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Emergency Ministries receives $20,000 donation from Woodforest Charitable Foundation.

25-April, 2013

Emergency Ministries receives $20,000 donation from Woodforest Charitable Foundation.

Photo Caption:Emergency Ministries recently received a $20,000 donation from the Woodforest Charitable Foundation and Woodforest National Bank. Those in attendance from left to right: Firefighters from Spring Fire Department Station 71: Rocky Langone, Cody Jankowski, Cassie Cockcroft, Jeff Paige and Wade Sykes; Chaplain Paul Tabor, Emergency Ministries; Captain Dustin Creager, Spring Fire Department; Deborah Lawson, Emergency Ministries Supporter; Crystal Prachyl, Merrill Lynch @ Market Street & Secretary of the Board of Directors, Emergency Ministries; Chief Robert Logan, Training with Spring Fire Department & Captain with Houston Fire Department; Skip Straus, CEO & Senior Chaplain, Emergency Ministries; Assistant Chief Scott Seifert, Spring Fire Department, Prime ITS & Board of Directors, Emergency Ministries; David Gottlieb, Board Member, Woodforest Charitable Foundation; Kim Marling, Executive Director & Vice President, Woodforest Charitable Foundation; Charlie Marling, Advisory Director, Woodforest Charitable Foundation; Shelly Lynch, Director of Operations, Woodforest Charitable Foundation and Amy Hegemeyer, Office Manager, Woodforest Charitable Foundation.

Emergency Ministries received a $20,000 donation recently from the Woodforest Charitable Foundation.

Financial gifts from organizations helps Emergency Ministries advance its mission of providing crisis chaplaincy services to first responders,” Skip Straus, founder, chief executive officer and senior chaplain with Emergency Ministries, said in the Emergency Ministries press release that made the announcement Thursday, Sept. 12.

Emergency Ministries provides crisis chaplaincy services to 32 fire, EMS and police agencies in 47 counties in Texas, including Montgomery and Harris counties.

Emergency Ministries is at 26602 Keith St., Spring.

For more information, call 713-510-4911, email em.team@emchap.com or visit www.emergencyministries.org.

Woodforest Charitable Foundation
The Woodforest Charitable Foundation was created by Woodforest National Bank in 2005 as a direct result of its desire to support and invest in the communities in which it serves.  The Foundation is committed to assisting those in need, enriching lives and communities through dedicated leadership and faithful administration by providing funding to qualifying 501(c)(3) charities. For additional information regarding the Woodforest Charitable Foundation, call (832) 375-CARE (2273) or visit the foundation’s website at www.woodforestcharitablefoundation.org.

Woodforest National Bank
Celebrating 32 years of service and ranked among the top earning banks in the United States, the Woodforest family of banks currently has assets of approximately $3.7 billion and services more than 837,000 customers with branches in excess of 760 throughout seventeen states:  Texas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.  For information about Woodforest National Bank, please call 832-375-2000 or visit the bank’s website at www.woodforest.com.