Yakima Federal Savings & Loan Donates Park to Sunnyside Veterans

Yakima Federal Savings and Loan is pleased to announce the donation of the land known as Veterans Park to American Legion Post 73 of Sunnyside on Veterans Day, Saturday, November 11, 2023.

The park, which is located between the bank’s Sunnyside branch at S. 8th Street and Edison Avenue and Jerry Taylor Veterans Plaza, has long been a common-use park owned by Yakima Federal. The donation officially makes it the property of the Sunnyside Veterans group. The land has been appraised at $108,700.

At the handover ceremony, Leanne Antonio, President and CEO of Yakima Federal Savings and Loan, commented: “With the donation of this land, Yakima Federal is pleased that what has been known as Veterans Park now truly belongs to the Veterans of American Legion Post 73 in Sunnyside.”

“The donation by Yakima Federal Savings & Loan of Veterans Park to Post 73 is a great addition to the Jerry Taylor Veterans Plaza,” remarked Greg Schlieve, Commander of American Legion Post 73. “We will now be able to use a narrow strip of ground alongside the sidewalk to install an Information Booth where visitors can find where a plaque’s been engraved at the Veterans Plaza. With 720 plaques already engraved, we needed a place to set up an Information Booth, and the park will work beautifully for this purpose. We can’t tell you how happy we are to have it. Thank you.”

The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veteran’s organization focusing on service to veterans, service members, and communities. Today, membership stands at nearly 2 million in more than 13,000 posts worldwide.

Yakima Federal Savings and Loan is Washington State chartered Mutual Savings Bank with 130 employees and over 1.9 billion dollars in assets. Yakima Federal serves more than 55,000 customers with products focusing on checking, savings and home loans. Yakima Federal is open to everyone residing in Washington and Oregon and is a member of the FDIC.  Learn more at yakimafed.com.