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The staff at Union Bank’s three SCV branches continue to be actively involved in the Santa Clarita community in a variety of ways.
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Tellers, bankers and members of the management team are heavily involved with Habitat for Humanity’s SCV chapter and regularly volunteer their time toward the Habitat for Heroes Homes for Veterans building project in Santa Clarita, according to Allen Vartanian of Union Bank.
Allen Vartanian of Union Bank
Bank staff are also involved with the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley, conduct fundraising efforts at their branch locations for Junior Achievement and sponsor the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Santa Clarita.
“Our footsteps are pretty large but we try to keep ourselves very involved with the community,” Vartanian said. “The bank, they emphasize all our employees to get out and about in the community and do a lot of activities as far as volunteer hours.”
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Union Bank Vice President and Area Manager Oscar Dominguez, who is a board member of several SCV nonprofits, strives to involve the Union Bank Foundation board in local causes and helped oversee the donation of approximately $80,000 exclusively to SCV nonprofits in 2014.
Last month Vartanian volunteered at an SCV elementary school, teaching kindergarteners, first graders and fourth graders about money. Vartanian also belongs to a local networking group called Santa Clarita Valley Business Group, which is comprised of 70 SCV businesses that regularly have breakfast together.
“It’s wonderful because you meet all the people in the community, the local businesses,” he said. “It’s a wonderful membership to belong to.”
Do you have a news tip? Call us at (661) 298-1220, or drop us a line at community@hometownstation.com.A member of the banking industry for 16 years and a Union Bank employee since 2011, Vartanian emphasized the importance of the relationship between bank employees and the community they serve.
“All the banks are relatively the same as far as offering a product,” he said, “and what sets a bank or a retail apart from another retail is your customer service and what you do for the community and the customers who are walking in and out of your branches every day.”
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