25 Hoosier Banker January 2015 Home Bank, Martinsville, donated $20,000 to Churches in Mission, a food pantry based in Mooresville that provides food and utility assistance to those in need. The food pantry serves 150 households weekly and adopted 320 families during the Christmas season. The bank donated an additional $20,000 to the Interchurch Food Pantry, which serves Johnson County. The gifts are part of a Home Bank tithing program, through which the bank donates 10 percent of its profits to projects that target critical needs in the community. iAB Financial Bank, Fort Wayne, donated a wheelchair ramp system with an estimated value of $9,000 to Pathfinder Services in Huntington. Pathfinder Services is a not-forprofit human services organization that has been serving Huntington, Allen, Marshall, Wabash and Whitley counties since 1966. t Centier Bank, Northern Indiana, partnered with Mrs. Sue Spicer and the Peifer Elementary fourth grade class to promote financial literacy. The bank supplied practice checkbooks, pens and learning materials so students could prepare for real life experiences of earning income and paying bills. First Savings Bank, Clarksville, awarded Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana a grant of $77,500 from the First Savings Charitable Foundation. The grant will serve approximately 3,500 students in southern Indiana, allowing them to participate in two capstone programs: Sam Swope Junior Achievement BizTown and Chase Junior Achievement Finance Park. The learning programs consist of a 25-to-30 hour classroom curriculum in addition to interactive simulation in learning laboratories at the James W. Robinson Junior Achievement Center for Freedom of Enterprise. State Bank of Medora presented donation checks to local charities as a result of monies raised through the bank’s “jeans fund.” Employees who donated to the fund were permitted to wear jeans at the bank. The bank contributed $750 to Sertoma and $470 to a local Angel Tree group to be used for the purchase of gifts for area children. Additionally the bank contributed $750 to Hope-Medora Goes Pink to provide assistance for residents dealing with cancer. BankIng on CoMMunIty Home Bank presents a donation check to Interchurch Food Pantry. Pictured are (left to right): Peter Jessen, secretary, Johnson County Ministerial Association; Mark Matheny, vice president, Johnson County Ministerial Association; Brad Moger, Johnson County Ministerial Association and food pantry board member; Sheila Morton, co-manager, Interchurch Food Pantry; and Trent McWilliams, Johnson County market president, Home Bank. Peifer Elementary fourth graders work with practice checkbooks donated by Centier Bank. The First Savings Charitable Foundation presents a donation to Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana. Shown are (left to right): John P. Lawson Jr., COO, First Savings Bank and board secretary of First Savings Charitable Foundation; Debra Hoffer, president, Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana; Larry Ricke, board chairman, First Savings Charitable Foundation; and Larry W. Myers, president and CEO, First Savings Bank and board president of the First Savings Charitable Foundation. State Bank of Medora presents a donation check to Hope-Medora Goes Pink. At the Indiana Bankers Association’s holiday celebration in December, three staff member were recognized for reaching milestone employment anniversaries: Susan Clark, events & products/services assistant – 10 years of service; Rod Lasley, vice president-products & services – five years of service; Joshua A. Myers, government relations & communications office manager – five years of service. t IBA President and CEO Joe DeHaven (second from left) congratulates staff for milestone years of service (left to right): Rod Lasley, Susan Clark and Josh Myers. IBA Staff Anniversaries
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