While I am in town speaking for Bryant Group Companies and Bryant Speaks before the senior leaders at Kaplan University, of course I could not be here and fail to reflect on the good work being done here through Operation HOPE, Miami. Here is a quick snapshot of our local results on the ground here…
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521 people received credit and money management education
1,969 Floridians through our national Mortgage HOPE Crisis hotline received foreclosure prevention counseling and guidance we provided 55 loan modifications
Over 1,500 homeowners in the city of Miami received foreclosure prevention counseling and loan modification services through our Wells Fargo Home Ownership Preservation partnership event at the Miami Convention Center during the month of May 2010
2010 Partnerships:
City of Miami
Miami Dade County Public School System
Wachovia Bank ( a Wells Fargo Company)
South Florida Educational Federal Credit Union
Pettus & Dawkins Financial Firm, LLC
Consolidated Credit Counseling
Jose Marti Riverfront Park
Elizabeth Virrick Park
Shananedoah Park
Legion Memorial Park
Charles Hadley Park
2010 Volunteer Total:
36 Volunteers assisted with the financial literacy programming
2010 Events:
Financial Literacy Challenge –Faith Base Edition
Financial Literacy Challenge—M-DCPS-City of Miami Edition
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Home Ownership Preservation event at the Miami Convention Center
A special thank you to my friend Shelley Freeman, who runs Wells Fargo in the state, for her founding support of our office here, as well as RCAC and the State of Florida Housing Agency, for their support of our Mortgage HOPE Crisis Hotline here.
Let's go…. There is so much more to do.
Onward and with HOPE,
John Hope Bryant is founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE, bestselling author of LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass), and a member of the U.S. President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability for President Barack Obama