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. Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., announced in November that the Center for Leadership Development and Horizon House, both in Indianapolis, would receive grants from its signature Neighborhood Builders® program. The bank will give each organization a $200,000 grant over the course of two years to support their work addressing underserved neighborhoods and assisting individuals experiencing homelessness. In addition to the grant money, the program provides comprehensive leadership training for each organization’s executive director and an emerging leader, plus access to a national network of nonprofit peers. (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. BANKING ON COMMUNITY 42 HOOSIERBANKER
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