Posts Tagged ‘Independence Bank’
Did you know that…
1 in 9 senior citizens are at risk of hunger?
30% of local seniors that receive assistance from GRADD (Green River Area Development District) have to
choose between buying
food or getting
medical care?
35% of our local seniors that receive assistance from GRADD have to
choose between buying
food or paying for
utilities?
Alarming, isn’t it? You would expect to see these in the headlines in a developing country or maybe a country crippled by conflict. Unfortunately, these headlines could appear in any of our national papers or lead any national news broadcast right here in the United States.read more...
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Post by Chris Reid at May 12th, 2011
Five years ago, the Human Resources Department at the Bank approached me with a request to enter the Best Places to Work competition for the State of Kentucky. At first, I was a little reluctant with the uncertainty that we could even make the list out of the 17,000 business across the Bluegrass State and worried that it might also produce more problems than answers and solutions, as many questionnaires tend to do.
2007 was our first year to enter and not only did we place 7
th in the small to medium sized category but also learned quite a lot fromread more...
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Post by Chris Reid at April 28th, 2011
“Every time a bell rings an Angel gets its wings.” What a great ending to the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life.” I recently read an article that hypothesized how the story would end if it were played out today. It predicted that...
I didn’t want to attend college after high school so my father helped me get a job with a customer of the bank who built houses for a living. Years later, my father admitted to telling the contractor to “make it tough on the boy” and with pleasure he did. I worked very hard and by the end of the summer I was considered one of the best employees and was asked to stay on permanently. I informed Chief that college wasn’t in the cards for me. He abruptly told me why I would enroll that day and LOVE it. read more...
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Post by Chris Reid at December 6th, 2010
You may ask what makes Independence Bank Revolutionary... One thing that makes us Revolutionary is the way we go to battle. Once our cause has been established, we go at it with brute force and in a way that no one else would. In late September, we decided that our cause was to fight cancer and the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life would be our beneficiary.
We wanted to come up with a way to raise money and awareness for this cause that would also be beneficial to our employees. That is when the bike ride came into play. Our entireread more...
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Post by Chris Reid at November 17th, 2010
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