Bank Employees Donate to Fund Fuel for Older Vermonters

Courtesy of Community National Bank
December 16, 2022

Derby, VT—On Fridays, Community National Bank (CNB) employees are allowed to wear jeans in exchange for a donation to the bank’s “jean money” fund. Each CNB office collects and maintains their own fund. When the value of the fund has grown to a significant amount, the employees choose to donate to a worthy cause. Recently, the bank’s Derby, Newport and Troy offices decided to make a $750.00 donation to the Northeast Kingdom Council on Aging’s (NEKCOA) Fuel Fund. In support of their employees, CNB matched the jean money bringing the total donation to $1,500.00.

CNB employees DeAnn Meunier, Laura Bennett and Julie Marquis delivered the donation to NEKCOA Director of Communications and Development Mary Ellen Reis and Case Manager Randi Morse. Mary Ellen Reis shared, "We are very grateful for the long-standing support of the NEKCOA by Community National Bank. With their support, we are even closer to our goal of raising $20,000 for the 2023 NEKCOA Fuel Fund. With the increased cost of fuel, we started our fundraising early knowing we would receive an increase in requests for assistance. With their generous donation, we currently have raised $16,000 towards our goal, which we doubled from last year. Last year, the NEKCOA Fuel Fund provided 40 families with fuel assistance--21 clients in the northern areas of the NEK and 19 in the south. We expect this number to grow this year and with the help of our generous community partners, we are well positioned to offer a helping hand." For more information about NEKCOA programs and how to donate, please visit their website at nekcouncil.org   

Community National Bank (CNB) is an independent bank that has been serving its communities since 1851. CNB has offices located in Derby, Barre, Barton, Derby Line, Enosburg Falls, Island Pond, Lyndonville, Montpelier, Morrisville, Newport, St. Johnsbury and Troy. For more information about CNB please visit communitynationalbank.com