MBA Presents Pulte Mortgage with Opens Doors Foundation Community Champion Award
BOSTON–The Mortgage Bankers Association honored employees of Pulte Mortgage, Englewood, Colo., with the MBA Opens Doors Foundation Community Champion Award here at the association’s Annual Convention & Expo.
The award recognizes those who have dedicated significant time and effort to advance the foundation’s mission to enable families with a critically ill or injured child to keep their home, even in the face of significant medical bills.
“This award was created in 2013 to recognize an individual who has dedicated significant time and effort to advance the Foundation’s mission,” said MBA President and CEO David Stevens, CMB, who also serves as a member of Opens Doors Foundation’s Board of Directors. “This year the Foundation is honoring a group of individuals–the employees of Pulte Mortgage–whose collective efforts have set a high standard for diverse, creative support of the Opens Doors mission. While their CEO has led the MBA Opens Doors Board of Directors since its inception, the employees of Pulte Mortgage have demonstrated their company-wide commitment to getting everyone involved in the Foundation’s work.”
“I am extremely proud that this award recognizes the employees of Pulte Mortgage,” said Debra Still, CMB, Chairman of the MBA Opens Doors Foundation and President & CEO of Pulte Mortgage. “Our team has made charitable giving part of our culture and has chosen to invest so much personal time, effort, and passion in this cause.
“As one of our team members said: ‘When people go to work, they shouldn’t have to leave their hearts at home. The Opens Doors’ mission–supporting sustainable housing through giving–is unique to our industry, and therefore very meaningful to our Pulte team. We want to be leaders both in business and in ‘heart!'”
Activities at Pulte Mortgage benefiting the Foundation are directed by an employee-staffed committee that oversees a wide variety of corporate events. These fundraisers have generated tens of thousands of dollars for Opens Doors over the past three years.
Employees at Pulte Mortgage have staged more than one dozen events to support the Opens Doors Foundation in the past year alone, including a farmers’ market, a 5K fun run/walk, office games and charitable concerts.
In addition, Pulte Mortgage provides a monthly donation to the Foundation for every loan closed. Pulte Mortgage has made a multi-year donation commitment earning company recognition as an Opens Doors Foundation Guardian.
Members of the Pulte Mortgage Senior Leadership Team accepted the award on behalf of the employees.
Opens Doors currently passes 100 percent of donations it receives to families in need of assistance. Potential recipients of the grants are identified through the Foundation’s ongoing relationship with children’s hospitals in Washington D.C.; Boston; Dallas-Fort Worth; Denver; Houston; and now both northern and southern California.
Opens Doors is a 501(c)(3) organization and all contributions are tax deductible. For more information about the Foundation or to make a donation, visit www.mbaopensdoors.org.
