Hoosier Banker 47 partnering with the Fort Wayne Community Foundation in 2003, iAB has awarded over $140,600 in scholarship monies to 137 local students as they pursue educational excellence. Home Bank, Martinsville, donated $8,000 in May to the Morgan County Center for Women’s Ministries to help with needs related to the organization’s facility. The center is a nonprofit that provides free peer counseling and support to women over the age of 13; additionally it works closely with other nonprofits such as WellSpring Center, Desert Rose and the Magdalene House. Betty Apple Rush, senior vice president and CFO of BloomBank, Bloomfield, visited with the entire first grade at Bloomfield Elementary School in April for Teach Children to Save Day. She read a story, talked about safe places to store money, identified coins, did coin math worksheets, and talked about saving for future purchases. Each child was given a BloomBank coin bag with 41 cents (penny, nickel, dime, and quarter) to start their savings habits. The Old National Bank Foundation of Old National Bank, Evansville, is awarding an $180,000 grant to fund the construction of the Old National Bank Plaza within the Fort Wayne Riverfront project. The plaza is to be a key feature in the downtown development project and will feature a pavilion, band shell, public docks, an amphitheater, children’s play area and tree canopy trail. STAR Bank, Fort Wayne, donated $10,000 in April to support the PBS 39 WFWA Fort Wayne Capital Campaign. Centier Bank, Merrillville, has partnered with the Valparaiso University Career Center to present financial workshops. Topics covered included the basics of building credit, interpreting credit scores and budgeting. Home National Bank, Thorntown, has raised $4,113.54, donated to the Boone County Relay for Life in May. Annual fundraisers include selling candy bars and making noodles to sell before Easter and Thanksgiving. First Bank of Berne donated $6,000 in May to the Boys & Girls Club of Adams County. These funds will benefit the clubs in both Berne and Decatur. Among the programs the club promotes are Healthy Lifestyles, Academic Success, and Character & Citizenship. HB DEPARTMENTS Shown with a donation check from Home National Bank are (front row, from left): Dan Fry; Jordan Brewer, American Cancer Society; Becky Banks, Lebanon Relay; Regina Graddy; and (back from, from left) Jody Durham, Ashlee James, Lisa Henry and Teresa Burtner. Jim Marcuccilli, far right, president and CEO of STAR Bank, presents a donation to the PBS39 WFWA Fort Wayne Capital Campaign. Betty Apple Rush, BloomBank, &PSSQƤIPH MW WLS[R [MXL SRI SJ XLI &PSSQƤIPH )PIQIRXEV] 7GLSSP ƤVWX KVEHI GPEWWIW WLI ZMWMXIH MR April. Known as the “Savings Lady,” Rush has volunteered for Teach Children to Save Day for 19 years. .EQMI +VEGI ERH 'MRHM ;EVH SJ 'IRXMIV &ERO TVIWIRX SR ƤRERGMEP XSTMGW XS Valparaiso University students. Shown at a check presentation from First Bank of Berne to Boys & Girls Club of Adams County are (from left) Chad Montgomery and Diane Rich of the bank; and Cari Reiley and Heath Moser of the Boys & Girls Club. A donation from Home Bank, Martinsville, to the Morgan County Center for Women’s Ministries is part of the bank’s community KMJXMRK TVSKVEQ MR WYTTSVX SJ RSRTVSƤXW EHdressing needs in the community-at-large. Displaying a check for the Old National Bank Plaza project are (from left) Mark Becker and Al Moll, Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation; and Dan Doan and Kathy Callen, Old National Bank.
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