Price Home Gets Makeover During Zions Bank Paint-A-Thon

Zions Bank celebrates 27^th anniversary of annual service project

Press Release

Senior citizens and disabled residents who face challenges maintaining their homes are getting a helping hand from Zions Bank’s 27^th  annual Paint-A-Thon service project.
The Price home of Joe Olsen, 53, will receive a makeover from local Zions Bank employees who are “brushing up” on community service to help low-income elderly, disabled and veteran homeowners.

Olsen has lived in his home for more than 15 years, and has recently been battling pancreatic cancer. He is a kind man and well known in the community.

Throughout the service project that took place across the state through June 16, more than 3,000 Zions Bank employees and their families are volunteering to clean, scrape and paint 44 homes in Idaho and Utah.

The average age of this year’s homeowner is 71 with an average monthly income of $1,700. Projects completed during the annual week-long event were selected with the assistance of nominations from the public, state housing agencies, community organizations and local churches.

Zions Bank is committed to helping senior citizens remain in their homes as long as possible, maintaining their independence, dignity and health. Nearly 90 percent of people over age 65 want to stay in their home for as long as possible, and 80 percent believe their current residence is where they will always live, according to the AARP Public Policy Institute.

“Every year, we enjoy rolling up our sleeves and helping our neighbors in need, like Joe, spruce up their homes and yards,” said Zions Bank Assistant Vice President and Paint-A-Thon team captain Carmen Humphrey. “Not only is the project rewarding for both our employee volunteers and for our homeowners, but it aligns with Zions Bank’s mission to create value in our communities.”

In addition to painting, Zions employees provide yard clean-up, pruning, mowing, planting and minor repairs as needed by homeowners. The cost for all paint and supplies is contributed by Zions Bank.

Launched in 1991, Zions Bank’s Paint-A-Thon began as a volunteer project for a dozen homes along Utah’s Wasatch Front. Over the past 27 years, Zions Bank employees have put aside summer pastimes for a week each year — volunteering in the evenings after work and on Saturday — to paint more than 1,090 homes throughout Idaho and Utah. Not counting the dollar value of volunteer hours through the years, the bank has donated more than $1 million toward beautifying homes in the two states.
Zions Bank, a division of ZB, N.A., is Utah’s oldest financial institution and is the only local bank with a statewide distribution of financial centers, operating 100 full-service centers. Zions Bank also operates 25 full-service financial centers in Idaho and Wyoming. In addition to offering a wide range of traditional banking services, Zions Bank is also a leader in small business lending and has ranked as the No. 1 lender of U.S. Small Business Administration 7(a) loans in Utah for the past 22 consecutive years. Founded in 1873, Zions Bank has been serving the communities of Utah for more than 140 years. Additional information is available at www.zionsbank.com.