SouthStar supports community servicemortgagepress.comHOPE worldwide-Georgia, community programs, employee participation
SouthStar Funding's focus on personal service goes beyond the
wholesale lender's customers to include non-profit and volunteer
organizations throughout the Atlanta community. To promote service
in the communities where it operates, SouthStar Funding grants each
employee one paid day per year to volunteer. Many of the staff
located in the Atlanta headquarters participates in a program with
HOPE worldwide-Georgia, an organization that promotes the
healthy development of children and families residing in at-risk
communities.
SouthStar Funding began working with HOPE
worldwide-Georgia in 2003. The company hosts
underprivileged children at its headquarters for several hours on
certain days when schools are closed. SouthStar Funding employees,
including the president, use some of their volunteer hours to
participate in tutoring sessions and games with the children.
"SouthStar Funding's commitment to our organization has had a
tremendous impact on the lives of these children," said Ray
Humphrey, executive director of HOPE worldwide-Georgia.
"The volunteers bring joy and encouragement to many who rarely
receive much of either. We are very grateful for the generous
support that SouthStar Funding has given us over the last several
years."
SouthStar Funding volunteers participate in several community
programs, including the Make a Wish Foundation, Cigna Sports
Challenge, AIDS Walk Atlanta, Atlanta Humane Society Pet Parade and
the Mortgage Bankers Association of Georgia's Lend a Hand
event.
"Since opening our doors in 1998, SouthStar Funding's focus has
remained on personal service, and that has always extended into the
local community," said Kirk Smith, president. "Even as we've grown
into a much larger company, we've made sure that our community
involvement remained. Enabling our employees to volunteer is great
for them, for us and for the people they serve. HOPE
worldwide-Georgia is particularly special because of the
obvious impact we have on these children."
For more information, visit www.southstar.com.
