A Shelter From Life's Storms - Seite 2

"Support from Regions Bank and the Regions Foundation is important because, ultimately, we're all in this together as a community," said Goodwin. "We've worked to build our value proposition at Our House by focusing on what we do best as an organization. Regions Bank and the Regions Foundation care about the community and want to make an impact. There are a lot of deep connections here that mean a lot to us."

Regions Bank and the Regions Foundation care about the community and want to make an impact. There are a lot of deep connections here that mean a lot to us.

Those connections also mean a lot to Regions Bank Commercial Banking leader and Little Rock market executive Rodney Abston, who's seen how the organization's work has lifted the community.

"Our House has bridged the divide between homelessness and homeownership in Greater Little Rock for more than 35 years," said Abston. "The team offers care in many forms and extends a helping hand to their clients facing crisis moments, so it was natural they extended that same care and helping hand to our larger community impacted by the storm."

While Our House's immediate tornado response resembled the usual measures of checking on personal safety and assessing physical damage, it marked only the beginning of their efforts to help their Little Rock neighbors get back on their feet.

"It's our team's job to help our clients navigate resources, so we quickly took on the mantle for the larger community by serving as the go-to resource for sharing what support was available," said Goodwin. "We had our hotline people could call, but we took it a step further with a web-based portal allowing them to learn what support was available such as access to food pantries, clothing, financial assistance, even the schedule when trucks would come by to pick up tree branches from their yard."

And the support didn't end there. Several Our House staff members, some personally impacted by the tornado themselves, stepped up to do even more.

"One of our team members went out and bought a chainsaw to help cut tree limbs," said Goodwin. "Another joined someone for breakfast each day to check in and offer emotional support. There's a bunch of stories like that of people banding together, working long hours to do what needed to be done."