▶ Boys and Girls Club of Wayne County - $85,000: $60,000 annual pledge for First Bank Location and $25,000 for annual corporate gift ▶ Communities in Schools - $6,000: annual contribution ▶ Golay Community Center - $2,500: annual contribution ▶ Hayes Arboretum - $28,400: second installment of multi-year annual pledge ▶ Hope House - $5,000: second installment of multi-year annual pledge ▶ Ivy Tech Community College - $10,000: fifth installment of $100K video wall pledge ▶ IU East - $57,500: $37,500 for sixth installment of $375,000 pledge and $20,000 for fifth installment of $100,000 College NOW Program pledge ▶ Richmond High School Athletics - $3,250: annual sponsorship gymnasium banner and golf tournament ▶ Richmond Symphony Orchestra - $25,000: $10,000 first chair sponsor, $10,000 signature event sponsor and $5,000 contribution ▶ Wayne County government - $100,000: second installment of multi-year annual pledge ▶ Wayne County Special Olympics - $3,000: event sponsorships The bank donated more than $674,000 in total to local not-forprofit organizations in 2023, and half of the bank’s staff served on at least one board or committee. First Bank Richmond pledged to give $100,000 as $10,000 donations each year for 10 years for their large video wall. North Salem State Bank’s annual food drive collected 2,000 donations across its nine locations in January, on top of the $8,500 worth of food and household items contributed by the bank itself. The drive is meant to alleviate the burden faced by many local residents in Hendricks, Putnam and Boone counties every January and February. Representatives from North Salem State Bank stand outside the bank’s operations center in Avon with some of the contributions collected from customers and donated by the bank in January 2024. Security Federal Savings Bank, Logansport, pledged $150,000 to be invested in the new clubhouse at Dykeman Park Municipal Golf Course in Logansport. The bank has donated to many Logansport Parks & Recreation projects in the past, including Christmas in the Park, the Security Federal Savings Bank Community Pavilion at Fairview Park and a maintenance endowment for Huston Park, but this pledge is by far the bank’s largest contribution to the parks & rec. department. United Fidelity Bank, Evansville, sponsored the Deaconess HeartSaver’s 10th anniversary Wonka Golden Ticket Luncheon on Feb. 8. The Deaconess Heart Hospital and Deaconess Foundation’s HeartSaver work to increase the number of on-hand AEDs in the Evansville area, including southwestern Indiana, southern Illinois and western Kentucky, to help save lives and reduce the number of sudden cardiac deaths. To date, 15 documented saves have taken place because of these devices, including bank President & CEO Don Neel. The organizations have placed more than 750 AEDs since they began the initiative with another 35 coming available soon, but there is still a waitlist of more than 115. Don Neel (center), United Fidelity Bank president & CEO, along with HeartSaver Committee members. MAY/JUNE 2024 63
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