Battle of the Banks

Last night there was something noisier than a game of basketball happening at the City Gym. The local banks banded together to hold a cornhole tournament and auction - all to benefit the United Way of Wells County and to kickoff their annual giving.

Auctioneers Rudy Frauhiger, Gary Shaw and Isaac Stoller all donated their services for the annual event.



While the auction was busy looking for bidders and selling items to the generous banking community, those same banks fielded teams of two for a cornhole tournament. Bragging rights and a traveling plaque were given to the winning team from Ossian State Bank represented by Rick and Shane Brodie.




When all was done, leaders from each of the banks competed against each other in cornhole. Tim Schwartz from 1st Source Bank took top honors for the night.

MarkleBank Auction

MarkleBank holds an internal auction and many special events that benefit the United Way of Wells and Huntington Counties. Yesterday, was said auction.

Two plates of fudge made and donated by Dorothy Stinson are a perennial favorite and brought quite a bit of interest and dollars. And then, there was the surprise auction item - MarkleBank President's license plate removed from his vehicle. In order for him to get it back, several bank employees drove up the price. Greg was a good sport with all of it - and paid the price to retrieve his license plate.



In addition this year, there was a cake decorating contest where each branch made and decorated a cake - all bank employees then had the opportunity to vote for their favorite cake. Cakes were auctioned off to the highest bidder as well. The winning cake was the Frankenstein cake decorated by the Warren branch.









Peg DeBolt continues to put a lot of thought and energy into running their employee campaign. Phil Patz spoke on behalf of United Way indicating that bankers should all be in the business of helping people - and giving to United Way was a key example of how to do that.



If your company is interested in running an employee campaign, please call Pamela at 824-5589 to talk about what we can do together.

Campaign KickOff Luncheon

On Thursday, October 8, United Way of Wells County kicked off the 2009 annual campaign.
Chairman Tom Kneller announced that the fundraising goal this year would be difficult, but necessary.

Over 60 community and business leaders in Wells County gathered at Lighted Gardens for a luncheon to officially kickoff the campaign season.

Mr. Kneller also introduced his campaign cabinet - Vice Chair Tamra Boucher, Industry Chair, Rick Singer, Government Chair Bob Plummer, Commerce Chair Chuck King, Finance Chair Alan Gunkel, Medical Chair Karyn Gilly, Service and Nonprofit Chair John Whicker.