Meet OceanFirst’s WaveMaker of the Month – Antoinetta Provenzano

March 14, 2024

We’re pleased to highlight our OceanFirst Bank colleagues who are making a difference with the Foundation’s nonprofit partners – we call them the “WaveMakers” and they’re extraordinary leaders and volunteers.

How long have you been a member of the OceanFirst Bank team? What role do you play on the Bank Team?

13 YEARS.  Branch Engagement Banker/Personal Banker.

What has been your favorite volunteer activity – and why?  

1. Salvation Army Breakfast With Santa – I LOVE that this event provides gifts for children who would otherwise go without anything under the tree. To see their faces when they receive the gift that they asked for from Santa is priceless and fills my heart.  2. Nami and AFSP, Out Of The Darkness Walk, I walk for my loved one and alongside hundreds of others, to support and find understanding in a community of others affected by suicide.

What has volunteering taught you? 

Gaining a sense of purpose and always stay humble.

If you had to eat one meal every day for the rest of your life, what would it be? 

My mom’s rice lasagna.

If you could pick a superpower, what would it be? 

Healing powers.

Who would play you in a movie about your life? 

Leah Remini.

If you could turn into an animal, what would it be? 

A dog.

What Disney character are you most alike? 

Bo Peep.

How would you spend a million dollars? 

Re-open Kessler Hospital in Hammonton, make it a homeless shelter where homeless men, women and children would never be denied a clean bed, food, clothing, toiletries, supply resources for the wellbeing of their mental health, and assisting them with getting back on their feet. Gifting my 4 nephews and 2 nieces. Pay off one of my dearest friend’s medical bills. Invest, if there is anything left!

 

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