Community News and Events

Pictured from left to right are:  Senior Vice President Doug Demers, President Terry Dutton, Blair FBLA President Christian Petersen, Blair FBLA Adviser Mrs. Pat Olson, and Dr. Steven Shanahan, Superintendent of Blair Community Schools.

    Washington County Bank received the Nebraska Business of the Year Award at the 2008 Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Leadership Conference in April.  This is the 15th year this award has been presented annually to one outstanding business in Nebraska.

    Washington County Bank is very dedicated to providing learning opportunities for members through their guidance and encouragement.  Their exemplary support of the Blair chapter of FBLA includes providing speakers for Career Night, offering tours of their facility, providing speakers at chapter meetings, and serving as an event sponsor for Nebraska FBLA.  The bank also supports the cooperative education program and is a strong partner with Blair Community Schools.  In addition, Doug Demers has served on the local FBLA Business Advisory Council and has provided many hours of service to Blair chapter members.

    In their support and assistance to education and the community, employees of Washington County Bank are encouraged to become involved in local civic and community organizations; their involvement and support reaches almost 30 different organizations with over 3,000 hours of volunteer service during a single year.  The bank is involved in many educational programs that promote financial awareness for students in our community.

    The Nebraska Bankers Association (NBA) honored Washington County Bank for their leadership and contributions to the financial services industry during the association’s Annual Convention, held May 7-9 at the Hilton Hotel in Omaha.  Washington County Bank was the sole bank to receive the highest Personal Economics Program (PEP) award this year from the NBA, the PEP Gold Star Award.  The Personal Economics Program is a volunteer program designed to teach consumers of all ages about personal finance, economics, and money management.

To help eliminate identity theft!

On April 26th, Washington County Bank invited the community to do a little spring cleaning by getting rid of extra paperwork such as old bills, tax records and confidential personal records in an effort to reduce identity theft.  A mobile shredding company was on site to shred these confidential papers safely through a commercial grade shredder.  Participants also registered to win one of five personal shredding machines.  The event was a huge success, bringing in 2,000 pounds of paper!