UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION
AWARDS $40,000 GRANT TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 12, 2007

CONTACT: Julie Harris • 415.972.1294 • jharris@cccyo.org

San Francisco, CA ­ The Union Bank of California Foundation announced today a grant in the amount of $40,000 to Catholic Charities CYO to provide affordable housing, promote economic development and enhance educational outcomes for San Francisco residents. The check was officially presented at Catholic Charities CYO’s Mission Day Care program, one of the projects supported by the grant.

Chair of the foundation’s contributions committee and Senior Vice President for Union Bank’s Corporate Deposit Services Jack Knight noted, “Union Bank’s foundation is fulfilling its mission to help create and sustain healthy communities through partnerships like the one we’re making today with Catholic Charities CYO. This is an investment in our neighbors and our neighborhoods and the return is simply phenomenal.”

Grant funds will provide affordable housing to people living with HIV/AIDS, legal services to immigrant victims of domestic violence and violent crimes, and licensed educational childcare for families in San Francisco’s Mission and SOMA neighborhoods. Catholic Charities CYO provides these and other human services through 33 programs in San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties.

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[TOP]Mission Day Care children gathered with George Simmons, CCCYO Director of Assisted Housing & Health Programs, Christopher Martinez, CCCYO Director of Refugee & Immigrant Services, Jack Knight, Senior Vice President for Union Bank’s Corporate Deposit Services, Liliana Rossi, CCCYO Director of Mission Day Care, Jason Trimiew, CCCYO Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations
[BOTTOM]Christopher Martinez, CCCYO Director of Refugee & Immigrant Services, Jack Knight, Senior Vice President for Union Bank’s Corporate Deposit Services, Liliana Rossi, CCCYO Director of Mission Day Care George Simmons, CCCYO Director of Assisted Housing & Health Programs

Catholic Charities CYO is one of the largest non-profit providers of social services in the Bay Area. Our mission is to serve and advocate for the poor, the sick, the distressed, children, youth, families, immigrants and seniors, regardless of their faith. All money contributed to Catholic Charities CYO directly supports our programs in San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo Counties.

Founded in 1907 to care for the orphans of the San Francisco earthquake, Catholic Charities is an agency of the San Francisco Archdiocese, yet operates as an independent non-profit organization, and does not in any way contribute to or receive funds from the church.