Kish Bank Recognized for Outstanding Community Service, Receives Pillars of the Community Award
June 19 2017 - 10:30AM
Business Wire
Kish Bank was presented today with the prestigious FHLBank
Pittsburgh Pillars of the Community Award in recognition of the
bank’s commitment to community revitalization. The Pillars award is
FHLBank’s highest organizational honor and is presented annually to
select FHLBank members.
Kish Bank received the award at one of FHLBank’s regional member
golf outings. John Bendel, FHLBank director of community
investment, spoke at the event about the bank’s community
achievements. William Hayes, Kish Bank’s chairman, president and
CEO, accepted the award on behalf of the bank.
“I am honored to accept this prestigious award on behalf of the
entire Kish team,” Hayes said. “We are deeply committed to serving
and building the communities in our central Pennsylvania region, an
outstanding place to live and to work.”
As part of the award, FHLBank presented a $1,000 check on Kish
Bank’s behalf to the Juniata College Museum of Art, which
contributes so much to the social and intellectual well-being of
the region and local communities.
An active member of the FHLBank cooperative, Kish Bank has
secured funding through FHLBank Pittsburgh’s First Front Door
product making it possible for 13 families to become first-time
homeowners in 2016. The bank has also used the Community Lending
Program to benefit the availability of affordable housing in Kish’s
communities. Kish Bank has been an active participant in the
Blueprint Communities neighborhood revitalization initiative,
taking a leading role in efforts to revive local communities in
rural areas of Huntingdon County.
“Kish Bank is wholly committed to helping communities become
better places to live and work, as witnessed by its support of
first-time homebuyers and neighborhoods that need a boost,” said
Winthrop Watson, FHLBank’s president and CEO. “We are proud to have
Kish Bank as part of our membership cooperative.”
About Kish Bank
For over a century, solid and enduring values have made Kish
Bank, the banking subsidiary of Kish Bancorp, Inc., a strong
financial institution and a vital part of the communities it
serves. Formed in 1935 through a merger of Farmers National Bank of
Belleville and The Belleville National Bank, both of which can be
traced to the early 20th century, Kish Bank is one of
Pennsylvania’s fastest growing community bank franchises. With 15
offices throughout Centre, Huntingdon and Mifflin Counties,
including four financial centers and state-of the-art online
banking, Kish Bank serves a population of over 220,000 people and
over 87,000 households. Today, Kish Bank has total assets of just
over $756 million. To learn more, visit www.kishbank.com.
About FHLBank Pittsburgh
As an intermediary between global capital markets and local
lenders, FHLBank Pittsburgh provides readily available liquidity,
as well as affordable housing and community development
opportunities, to member financial institutions of all sizes in
Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The Bank is one of 11
banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, which was established
by Congress in 1932 and serves as a reliable source of funds for
housing, jobs and economic growth in all economic cycles. To learn
more, visit www.fhlb-pgh.com.
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FHLBank PittsburghTerri McKay,
412-288-2830terri.mckay@fhlb-pgh.comorKish BankCarol Herrmann,
814-571-2877carol.herrmann@kishbank.com