LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS (April 27, 2010) — Mainland Galveston County residents are invited to help upgrade a Texas classroom by voting for their favorite teacher to receive one of ten $500 grants being given by Sterling Bank.
The grants are intended to assist teachers in purchasing materials to enhance their classrooms and their students’ learning experience.
Votes will need to be cast between Saturday, May 1 through Saturday, May 8 at Sterling’s League City Banking Center at 1720 West FM 646 at the Gulf Freeway.
Children and adults may cast one vote each for any K-12th grade teacher in the public or private schools in Mainland Galveston County. The upGrading Texas Classrooms grant recipients will be announced on May 13 at the Banking Center, which opened in April.
The upGrading Texas Classrooms program is just one of Sterling Bank’s many corporate giving initiatives. Please visit http://www.facebook.com/upgradingtxclassrooms or call 713-507-7759 for more information about the upGrading Texas Classrooms grants.
Sterling Bank has 31 locations in the metropolitan Houston area and 58 in Texas. The 36-year-old independent bank specializes in relationship banking for owner-operated businesses, and delivers a full line of personal banking services, as well. In addition to competitive loan and deposit products, Sterling offers international banking, treasury management services, home equity loans, and investment services, plus a full staff of experienced professional bankers.
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