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Peoria Area Food Bank receives $3,440 donation from Woodforest Charitable Foundation.

07-May, 2013

Peoria Area Food Bank receives $3,440 donation from Woodforest Charitable Foundation.

Photo Caption:Presenting the check (left to right) is Chantel Woods, WNB Branch Manager, Bloomington, IL; Kevin Pruett, IL Regional Manager, WNB; Vicki Richmond, Treasurer, Woodforest Charitable Foundation; William Mitchell, WNB Branch Manager, Morton, IL to Barb Shreves, Director, Peoria Area Food Bank; Kelly Werners, WNB Branch Manager, Pekin, IL and Boyd Nelson, Executive Vice President, WNB.

Peoria Area Food Bank
Peoria, IL – On a continual basis Woodforest National Bank employees perform a multitude of fundraising events benefitting the Woodforest Charitable Foundation.  Both Woodforest National Bank and Woodforest Charitable Foundation are committed to making a positive impact in the communities in which Woodforest serves. This partnership benefits the community and organizations such as Peoria Area Food Bank, which recently received a $3,440 donation from the Woodforest Charitable Foundation.

Peoria Area Food Bank was established in 1984 to supplement the dietary and nutritional needs to low-income families living in the eight surrounding counties that they serve.
They provide over 109 active food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, rehabilitation centers, senior housing, youth detention centers and low-income day-care centers with large quantities of food from name brand manufacturers. Within the last year, over 2 million pounds of food has been distributed to the counties through various feeding programs such as, mobile pantry and backpack programs.


For more information on Peoria Area Food Bank, please call 309-671-3906 or visit www.pcceo.org


Woodforest Charitable Foundation
The Woodforest Charitable Foundation was created by Woodforest National Bank in 2005 as a direct result of its desire to support and invest in the communities in which it serves.  The Foundation is committed to assisting those in need, enriching lives and communities through dedicated leadership and faithful administration by providing funding to qualifying 501(c)(3) charities. For additional information regarding the Woodforest Charitable Foundation, call (832) 375-CARE (2273) or visit the foundation’s website at www.woodforestcharitablefoundation.org.

Woodforest National Bank
Celebrating 32 years of service and ranked among the top earning banks in the United States, the Woodforest family of banks currently has assets of approximately $3.7 billion and services more than 837,000 customers with branches in excess of 760 throughout seventeen states:  Texas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.  For information about Woodforest National Bank, please call 832-375-2000 or visit the bank’s website at www.woodforest.com.