Pasadena headquartered East West Bank announced last week it made a donation of $50,000 to the San Bernardino County Firefighters Association to support the Blue Cut Fire, the flames that have been blazing across the county since August 16.
The East West Bank handles more than $30 billion in assets and has been ranked as one of the top 15 banks in the world by Forbes. It held a check presentation ceremony August 24 at the Phelan branch of the Desert Community Bank, one of it’s divisions.
“The five-year drought has made every brush fire in California potentially destructive to our communities,” said Emily Wang, Director of Marketing and Community Development at East West Bank, to Victor Valley News. She said as members of San Bernardino County, East West is here with its community during difficult times.
“Therefore, upon learning the wide-spreading fire, we immediately contributed to the relief effort to help minimize the damage,” Wang said. “We are grateful to the firefighters who have been on the front line risking their lives to protect the community.”
Mike McClintock, President of the San Bernardino County Firefighters Association and who accepted the check, said he’s thankful for East West Bank’s generosity.
“I cannot thank Desert Community Bank and its parent company East West Bank enough for its generous donation to San Bernardino County Firefighters Association.” McClintock said to Victory Valley News. “San Bernardino County firefighters serve the Tri-Communities and many other communities with pride, and are committed to providing premiere fire services.”
A portion of the donation will go to the Fire Family Foundation to help families of firefighters, fire departments, charities and fire victims.
