Cal Fed Celebrates Women's History Month; Bank Sponsors Special Programming and Awards With Public Television Stations KQED and KCET.Business/Entertainment & Calendar Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 29, 2000 To recognize outstanding leadership by women in the community, California Federal Bank California Federal Bank, often abbreviated to "Cal Fed", was a savings and loan bank in California. It existed from 1926 until 2002, when its parent company Golden State Bancorp was acquired by Citigroup, resulting in the bank being merged into Citibank. is sponsoring Women's History Month Women's History Month is an annual declared month in the United States that highlights contributions of women to events in history. March is declared Women's History Month. The annual event traces its beginnings to the first International Women's Day in 1911. programming on California public broadcasting television stations KQED and KCET KCET Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo (Japan) KCET Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology . The bank is also teaming with the stations to honor "local heroes" at awards presentations in Northern and Southern California. San Francisco's KQED TV9 will broadcast programs throughout March, Women's History Month, dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of women. An event at the KQED Broadcast Center on March 1 will honor Glenda Hope of San Francisco Network Ministries, Olaya Montero from Young Women United for Oakland and Fran Wagstaff of the Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition for their talent, citizenship and community spirit. In Southern California, KCET will air Women's History Month programming throughout March and co-host an award luncheon with Cal Fed on March 14. The luncheon at KCET studios will honor Tessa Carmen De Roy of Urban Resources, Inc., Lillian T. Jeffries of His Sheltering Arms, Inc., Diane Rodriguez from the Latina Theatre Initiative at the Mark Taper Forum The Mark Taper Forum is a small thrust stage with 745 seats at the Los Angeles Music Center built by Welton Beckett and Associates. It has presented innovative plays since 1967. The world premiere of Angels In America was produced here. , Dr. Sakaye Shigekawa, physician, and Agnes Stevens of School on Wheels, Inc. Thirty-second video profiles of these honorees will air in March and April throughout the KCET schedule. This is Cal Fed's second year as sponsor of these events and special programming. California Federal Bank, the second-largest depository institution headquartered in San Francisco and the second-largest savings and loan savings and loan n. a banking and lending institution, chartered either by a state or the Federal government. Savings and loans only make loans secured by real property from deposits, upon which they pay interest slightly higher than that paid by most banks. in the U.S., has approximately $57 billion in assets, 349 branches in California and Nevada, and $24 billion in deposits. The bank is a subsidiary of San Francisco-based Golden State Bancorp (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GSB GSB Graduate School of Business (Stanford) GSB Graduate School of Business (Chicago) GSB Government of the Student Body (Iowa State University, Ames, IA) ). Cal Fed is a full-service community-oriented bank offering consumers and businesses the products and experience to help them achieve their financial goals. For more information on Cal Fed and Golden State, see their web sites at www.calfed.com and www.goldenstatebancorp.com. |
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