent interest in SP Newsprint Company, a manufacturer of recycled newsprint.
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