Alliance Bank, Francesville, delivered donations totaling $32,500 on Giving Tuesday, the moniker given to the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to encourage contributions to nonprofits and local communities. Each of the bank’s 65 employees got to direct where $500 was donated within focus areas of agriculture, community development and childcare. Based on those choices, contributions were split across 19 nonprofits spanning Benton, Jasper, Pulaski and White counties. (from left) Max Jones and Leeann Wright accepted a donation of $8,000 from Alliance Bank on “Giving Tuesday,” Nov. 28, 2023, for the newly formed Childcare Coalition in Pulaski County. Presenting the check were Alliance Bank employees Jessica Broadaway, Ami Derrickson, Kim Marlatt and Kim Shidler. Centier Bank, Merrillville, donated $11,000 to community organizations in late 2023: ▶ $1,000 – Center for Healing & Hope: supported the purchase of the medical building where the organization was already operating in Goshen. ▶ $1,000 – Leadership Lafayette: sponsored the organization’s holiday reception in support of its curriculum based on community awareness and leadership needs in multiple arenas. ▶ $2,500 – Purdue University Northwest’s Archives and Special Collections: helped the library hire a student to do archival work for one semester. The library not only houses university history but also plays a role in the historical preservation of Hammond and the Calumet region. ▶ $3,000 – Stepping Stone Shelter for Women: La Porte County’s sole 24hour shelter, providing support for domestic violence, sexual assault/ trafficking victims through its crisis shelter and the Bridge Transitional Housing Program. ▶ $2,500 – Student Impact: an afterschool program and peer group that helps 5th- through 12thgrade students in Westfield build relationships through love and acceptance in a safe and consistent environment. ▶ $1,000 – Unity Foundation, the local community foundation for La Porte County: supported the Power for Good Fund, which enables the organization to provide funding to qualified nonprofit organizations, governmental bodies and teachers serving the county. Michel Alvarez, left, presents a $1,000 community donation to Missy Schrock, right, at Centier Bank’s Goshen Branch at 1716 Elkhart Road. (from left) Trent Hanthorn, Centier Bank business banker; Joe Howarth, Centier Bank regional retail manager; Kitty Campbell, Leadership Lafayette executive director; and Timothy Schooler, Centier Bank’s Lafayette Market president Ben Studebaker (left), Centier Bank regional sales manager, and David Taylor (right), Centier Bank’s Westfield branch manager, present Brittany Delph (center), Student Impact’s executive program director, with a $2,500 check in November 2023 to sponsor the non-profit’s programs benefitting Westfield students. The Farmers Bank, Frankfort, announced a new local scholarship through the Westfield Washington School Foundation in commemoration of the bank’s grand opening of its new Westfield location. The $15,000 endowment will provide a $1,000 scholarship each year to a Westfield High School graduating senior who plans to pursue a business and/or accounting degree. Chris Cook, CEO of The Farmers Bank, Frankfort; John Deck, Westfield Educational Foundation board member and treasurer; Amber Willis, Westfield Educational Foundation and WWS board member; Ashley Knott, WEF executive director; Dr. Paul Kaiser, WWS superintendent; and Steven Latour, Farmers Bank Westfield financial center director Home Bank, Martinsville, closed out 2023 with eight community donations worth more than $47,000 combined as part of its Community Gifting Program: ▶ $2,000 – Clarity: a non-profit providing pregnancy support and services to women in Morgan and Johnson counties. ▶ $10,000 – Gathering Together: an organization providing hospice BANKING ON COMMUNITY 42 HOOSIERBANKER
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