In the Community

In the Community: July 2024 Review

August 19, 2024

Last year, we supported over 420 organizations, and left a lasting positive impact in the regions we served, recording over 6000 hours. It’s our goal to build on our success in 2023, but to do so, we will need to maintain our momentum and increase our presence on the ground in our local communities as we enter the fourth quarter of 2024.  

Our challenge: Since we started tracking our service hours, our highest quarter was Q1 of this year, recording 1870 hours. If we can reach a 2000-hour quarter in Q4, we’ll accomplish two critical tasks. We will have made Team TRB history, but more importantly, we will exceed our total from 2023, and be able to demonstrate that as our bank has grown in 2024, so has our commitment to serving our communities.  

Of all our core values, there’s a reason community is the heart of our mission statement. With each bank we build, we integrate our Team TRB identity into the fabric of each city and town we serve. We make it our responsibility to know the people in our community, and to serve them like we know them. This is how we bank Texas one relationship at a time. We will succeed if our communities succeed. Go Team TRB!

Brent Baldree

July 2024 Review 

Top Volunteers for July 

  1. Blythe Cox – 24.5 hrs. 
  1. Diana Delaunay – 20 hrs. 
  1. Jason Hendrix – 19.5 hrs.  
  1. Jesse Ozuna – 18 hrs. 
  1. Cody Gaines – 16 hrs. 

Team TRB in the Spotlight

Team TRB in the DFW region are modelling our community core value with a large-scale, ongoing service project donating appliances, furniture, home goods, and food to a local fire station. Kathy Boop and team members from the Dallas branch are leading a community-wide effort to serve firefighters and EMS workers at Station #20, just one block from their building. They found a need next door and are impacting their community by serving their neighbor. We look forward to hearing more about this project in the coming months. Go Dallas Team! 

July Recap by Region 

Central

  • Kim Boren attended the 12th Annual Kickin for a Kure organized by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as well as the local Chamber of Commerce 
  • Keri Sandvig participated with a local Project 10.27 partnership, the local Kiwanis Club, Bulverde Activity Center, and the Economic Development Foundation. 
  • David DeStefano volunteered with his local city as well as Cheyanna’s Champions 4 Children. 
  • JR Steward volunteered at the Tandem Arts Festival as well as the local Main Street Advisory Board. 
  • Emily Kirchner and John Wells volunteered at the Fredericksburg Parks Foundation. 
  • Brent Baldree, Lance Spruiell, and Blythe Cox participated in the Greater San Marcos Partnership. 
  • Blythe Cox and Gregory Lick sponsored a mixer for the Real Estate Council of Austin. 
  • Blythe Cox made time to participate with the local Rotary and Booster Clubs, the Crisis Center and Senior Citizens Center of Comal County, while also making community service fun at the Hill Country Craft Beer Festival and a Bobcats and Bubbles event. 
  • With a new banking center opening soon, Blythe Cox, Emily Kirchner, and Belinda Esparza made an effort to introduce Team TRB to the community in a new market with a booth at the Kerrville Business Expo. 

Houston

  • Skip Colvin attended the Montgomery County Professional Networking Group. 
  • Lewis Gissel volunteered at the local Forest Club and FFA Alumni Association. 
  • Clay Wright volunteered at his local chamber as well as an assisted living facility. 
  • Lisa Ta served as an ambassador for her chamber of commerce at a ribbon cutting for a local veterinarian clinic. She also volunteered for a career day presentation and then hosted a lemonade stand with a local elementary school.  

North Texas

  • Michelle Houston participated with the local chamber of commerce at a UNT mixer, Kiwanis Youth Services, Denton Black Film Festival, the Greater Denton Arts Council, and attended the Speedway Emerging Leaders Luncheon. 
  • Kimberly Chambless attended her local chamber, volunteered at Success Champion LLC, and participated in various ribbon cuttings as well as a local women’s luncheon. 
  • Mimi Tran attended her local Rotary Club and volunteered with the Me Squared Cancer Foundation.  

South Texas

  • Diana Delaunay, Maria Idalia Pena, and Norma Weaver-DeOrnellas presented financial success presentations to over 80 young adults at Texas Southmost College-Workforce Division, the Brownsville Housing Authority, and the Gladys Porter Zoo Lunch and Learn series. 
  • Dalinda Guillen served in her local Rotary Club and Economic Development Council, as well as the American Cancer Society, and the Florence J. Scott Women’s Club hosted by the General Women’s Federation. 
  • Jesse Ozuna served at the Hope Family Health Center and the City of McAllen. 
  • Mario Ysaguirre volunteered at the local Rotary Club and a local homeowner’s association. 
  • Fred Garza volunteered the local Rotary Club and the Edinburg Arts Foundation 
  • Jamie Rosas volunteered in various capacities including her local school district, Education Foundation, Boys & Girls Club, and the RGV Partnership. 
  • Robert Donalson served his local Rotary Club and the Lower Rio Grande Valley Nature Center. 
  • Rita Garcia, Brittany Garcia, Diana Ramirez, Marta Rosales, Uriel Aviles, Angela Jimenez, Nayelli Ramirez Lopez, Jose Carapia, Alondra Palacios, Laura Gaitan, Jamie Rosas, and Diana Delaunay all served at the Annual Texas Hunters and Sportsman’s Expo. 

Core Value: Community

We take pride in contributing our time and resources to make our communities a great place to live and work. We are successful when our communities are successful.