NBK Shines
We complain about our banks and we write about all the goofs and stupid policies, so it is only fair, when a bank does something right, to share that side of the story, too.
I was invited yesterday to the Mother’s Day celebration benefitting Operation Hope and the Animal Friends League. I used to do fundraising, so I am always interested in just how much of the ticket price will actually benefit the charity.
It was a glorious event, from start to finish. More than 160 gathered to celebrate Motherhood and to support Operation Hope and Animal Friends. During the meal, hostess Sheryl Mairza from Operation Hope announced that because NBK had stepped up to the plate and covered the cost of the breakfast, the entire cost of every ticket would go to benefit the two charities.
WAY TO GO! It is every fundraiser’s dream to find generous corporate sponsors, so that not a penny is wasted and every – oops – fils can go toward the intended charity. Bravo,NBK! I don’t know if banks get tax incentives in Kuwait, as they do in the US. In the US, we know that most major corporations have designated charitable funds and it is our job to encourage them to donate those funds our way. It is by far more difficult to get corporate sponsorship in a country where there may not be such significant tax benefits. Again, Bravo NBK. Thank you for sponsoring Operation Hope and Animal Friends, and for covering the cost of the breakfasts.
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..and that’s another reason NBK is my fav bank 🙂
“I don’t know if banks get tax incentives in Kuwait”. I’m no expert in this area but i once had a group of students from KFH and they told me that companies DO have to pay taxes but this tax is usually some kind of ‘obligatroy’ charity work. Of course another KFH group disagreed.
Either way, I think it’s great what NBK did. Way a go my fav bank 🙂
We always get great service at our NBK branch, even though they think it is hilarious that my husband wanted a joint account with me. “Why??” they kept asking? Totally hilarious!