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Bank Donates $1 Million To Wildfire Recovery

POSTED: 11:57 am PDT October 31, 2007
UPDATED: 12:20 pm PDT October 31, 2007

Pacific Western Bank announced Wednesday a $1 million donation for wildfire recovery efforts in San Diego County, with $100,000 of the gift to benefit the families of firefighters and police.

The money will be administered through a fund established with the San Diego Foundation, a local nonprofit charitable organization, according to San Diego-based Pacific Western Bank, a subsidiary of First Community Bancorp.

Also Wednesday, California Bank & Trust announced a donation to help victims of the wildfires in San Diego County.

The San Diego-based bank is donating $100,000 to the United Way of San Diego County and an additional $50,000 for local relief efforts.

California Bank & Trust will also be accepting donations for the United Way at its 90 branch offices statewide, officials said.

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