loanDepot Celebrates Third Season as Presenting Sponsor of Major League Baseball’s ALCS and NLCS and Scores Big for Habitat for Humanity
17 October 2023 - 6:54AM
Business Wire
Partnership with Habitat helps families build
and improve places to call home
“Ballpark Bingo: A Celebration of Firsts” grand
prize winner Drue Hilligoss of Fisher, Ill. threw a ceremonial
first pitch at ALCS opener in Houston and repeats tonight at NLCS
matchup in Philadelphia
As Postseason baseball takes center stage, loanDepot is back for
its third year as the Presenting Sponsor of Major League Baseball's
American League Championship Series (ALCS) and National League
Championship Series (NLCS), hitting it out of the park once again
for families across America. The company announced its season-long
contributions to Habitat for Humanity, complementing its “Ballpark
Bingo: A Celebration of Firsts” campaign, have been finalized and
are set to support the building and repairing of affordable homes
for families across the country.
“loanDepot’s partnership with MLB allows us to engage with
millions of fans in communities across the country in an
interactive way, celebrating ‘firsts’ in baseball and
homeownership,” said loanDepot President and CEO Frank Martell. “At
a time when we’re facing an unprecedented housing affordability
crisis, impacting the same fans and communities, especially the
diverse communities of first-time homebuyers, our partnership with
Habitat is making a genuine impact by creating more homes for
families across America.”
As the Official Mortgage Provider of MLB, loanDepot's Ballpark
Bingo campaign captivated fans throughout the 2023 regular season
with an interactive sweepstakes. Fans participated by stamping
their digital bingo cards as major “first” milestones unfolded on
the baseball diamond, such as the first player to hit 10 home runs
and the first team to land a triple play.
Drue Hilligoss from Fisher, Ill., won the Ballpark Bingo grand
prize, a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Game One of both the ALCS and
NLCS, where last night, he enjoyed the incredible experience of
throwing out the ceremonial first pitch in Houston during the
American League matchup. He'll step up to the mound again tonight
before Arizona takes on Philadelphia in the NLCS opener.
Speaking to the first-of-its-kind experience, Hilligoss shared,
“My wife and I love baseball, and our goal is to visit different
stadiums. Thank you so much to loanDepot! This is a
once-in-a-lifetime dream, going to two playoff games back-to-back,
in two different cities across the country. And, throwing out the
first pitch is icing on the cherry on the sundae!”
As a purpose-driven lender committed to helping Americans
realize their financial and homeownership goals, loanDepot
partnered with Habitat for Humanity on its mission to help families
build and improve places to call home. As fans stamped their bingo
cards, significant milestones throughout the season – including the
first clinched ALCS and NLCS berths – unlocked donations from
loanDepot. These funds will now contribute to new construction and
home repair in the community, which will help low-income households
establish the foundational stability that comes with access to safe
and affordable homeownership.
“Habitat is proud to partner with loanDepot and baseball fans to
leverage milestones throughout this season,” said Tolli Love, chief
development officer at Habitat for Humanity International. “The
support generated from this promotion will help Habitat build and
repair more affordable homes. We’re grateful to loanDepot for their
committed partnership and support of our vision of a world where
everyone has a decent place to live.”
As part of the partnership, loanDepot employees and executives,
including Martell, have also been rolling up their sleeves,
volunteering to build Habitat homes across the country.
About loanDepot
loanDepot (NYSE: LDI; NMLS # 174457) is an equal housing lender
and digital commerce company committed to serving its customers
throughout the homeownership journey. Since its launch in 2010,
loanDepot has revolutionized the mortgage industry with a
digital-first approach that makes it easier, faster and less
stressful to purchase or refinance a home. Today, as one of the
nation's largest non-bank retail mortgage lenders, loanDepot
enables customers to achieve the American dream of homeownership
through a broad suite of lending and real estate services that
simplify one of life's most complex transactions. With headquarters
in Southern California and offices nationwide, loanDepot is
committed to serving the communities in which its team lives and
works through a variety of local, regional and national
philanthropic efforts.
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Jonathan Fine VP, Public Relations (781) 248-3963
jfine@loandepot.com
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