The bank gave each area some seed money to get started and encouraged them to promote their charity.  To participate in any of the charities supported please stop by your local Kentucky Bank office, many of the offices have boxes or donation jars available for contributions.

PARIS
The Accounting department has chosen angels from an area Angel Tree and will provide gifts for the children selected.  They are also donating to the Backpack Program at local schools. This program is designed to help fight children’s hunger in Bourbon County. Each Friday, children identified by the school system as food insecure are sent home with a backpack of food to eat during the weekend.  Sadly, when a school meal is not available many children go an entire weekend with little or no food. A $100 gift will provide a bag of food to an at-risk child for an entire school year!

Bourbon Banking Center, our banking office in downtown Paris; the Lexington Road office; the loan department and our operations department are all supporting Operation Food Basket of Bourbon County and  the Angel Tree.  Sponsoring an angel by purchasing the needed items on the Angel Tree card will be a great help to a needy family. Non-perishable items can be left at the Bourbon Banking Center for distribution through Bourbon County’s Operation Food Basket program. Mittens, gloves and warm clothing, as well as toys, are requested this year for the children in need. As the holidays approach, the need for non-perishable food items is in great demand for far too many families.  Staples such as flour, sugar, crackers, pasta, canned goods, and boxed meal fixings are needed to fill Christmas baskets for the elderly and for families. Vegetables and fruits are especially needed as well as canned meat, such as tuna and chicken.

Customer Service Center in Paris selected a Room at the Inn as their charity to help this Christmas. Bedford Acres Christian Church in Paris works in conjunction with the Hope Center in Lexington to provide a hot meal, showers and a warm place to sleep for the night to homeless men. A Room at the Inn has been very successful over the years helping homeless persons.

The Marketing and Business Products Department is helping One Parent Scholar House, formerly known as Virginia Place, and now under the management of the HOPE Center. They provide single parent families with affordable housing, higher education opportunities and child development.  The program is a comprehensive self-sufficiency initiative that includes housing, child care, counseling, workshops, support from neighbors and staff and special activities while the parent works on their education. We will be collecting coats and gloves for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old.

Several of the banks departments (Wealth Management, Auditing and Senior Administration) have joined forces to support the Lexington Hearing and Speech Center. The center teaches children with hearing, speech, and language impairments to listen and talk by providing them with high quality educational, therapeutic, and family support services. Children that develop spoken and written language skills are armed with the skills they need to communicate effectively. When a child with hearing impairment leaves LHSC for “big school” they will have the skills they need for a lifetime of learning.

WINCHESTER
Kentucky Banks Colby Road and Winchester Main offices along with Human Resources are “Proud to Support our Troops”. They will be making care packages and sending them to our brave men and women overseas who will not be able to celebrate the holidays with their families.  This is the fourth year Winchester Kentucky Bank has helped with this project.  This year it is very special because it hits close to home in Winchester. One of the troops we will be supporting includes David Henry, husband of bank employee Tonya Henry.  David has dedicated 19 years to serving our country.  Items requested  are hygiene products, such as toothpaste, razors and chap stick, food items such as microwave popcorn, beef jerky fruit snacks and oatmeal, and  other useful items such as notepads, pens, books socks and nail clippers to name a few.  These items were mailed out on Dec 3rd.

CYNTHIANA
The Harrison County Food Pantry will be receiving help from Kentucky Bank’s Cynthiana office. The Food Pantry that provides staples for the many local citizens in need of help. They are our neighbors, family, and friends in our community.

MOREHEAD
Kentucky Banks offices in Morehead will lend a hand to the Rowan County Christmas. This organization was established in 1993 by social agencies, churches, organizations and businesses who were committed to making Christmas special for people in need.  They serve families, individuals, and the elderly who need special care at Christmas by providing toiletry items, robes, slippers, household items and toys.

SANDY HOOK
The Elliot County Christian Social Services and the Elliot County Family Youth Resource Center will benefit as the bank’s Sandy Hook offices has chosen to contribute to them. The Elliot County Christian Social Services have group volunteers that include college, church, scout, and civic organization groups. Many people help on a one-time basis to clean and repair the building, prepare family food boxes, sort and stock the thrift store, stuff and label direct mail letters, conduct food drives, and host fundraising events. Kentucky Bank Employees are raising money to help with these necessary items. Elliot County Family Youth Resource Center is part of Elliot County School System; they identify, coordinate and use existing community resources to help students succeed in school.

VERSAILLES
Working in conjunction with the Woodford County Sheriff’s Department, the Kentucky Bank employees in Versailles have designated their lobby Christmas tree as an Angel Tree. Employees and customers will choose and angel and buy appropriate gifts for them according to the information provided and place the gift under the tree.  Closer to Christmas, Kentucky Bank employees will work with the Woodford County Sheriff Department to distribute the gifts. There are donation jars at each teller station to collect money; signs are posted so everyone knows how to donate money or new toys to benefit those in need in Woodford County.

WILMORE
Kentucky Bank employees in Wilmore will join with local citizens with a food drive to help the Wilmore-High Bridge Community Service Center. The Community Service Center has been assisting community residents for over 25 years. They help income-eligible clients with basic living necessities such as food, shelter, utility assistance, medical assistance and transportation. Approximately 40 families per month are served through the Food Pantry and elderly and disabled clients are helped with home maintenance repairs to keep their homes safe and accessible.

NICHOLASVILLE
The Salvation Army is known for bell-ringing and collecting change during the Holiday season.   However, the Jessamine County branch of the Salvation Army also serves around 800 families which include approximately 1500 needy children.   Kentucky Bank’s Nicholasville branch will be collecting presents to help make these local children’s Christmas wishes come true. 

GEORGETOWN
Two offices of Kentucky Bank in Georgetown, Showalter Drive and Blossom Park Drive will be helping Habitat for Humanity this Christmas. The branches are collecting funds by offering house-shaped sponsorships that will be displayed in the branch through the month of December to help raise money for a new home in Scott County through Habitat for Humanity. 

The Georgetown employees are also helping a family in need in Scott County.  A disabled father has 4 children and has lost everything.  We are trying to help this family through the holidays with clothing, food. In addition they are also working with “The Gathering Place” (soup kitchen for people in need), to provide food for a holiday dinner for the homeless, and people in need.

Kentucky Bank employees invite you to share the rewarding feeling of helping others and supporting our communities.  

This non-profit organization has been a part of our area for 38 years, helping people to get on their feet and improve their lives.
 
Their mission is to enable families to become self-sufficient by assisting wherever there is need for help with utilities and housing costs, food and clothing, plus advocacy and referrals to other service agencies.

Kentucky Bank has two offices in Morehead, 1500 Flemingsburg Road and 400 West 1st Street. Jeremy Brown is the Morehead Market President.  Sherry Mathis is the Market President of the office in Sandy Hook which is located on Jane and Main Streets.