service projects and how they all tie back to the community bank busi- ness model and the success they nd in serving the needs of their com- munities. Community banking is not a one-size- ts-all industry! There is so much inspiration to glean from this month’s issue. Look at BayCoast Bank’s efforts to transform lives and com- munities through its “Get on the Bus” education initiative, which allowed the bank to donate more than $800,000, launch a financial education program with 14 area schools, and bring 800 seventh- graders on college tours to the University of Massachusetts. This
community bank is changing lives! Our national award win- ners, Midwest BankCentre and Kennebec Savings Bank, along with our honorable mention winners, are doing great work too — each initiative as unique as the communities they serve. Take for instance, Midwest BankCentre, which has so far brought mainstream banking services to more than 1,200 previ- ously unbanked or underbanked families in the St. Louis metro area. Kennebec Savings Bank is focus- ing on the renovation, repair and rebuilding of downtown waterfront properties to revitalize arts and
culture and business development. That’s community banking at work! Community service and volun- teerism are the hallmarks of com- munity banking. I commend and thank these outstanding community banks and their employees for their unwavering commitment to ensur- ing the vitality of their communities and the nancial health of the residents who call those communi- ties home. I know every community bank out there is doing the same — in their own way, every day. Thank you, community bankers — every one of you — for making the world a better place, one community at a time.
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