23 Hoosier Banker May 2015 ship ability and community service. Since partnering with the Fort Wayne Community Foundation, iAB has awarded more than $9,000 in scholarships. MutualBank, Muncie, has donated a combined total of $125,000 to 10 Indiana community foundations through MutualBank Charitable Foundation, in honor of the bank’s 125th anniversary. The funds will be matched from the Lilly Endowment’s Gift VI and, in some cases, by other local funds, resulting in a grand total exceeding $300,000. The receiving community foundations are located in the counties of Allen, Delaware, Elkhart, Grant, Hamilton, Kosciusko, Montgomery, Randolph, St. Joseph and Wabash. West End Bank, Richmond, donated $5,000 to the Richmond Community Schools in March for the Communities in Schools program. Operated at Richmond High School, the program surrounds students with community-wide support to encourage them to stay in school. The bank provides the We R Savers program, which consists of student-operated banks and financial literacy sessions. West End Bank, Richmond, selects a nonprofit organization each month as a focus for charitable efforts. For March, the bank selected Help the Animals Inc., donating $543 from internal employee donations to the organization. t 1st Source Bank, South Bend, donated $25,000 in February to Bishop Dwenger High School for its Golden Traditions Capital Campaign. The funds will be used to assist the next phase of construction and renovation plans for the school. 1st Source Bank, South Bend, donated $5,000 in March to the Swanson Center for a bus stop at the new Michigan City facility. The donation will ensure that Swanson Center clients who use public transportation will have an easy-access shelter while waiting at the bus stop. iAB Financial Bank, Fort Wayne, donated $1,000 in March to Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana to celebrate milestone work anniversaries of five years or longer for 33 employees. Cancer Services works with those affected by cancer to connect them with resources, information and care. iAB Financial Bank, Fort Wayne, in partnership with the Fort Wayne Community Foundation, granted the iAB Financial Bank Employee Scholarship to six area students in March. The scholarships are based on academic achievement and personal qualities, including character, leaderbankIng on CoMMunIty Gale Ramsey (left),West End Bank human resources assistant, presents a donation check to Michelle Young (center), Help the Animals Inc. kennel manager, and to Jayne Knox, Help the Animals Inc. shelter director. 1st Source Bank, South Bend, presents a donation check to Bishop Dwenger High School. Pictured (left to right) are: Jamie Bankert, 1st Source Bank business banker; Katie Burns, Bishop Dwenger director of development; Jason Schiffli, Bishop Dwenger principal; Larry Mayers, 1st Source Bank regional president; and Tom Tidwell, Bishop Dwenger business manager. The Swanson Center accepts a donation check from 1st Source Bank, South Bend. Pictured (left to right) are: Dan Peck, Swanson Center chief of clinical operations; Matt Burden, Swanson Center executive director; Bob Ax, 1st Source Bank regional president;Andy Nielsen, Swanson Center chief financial officer; and Robert Boklund, Swanson Center QI/RM-HIM director. iAB Financial Bank, Fort Wayne, donated $1,000 to Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana to honor bank employee anniversaries. Pat Botts (left), executive vice president/chief operating officer of MutualBank and president of MutualBank Charitable Foundation, presents a donation check to Kelly Schrock, Delaware County Community Foundation executive director.The presentation was one of 10 donations made to community foundations. West End Bank, Richmond, presents a donation check to Richmond Community Schools. Pictured (left to right) are: Linda Morgason, Richmond Community Schools board president; Robin Henry,West End Bank executive vice president;Vivian Ashmawi, Communities in Schools executive director; and Timothy R. Frame,West End Bank president/chief executive officer.
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