Alliance Bank, Francesville, donated $2,400 to the Mary T. Klinker Veterans Resource Center with money raised from its ongoing Casual for a Cause program in the third quarter of 2024. MTK provides financial assistance, peer support and a veteran-centered approach to healing. Half the donated funds came from bank employees who pay at least $5 a month to wear jeans every Friday. Those funds are then matched by the bank and donated to a different charity each quarter.
Bank employees from Benton County present a $2,400 donation to the Mary T. Klinker Veterans Resource Center at their new facility in Boswell in October 2024. (from left) Bankers Nikki Harman and Kristy Reed; Christina Loveless, Mary T. Klinker executive director; and bankers Zo Olivo and Rhonda Hull.
(from left) Mia Black and Dennis Bland, Center for Leadership Development; Geordan Coleman, Thomas Sheehan and Andy Crask, Bank of America; Teresa Wessel and Lillian Herbers-Kelly, Horizon House.
Community First Bank of Indiana, Kokomo, continued its annual tradition of closing its doors to customers on Veterans Day in favor of performing acts of service to veterans in the communities of its footprint. In 2024, bankers raked leaves, washed windows and cleaned gutters at the homes of 28 veterans. They also served a hot “thank-you” lunch in both Howard and Hamilton counties, funded by the bank’s Casual for a Cause employee-funded program.
Farmers State Bank, LaGrange, donated more than $100,000 across every school in its footprint last year in support of their fine arts programs. The initiative spawned from a meeting between bank leadership and representatives from one of its local school corporations, where school leaders mentioned the challenges many schools in the area faced when it came to their arts programs.
(from left) Mark Cowen, FSB executive vice president, chief business development officer; Renea Boots, FSB executive vice president, chief administration officer; Joe Urbanski, FSB president and CEO; and Stacy Merrifield, FSB executive vice president and CFO.
First Bank Richmond donated $94,000 to local organizations in the third quarter of 2024. The bank gave $85,000 to its local Boys and Girls Club to support operations costs; $5,000 to Cardinal Greenway for its BikeTOURberfest annual biking fundraiser; $2,500 to Centerville Dollars for Scholars for its golf tournament, which raises money for scholarships; and $1,500 to Birth to Five for its Dancing with the Stars fundraiser.
First Federal Savings Bank, Evansville, partnered with Gibco Motor Express LLC for a community-driven hurricane relief effort. Community donations filled seven 18-wheeler trucks with essential items ranging from nonperishable food to clothing and hygiene products. Those donations were delivered by Gibco drivers to relief organizations actively working in hurricane-affected areas. Monetary donations were also accepted, totaling $715, which was distributed to Newsong Church in North Carolina.
