16 Hoosier Banker January 2015 Continued from page 15. ees. The bank supported the Unite and Fight Walk, which is sponsored by the Cancer Resource Centre of the local hospital. From the amount of pledges solicited by 41 walkers, along with the proceeds from employee donations and internal fundraising efforts, Community First was able to raise $6,954.08 for the cause. The bank contributed an additional $1,000 as an event sponsor for a total contribution of $7,954.08. The Cancer Resource Centre recognized Peoples Bank as the 2014 Top Fundraising Team. Spencer County Bank, Santa Claus, held “Dollars for Denim” each Friday, beginning after Thanksgiving until Christmas, through which employees could participate by wearing jeans for a minimum weekly donation. The donations are used to help an area family or are donated to a community organization. STAR Bank, Fort Wayne, began the tradition of STAR Service Day in 2011. Each Columbus Day, the bank offices close, and all 600+ employees arrive at organizations around Indiana for a day of serving the communities. Food is sorted at local community food banks, Boys and Girls Clubs are painted, debris is cleaned from river banks at local parks, and bank employees are out lending a hand in multiple other ways. In 2014, 30 organizations across the state received volunteer help. Your Community Bank, New Albany, participated in Junior Achievement job shadowing. High school students were brought on site at the bank’s main office for the day. The bank held presentations by departments, e.g. security, retail, loan and deposit operations, etc., explaining what their individual departments do. In addition the students learned the fundamentals of saving, borrowing and credit. Survey Participants IBA thanks the following member institutions which participated in the 2014 survey: 1st Source Bank, South Bend Ameriana Bank, New Castle Bank of Wolcott Bath State Bank Community First Bank of Indiana, Kokomo DeMotte State Bank The Farmers Bank, Frankfort Farmers State Bank, LaGrange First Federal Savings Bank, Evansville First Federal Savings Bank, Huntington First Harrison Bank, Corydon First Merchants Bank, NA, Muncie First State Bank of Middlebury Fowler State Bank The Friendship State Bank Garrett State Bank iAB Financial Bank, Fort Wayne Lake City Bank, Warsaw Logansport Savings Bank MainSource Financial Group, Greensburg Mutual Savings Bank, Franklin MutualBank, Muncie Old National Bancorp, Evansville Ossian State Bank Our Community Bank, Spencer Peoples Bank, Munster River Valley Financial Bank, Madison Spencer County Bank, Santa Claus Springs Valley Bank & Trust, French Lick STAR Bank, Fort Wayne Your Community Bank, New Albany t STAR Bank, Fort Wayne Peoples Bank, Munster Merlin J. Knauss, 86, retired senior vice president and chief lending officer from Industrial Trust and Savings Bank, Muncie, died Dec. 24, 2014. He spent 41 years in banking, beginning at State Bank of Faribault, Minnesota, and later joining the Olmsted County Bank in Rochester, Minnesota. Knauss joined Industrial Trust and Savings Bank, now Chase Bank, in 1971 and retired in 1990. He was a member of Rotary International, Kiwanis International, Robert Morris and Associates and the Muncie Club; he also was chairman of the board of the Chamber of Commerce, a co-director of the United Way and a director of the Industrial Park. Knauss was a former president of the Minnesota Bankers Association and also served as president of the Southern Minnesota Association of Bank Auditors and Controllers. He was a Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite member, a Shriner and a member of First Presbyterian Church. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Knauss attended the University of Minnesota and the Rutgers University School of Banking. t In MeMory of
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