05/29/2026
The gift that keeps on giving! Every Friday, employees pay $2 to wear jeans, the bank matches it! Each quarter we are able to donate the collected money and donate it to a local charity! 2nd Quarter goes to the First Baptist Church of Paris to help Fund the Summer Lunch Program.
A little about the program:
Last year the community summer lunch program helped provide nearly 3800 meals for 31 families, serving over 75 children. Families received groceries to provide weekday lunches for ten weeks during the summer.
The program is intended to serve school-age children in the Paris and Holliday school districts. It was begun several years ago when the all-day summer school program was discontinued, leaving a gap for families who had been receiving free or reduced-cost lunches through the school lunch program.
The lunch program is funded through donations from area churches, businesses, civic groups, and individuals. The cost of individual meals averaged a little over $3 in 2025