Community Bank Profiles
The Victory Bank: Fulfilling Dreams in Southeastern PA
by: Diane Sweeney When you tell your customers your bank “exists to help our clients fulfill their visions and dreams” you are making a very big promise. For the last 11 years, The Victory Bank, headquartered in Limerick, Pennsylvania, has been keeping that...
FHLBank Pittsburgh: A Partner in Creating Stable, Livable Communities
by: Diane Sweeney Community banking is rooted in principles designed to make an impact on a local level. Community banks take part in this by supporting the people and businesses in the towns where they do business and where their employees live, work and play. So,...
First United National Bank — The FUN Bank: It’s All About Being Real
by: Diane Sweeney When the acronym for your name is FUN, what choice do you have but to embrace it? First United National Bank, headquartered in Fryburg, PA, not only embraces it but incorporates it into its way of doing business. The bank’s tagline is The Fun...
Mid Penn Bank’s Smash Factor
by: Diane Sweeney Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament Raises $200,000 for Breast Cancer Charities There is a golfing metric called the smash factor. When golfers improve their smash factor, they improve the quality of their shot. Mid Penn Bank, headquartered in...
Woodlands Bank: Honoring Everyday Heroes the Woodlands Way
by: Diane Sweeney In 1989, a group of entrepreneurs in Lycoming County was concerned about the state of personalized banking. Watching bigger banks merge and become corporate behemoths, they believed their region could benefit from a local community bank. They...
Continuity…Bonding Bank and Borough in Harrisville, PA.
by: Diane Sweeney At the crossroads of Routes 8 and 58 in the far northwest corner of Butler County is the small town of Harrisville, PA. The current population is approximately 900. The same number as in 1960. The community of Harrisville, similar to many small...
Making An Impact: F&M Trust’s Community Investment Committee
by: Diane Sweeney Community is defined as a unified body with common interests. Another definition of community is a feeling of fellowship as a result of sharing common attitudes, feelings, and goals. Community banks are financial institutions unified with the...
Jonestown Bank & Trust Co.: Building the Future of Lebanon County
by: Diane Sweeney A ONE ON ONE APPROACH TO MAKING DREAMS A REALITY Walk into a conference room at Jonestown Bank & Trust Co. (JBT) and you just might see Coni Russo-Ehrgood or Khristen Kleinfelter standing on a table building a tower with spaghetti, string,...
Fleetwood Bank: Partnering With the Next Generation of Customers
by: Diane Sweeney Can a group of high school students make an impact in the local banking community? When Caitlin, Brooke, and Faith, students at Fleetwood High School asked Fleetwood Bank to partner with them for their Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)...
2018 Community Banking Hometown Champion Awards
The 2018 Community Banking Hometown Champion Award winners exemplify the importance of community banks across Pennsylvania. These projects and stories are just a taste of what our members are constantly doing to ensure the success of the communities in which they serve. In a time when friends, business-owners and neighbors are working harder than ever for success, these PACB member banks have stepped up their community outreach and support to keep the lights on in their hometowns. Congratulations to all of this year’s Community Banking Hometown Champion Award winners!
