Provident Bank received the Corporate Excellence Award from the Puerto Rican Association for Human Development (PRAHD) at the organization’s 31st Annual Roberto Clemente Gala that was held on Oct. 20 in Iselin.
Accepting the award on behalf of Provident Bank was Tom Lyons, executive vice president and chief financial officer. Provident Bank and The Provident Bank Foundation have been long-time supporters of PRAHD and have provided grants and financial support to several of PRAHD’s programs.
In addition, Provident Bank employees have volunteered their time to serve on PRAHD’s Board of Directors, Roberto Clemente Gala Committee, and at PRAHD facilities.
PRAHD is a human services agency that serves thousands of New Jersey residents throughout Middlesex, Union and Hudson counties. The organization operates 10 programs across a wide spectrum of unmet human service needs which target education, housing, benefits access, youth development, preventative health, respite home care for the developmentally disabled and senior services.