Giving for Good: Carbondale Businesses Team Up to Support Stepping Stones Giving For Good succeeded in its second year in Carbondale, Colo. During October, FirstBank and two Carbondale eateries, Carbondale Creamery and Café and Dos Gringos Burritos, collaborated to raise funds for local Roaring Fork Valley nonprofit, Stepping Stones. For each croissant/latte purchased from the Creamery and burrito purchased from Dos Gringos, FirstBank donated $5 to Stepping Stones. We are… Read More
Highlighting National Black Business Month In honor of Black Business Month, we’re looking at a multitude of options for support Black-owned businesses this month and beyond. … Read More
FirstBank Supports Local Hispanic Owned Businesses: Fiesta Friday In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month, FirstBank is partnering with local, Hispanic-owned businesses to provide free food and treats to customers every Friday in September.* When you order from any of the following restaurants, located in your area, be sure to mention FirstBank’s Fiesta Friday promotion to receive the free giveaway. Freebies range from free… Read More
FirstBank Apoya a Empresas Hispanas Locales: Viernes de Fiesta En reconocimiento del Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana, FirstBank se asocia con empresas locales cuyos propietarios son hispanos para ofrecer alimentos y antojitos gratuitos a los clientes todos los viernes de septiembre*. Cuando haga su pedido en cualquiera de los siguientes restaurantes, ubicados en su área, asegúrese de mencionar la promoción de Fiesta Friday… Read More
6 Ways FirstBank is Fighting the Aftermath of COVID-19 From shortages of protective equipment to businesses shuttering, the fallout from COVID has left deep scars for millions of individuals. The silver lining is many companies and organizations around the globe have forged together to help fight everything from economic woes to healthcare crises brought on by COVID-19. Here’s some of the ways FirstBank is… Read More
Spreading Hope One Sign at a Time Buzz Busby remembers crying the day he read it. A newspaper headline announcing that the suicide rate in Eagle County had dropped by 30 percent, and just below the headline was a photo of a familiar sign. It read “Don’t give up.” Buzz, a FirstBank teller in Avon, has spent over a year placing similar… Read More
Be a Good Neighbor While Social Distancing As everyone adjusts to a new normal it’s important to keep in mind that social distancing measures aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19 have also limited interactions with friends, family members and the community at large. In fact, as many as one in four Americans have been under “shelter-in-place” orders in recent months. But… Read More
FirstBank Helps Make4Covid Get More PPE to Hospital Workers The COVID-19 crisis has drastically increased demand for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at unsustainable rates, leaving many healthcare workers — who rely on it to protect their patients and themselves from illness – vulnerable. Scrambling to find ways to help frontline workers, the stars finally aligned when Kate Goodman, co-founder of Make4Covid, walked into a… Read More
Businesses Fighting Back in the Face of the COVID Health Crisis In the spirit of ‘banking for good’, individuals, groups, companies and organizations around the nation have come together to do their part. Whether it’s financial support, donations, or using their resources to help industries in need, these uplifting movements will get us through recent hardships. And ultimately, will make us all stronger in the end.… Read More
FirstBank “Gives it Forward” to Arizona Pet Owners In early March, two FirstBank officers went undercover as “veterinary technicians in training” at VCA Elliot Park Animal Hospital in Tempe, Ariz. Aside from flexing their ability to excel as pet care experts, the FirstBankers were able to surprise VCA’s customers by paying their bills. By the end of the day we were able to… Read More