EBA Gives Back

EBA Gives Back Activity: Nashville

The EBA Gives Back Committee invites you to join us in Nashville, during the Annual Conference for an exciting EBA Gives Back activity for all attendees!

WHEN: Monday, February 3, 2025, 3 to 5 PM central time

WHERE: Loews Vanderbilt Hotel

ABOUT THE ACTIVITY: Get to know your fellow EBA members in this networking and team building activity, which is sure to bring lots of laughs and fun. You will form teams and participate in silly relay races for bragging rights and potential prizes.

PARTICIPATION: There is a minimum $25 donation per member to participate. Separate sign-up is required.

All participation proceeds will benefit Adaptive Wilderness Within Reach (AWWR)

SIGN UP BY CLICKING HERE

National Charities We Are Supporting:

To learn more and donate directly, click on the links below:

Adaptive Wilderness Within Reach (AWWR)

A mission to make wild places more accessible for people with physical disabilities. LEARN MORE ABOUT AWWR

National Girls Collaborative Project

Encouraging girls to pursue careers in STEM. DONATE HERE

We invite EBA Members to join our EBA Gives Back Committee.

Our Vision:

Enhance visibility and awareness of environmental risk management's global role in promoting environmentally sound lending and fiduciary activities, sustainable development, and new concepts of social responsibility for the financial services industry.

EBA Gives Back Pillars:

Community outreach
Education / Scholarships
Environmental Justice / Social Responsibility
Stewardship/Sustainability

EBA Gives Back History:

The first EBA Gives Back event occurred in June of 2008 in Utah. The event was a monetary collection to do Trout Stream Restoration, where Orvis matched dollar for dollar the money EBA collected. We credit the concept of “EBA Gives Back” to John Rybak of BB&T. John came up with the idea while watching American Idol Gives Back and thought “why didn’t he give back.” Thus the seed was planted. John asked a few EBA members of their thoughts on the idea and from there it gained energy and a following. EBA members aligned in partnership to bring the activities to fruition, without a business purpose in mind, but rather a common good to help give back to the communities we visit for our EBA conferences. EBA Gives Back events have consisted of serving at homeless shelters, conducting beach restoration, rebuilding injured wildlife habitats, making blankets for homeless, and/or packing care packages at the Ronald McDonald House.

In-person EBA Conferences focus on local charitable organizations within our host city. Recent and Upcoming EBA Gives Back Activities are:

July 2023 – St. Louis, MO: Providing stuffed backpacks for 250 under-served children in the St. Louis area for SLACO.
- SLACO Backpack Activity Photos
June 2022 – Charlotte, NC: Food preparation and serving lunch to residents of the Charlotte Rescue Mission. EBA Gives Back Sponsor: ERI, Inc. (Bill McGuinness, Coordinator)
January 2020 – Phoenix, AZ: Food preparation for those served by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. EBA Gives Back Sponsor: EBI Consulting (Hannah Brassard, Coordinator)
June 2019 - Philadelphia, PA: Doing cleanup, gardening, and other activities at Bartram’s Garden EBA Gives Back Sponsor: EBI Consulting (Hannah Brassard, Coordinator)
January 2019 - New Orleans, LA: Planting citronella plants at a community garden for Camp Restore. EBA Gives Back Sponsor: EBI Consulting (Hannah Brassard, Coordinator)
June 2018 – Minneapolis, MN: Planting perennials at the butterfly and hummingbird gardens at Lyndale Park Gardens, adjacent to Lake Harriet. EBA Gives Back Sponsor: Partner Engineering and Science (Kathryn Peacock, Coordinator)
January 2018 – Newport Beach, CA: Newport Bay area Shoreline Cleanup near the Back Bay Science Center. EBA Gives Back Sponsor: Partner Engineering and Science (Kathryn Peacock, Coordinator)
June 2017 – Providence, RI: Sabin Point Shoreline Cleanup with Save The Bay (Narragansett Bay cleanup). EBA Gives Back Sponsor: GZA Environmental (Chris Blackburn & Guy Dalton, Coordinators)
January 2017 – Tampa, FL: The Ronald McDonald House & The Trinity Café (meal preparation, care package assembly, cleaning, serving and smiling). EBA Gives Back Sponsor: EAC – Environmental Assessments & Consulting (Michael Bender, Coordinator)
June 2016 – Fort Worth, TX: The Fort Worth Botanic Gardens (flower planting) EBA Gives Back Sponsor – ATC Group Services (Dale Allison, Coordinator)
January 2016 – Long Beach, CA: Algalita Marine Research and Education Center (ocean plastics pollution research) EBA Gives Back Sponsor: Fulcrum Resources (Don Kellar, Coordinator)