Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 11

108 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 11 DC N J BUILDINGTRUSTWITHQUALITYWORK Delta Construction of New Jersey 35 Sherman Avenue, Suite 2D North Arlington, NJ 07031 201.955.0208 www.deltaofnj.com General Construction Project Management Commercial - Industrial Retail - Institutional 100%Woman Owned Business the original request and had the money made available to the client within days,” reports Lewis, adding that the bank expediated the normal procedures to make the funds available as fast as possible, contributing to the hospital being opened within a week. “It was at a time when the COVID events were really expanding in the state, right when the hospitals were under tremendous pressure. We are really quite proud that that we did our tiny part to help relieve that,” says Kemly. At the same time, the Columbia Bank Foundation granted more than $200,000 to local hospitals for the purchase of PPE, which was a desperate need. Minoska Mateo, Community Development Manager, describes, “At that time, there were no masks or gloves to be found, so our foundation was able to come in and provide this grant so that they could purchase these items. We donated to hospitals throughout the whole state of New Jersey, such as the Newark Beth Israel,