Community State Bank recently presented 10 organizations a total of $20,000 in CSB Community Enrichment Grants.
CSB’s new program was designed to support non-profit improvement projects in the Des Moines metro area. Each of CSB’s 10 locations awarded $2,000 for a local community project.
Photos and details follow:
Ankeny
Megan Hartung, executive director of New Horizons Adult Care Center (left), and Jeanne Silvers, founding director (right), accept a $2,000 Community Enrichment Grant check from Jeff Swanson, bank manager of the Ankeny Boulevard CSB location. The award will be used for new commercial grade flooring in the main activity area at the Neveln Community Resource Center. New Horizons cares for adults with traumatic brain injury and chronic medical problems.
Tom Colvin, executive director of the Animal Rescue League of Iowa, accepts a $2,000 Community Enrichment Grant check from Sarah Chiappano, bank manager of the Oralabor CSB in Ankeny. The money will be used for landscaping at the front entrance of the ARL’s new 42,000 sq-ft. facility (in background).
CSB President Mark Degner and White Birch location Bank Manager Angela Carroll (left) present a $2,000 Community Enrichment Grant check to representatives of the Ankeny Art Center Rose Garden. Accepting the award is Shelley Lande, volunteer, Ed Gooch, Ankeny Parks & Recreation Superintendent, and Annette Vance, Ankeny Art Center board president. The grant will be used for benches and other enhancements to the Rose Garden area.
Altoona
Willowbrook Elementary kindergarten teacher Carol Pederson (left) and Principal Robin Norris (right) accept a $2,000 Community Enrichment Grant check from Altoona CSB Bank Manager Heather Wilson. Grant funds will be used to build a Literacy Garden, a cooperative project designed in part by the students.
Des Moines
Mariah Borst, Des Moines Dream Center outreach coordinator (left), and Executive Director Stephanie Bennett accept a $2,000 Community Enrichment Grant check from Carol Dingeman, bank manager of the Euclid CSB. Funds will support “Dream Team Saturday” neighborhood cleanup and service projects in the Evelyn Davis Park community.
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Representatives of the Greater Joy Learning Center receive a $2,000 Community Enrichment Grant for playground equipment for its 1400 sq-ft. fenced play area serving up to 90 day care children. Cheri Hahn, bank manager of the SE 14th St. CSB (fourth from left), presents the check. Accepting are (from left to right) volunteer Sharon McClintock, board member Jill Rasmussen, Pastor Ryan VanArkel, Hahn, daycare director Monica Gatrost, and board member Rebecca VanArkel.
Hilary Harris, bank manager of the E. 33rd St. CSB, and Carol Dingeman, bank manager of the Euclid CSB, present a $2,000 Community Enrichment Grant check to Eastwood Open Bible Church representatives. Volunteer Nancy Fellers and Pastor Michael Lumbard accept the grant award, which will help fund new freezers and food pantry supplies for its Angel Food Ministries program.
Pleasant Hill
Members of the Oakwood United Methodist Church receive a $2,000 Community Enrichment Grant for its "FairFlix" project providing media access equipment at Copper Creek Theaters for deaf and blind moviegoers. Julie Miller, bank manager of the Pleasant Hill CSB (left, second row) presents the check to church members and project supporters Sydney, Ashlyn, Amy and Joe Rounceville (first row), Pastor Craig Peters, Miller, church staff Mindy Demmon and Tim Dodge (second row).
Johnston
Johnston CSB Bank Manager Margo Bosch (second from left) presents a $2,000 Community Enrichment Grant check to members of the Polk County Master Gardenersfor enhancements to the Demonstration Garden in Urbandale, one of the organization’s oldest projects. Accepting are (left to right) Jeanine Baldwin, ISU Extension Polk County education director, Bosch, Margaret Spikes, Demonstration Garden chairperson, and Melissa Holst, Master Gardener Butterfly Garden intern.
Waukee
CSB Bank President Mark Degner (left) presents a$2,000 Community Enrichment Grant check to members of the Waukee Leadership Institutefor development and training of the new Waukee Community Grant Writers Group. Pictured are (front row, left to right with check) Degner, Scott Politte, Angela Wagner and Dierck Oosten; (second row, left to right) Brad Deets, Matt Tate, Chamber Director Chad Airhart, Waukee Mayor Bill Peard, Aletha Lenz and Waukee CSB Bank Manager Gwen Clark.
“The Community Enrichment Grant Program has given CSB an opportunity to support our communities on a grass-roots level. The variety and quality of applicants was outstanding, and we are pleased to be part of these projects,” said Mark Degner, President and CEO of Community State Bank.
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