October 15, 1999
Union Bank of California Celebrates San Ysidro Branch
Opening
San Ysidro — Union Bank of
California, N.A. (UBOC), recently celebrated the opening of its
first branch in San Ysidro with a casual grand opening and a separate,
more formal reception and ribbon cutting.
(L to R) San Ysidro Honorary Mayor Doug Perry and Ron Kendrick,
Executive vice President/Area Executive for Union Bank of California
cut a ribbon of real money held by Berenice Barahona, Vice President/Manager,
Union Bank of California San Ysidro Branch and Marla Blom, Senior
Vice President/Division Manager at the grand opening of the San
Ysidro Branch of Union Bank.
At the ribbon cutting, UBOC marked its commitment to the San
Ysidro community by donating $10,000 to Casa Familiar, a non-profit
community organization created to help families. The bank also
donated more than $300 worth of children's books, a check for
$250 and a ribbon of real money totaling $100 to the San Ysidro
Library. The ribbon of money donated was the same one cut at the
evening's event by San Ysidro Honorary Mayor Doug Perry and Ron
Kendrick, Executive Vice President/Area Executive for UBOC.
The public grand opening event attracted more than 200 people
who celebrated with food, mariachis, games, and XEWT's characters
Tebeo and Lucas the clown.
The new branch is a full-service bank with all bilingual and
bicultural staff members. It is located at 424 W. San Ysidro Blvd.
and is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. To contact the branch, please call (619)
662-4935.
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