Jeremy Biehn, Zions Bank senior risk officer, washes windows during the Zions Bank’s 33rd annual Paint-a-Thon at the James R. Russell Head Start Center, a preschool operated by Utah Community Action, in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 2, 2025. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Tackling projects from Brigham City to Bicknell, more than a thousand Zions Bank volunteers got to work this week as part of Zions’ 33rd annual Paint-a-Thon.
Employees and their families worked on 15 projects across the state Monday and Tuesday, wrapping up Wednesday.
Monday evening, Utah Community Action’s Head Start Center in Salt Lake City was a recipient of a fresh coat of paint.
As many as 75 volunteers, including CEO Paul Burdiss, worked at the James R. Russell Head Start Center, a preschool operated by the nonprofit Utah Community Action. They painted a shed, washed windows, finished off landscaping and did some spring cleaning.
Organizers believe the service projects will directly or indirectly benefit more than 13,000 Utahns and improve nearly 1,000 affordable or supportive housing units in Utah.
Started in 1991, Zions Bank’s Paint-a-Thon began as a volunteer project for a dozen homes along the Wasatch Front. Over three decades, Zions Bank employees have painted 1,316 homes and nonprofit facilities throughout Utah, Idaho and Wyoming.
Deseret News photojournalist Kristin Murphy captured the hard-working volunteers in action on Monday.
Heidi Prokop, Zions Bank interim marketing and communications director, paints a shed during Zions Bank’s 33rd annual Paint-a-Thon at the James R. Russell Head Start Center, a preschool operated by Utah Community Action, in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 2, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Preston Davis, Zions Bank program manager, paints a shed during Zions Bank’s 33rd annual Paint-a-Thon at the James R. Russell Head Start Center, a preschool operated by Utah Community Action, in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 2, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
A Zions Bank employee paints a shed during Zions Bank’s 33rd annual Paint-a-Thon at the James R. Russell Head Start Center, a preschool operated by Utah Community Action, in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 2, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Michael Webb, Zions Bank compliance manger, washes windows during Zions Bank’s 33rd annual Paint-a-Thon at the James R. Russell Head Start Center, a preschool operated by Utah Community Action, in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 2, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Kim Pritchett, Zions Bank wealth management executive assistant, Tin Salas, Zions Bank commercial segment marketing director, and Dinesh Patel, Zions Bank wealth management technology and operations director, help compile packets to inform incoming families about home visits and family activities during Zions Bank’s 33rd annual Paint-a-Thon at the James R. Russell Head Start Center, a preschool operated by Utah Community Action, in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 2, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Craig Bullock, Zions Bank test analyst, compiles packets to inform incoming families about home visits and family activities during Zions Bank’s 33rd annual Paint-a-Thon at the James R. Russell Head Start Center, a preschool operated by Utah Community Action, in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 2, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
A Zions Bank employee compiles packets to inform incoming families about home visits and family activities during Zions Bank’s 33rd annual Paint-a-Thon at the James R. Russell Head Start Center, a preschool operated by Utah Community Action, in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 2, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Lucy Hill, Zions Bank enterprise risk management issue management data analyst, tapes a shed before painting it during Zions Bank’s 33rd annual Paint-a-Thon at the James R. Russell Head Start Center, a preschool operated by Utah Community Action, in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 2, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Paul Burdiss, Zions Bank president and CEO, paints a shed during Zions Bank’s 33rd annual Paint-a-Thon at the James R. Russell Head Start Center, a preschool operated by Utah Community Action, in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 2, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Zions Bank employees paint a shed during Zions Bank’s 33rd annual Paint-a-Thon at the James R. Russell Head Start Center, a preschool operated by Utah Community Action, in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 2, 2025. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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