Webster Bank Sponsors Community Shredding Party

May 26, 2016

NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 26, 2016 – Webster Bank has been living up to its customers and communities for 80 years – helping organizations, businesses, and consumers reach their financial goals.  On Saturday, June 4, Webster will sponsor the Theta Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated's Community Shredding Party to promote environmental sustainability by encouraging recycling, litter prevention, and waste management.

 

The community is invited to bring old receipts, records, taxes, letters, etc., to be shredded.  Safely destroying and disposing of personal documents helps protect individuals from financial fraud.

 

Who:    Webster Bank

             Theta Epsilon Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

             Greater New Haven Branch of the NAACP

 Inextricably Bound (Community Development Corp. of Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church)

             Shred-it

 

What:    Community Shredding Party

 

Where: Southern Connecticut State University

              Moore Field House Parking Lot

             125 Wintergreen Avenue, New Haven, Conn.

 

When:  Saturday, June 4

             10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

 

Jeff Klaus, regional president at Webster, and Jordan Arovas, senior vice president, manager, specialty business banking, will be promoting this event on WYBC.com, on Wednesday, June 1 at 10 a.m.

 

Webster Bank is a leading regional bank serving businesses and consumers in the northeast and is celebrating its 80th Anniversary.  Webster commits $4 million each year to the communities it serves through corporate donations, lines of businesses, philanthropic, and affinity sponsorship giving.  Webster bankers volunteer 125,000 hours each year to organizations where they live and work.

                                               

 

About Webster

Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, National Association. With $24.9 billion in assets, Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, financial planning, trust, and investment services through 180 banking centers and 352 ATMs. Webster also provides telephone banking, mobile banking, and Internet banking. Webster Bank owns the asset-based lending firm Webster Business Credit Corporation; the equipment finance firm Webster Capital Finance Corporation; and HSA Bank, a division of Webster Bank, which provides health savings account trustee and administrative services. Webster Bank is a member of the FDIC and an equal housing lender. For more information about Webster, including past press releases and the latest annual report, visit the Webster website at www.websterbank.com.

 

 

Media Contact:                                                                                                                                        

Sarah Barr, 203-578-2287

sbarr@websterbank.com