Opening Doors to a New School Year
Regions teams help students, teachers and families gear up for an exciting year of learning. NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / September 12, 2025 / By Candace Higginbotham Back-to-school season is more than a circled date on the calendar. In …
Regions teams help students, teachers and families gear up for an exciting year of learning.
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / September 12, 2025 / By Candace Higginbotham
Back-to-school season is more than a circled date on the calendar. In August and September there's a new energy and excitement in our neighborhoods as communities gather to celebrate students, teachers and families. For many of us, it brings back memories of seeing old friends and making new ones, having fun new school supplies and being eager to learn.
Education is an important part of Regions' community engagement strategy, and bank associates understand back to school can also be a difficult time for many families. So, each fall, teams across the bank's footprint eagerly take part in volunteer activities to help students have a strong, fresh start to another successful year.
I'm proud that our teams engage in this tradition of volunteerism each year that helps prepare students in our communities for the exciting year ahead.
Leroy Abrahams, head of Community Engagement at Regions.
Regions' back-to-school efforts are not limited to K-12 students. Associates also support back-to-campus activities for college and university students, offering financial education, career guidance and doing some heavy lifting on move-in day.
"It's important that students get off on the right foot at the start of the school year, to ensure academic success," said Leroy Abrahams, head of Community Engagement at Regions. "I'm proud that our teams engage in this tradition of volunteerism each year that helps prepare students in our communities for the exciting year ahead."
Here are some highlights from back-to-school events across the bank's footprint:
Florida
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What better way to make a fresh start to the school year than with a fresh car wash? Tampa Bay area Regions associates teamed up with United Way Suncoast, Academy Prep Center of Tampa and Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg to treat teachers and staff to a fun surprise - a back-to-school car wash.
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"The Leadership Circle for the Orlando/Space Coast market had a great idea for a fun and meaningful back-to-school volunteer activity that everyone could participate in," said Community Engagement Officer Stephen Ponzillo. "And it was a huge success!" The market team collaborated with five area schools to share appreciation with hand-written thank-you notes for teachers and staff as they head back to campus to start the new academic year. A whopping 125 Regions associates participated.

