Peru, Ind. – First Bank of Berne donated $5,000 to the Nickel Plate Trail. Receiving the donation is Mike Kuepper, President of the Nickel Plate Trail. Presenting the donation are Jennifer Ash, Peru Branch Manager; Jenilee Bransteter, Business Banking Manager; and Kent Liechty, First Bank of Berne President.

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Peru, Ind. – First Bank of Berne donated $2,000 to Maconaquah Future Farmers of America. Receiving the donation are Miss Baker, FFA Advisor; Emma Smith, Reporter; Elisabeth Pennington, Secretary; Grace Jaberg, President; Maggie Hughes, Sentinel; and Kianna Sharp, Treasurer. Presenting the donation is Jennifer Ash, Peru Branch Manager. Not Pictured are Alexandra Merritt, Vice President and Ava Snyder, Historian.

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Portland, Ind. – First Bank of Berne donated $500 to the Dunkirk Historical Society. Presenting the check is Tracy Carpenter, Portland Branch Manager and receiving the check is Larry Spade, Dunkirk Historical Society Board Member and Volunteer.

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Peru, Ind. – First Bank of Berne donated $500 to the Maconaquah Middle School Softball Team. Receiving the check are Ava Herschberger, Maconaquah Middle School Pitcher and First Baseman, and Lita Hopper, Maconaquah Middle School Softball Coach. Presenting the check is Jennifer Ash, Peru Branch Manager.

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Berne, Ind. – First Bank of Berne donated $1,000 to the Berne Volunteer Fire Department. Presenting the check is Phil Goodwin, First Bank of Berne Business Banker and Treasurer for the Berne Volunteer Fire Department. Accepting the check is John Crider, Berne Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief.

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First Bank of Berne has been honored as a Five Star Member of the Indiana Bankers Association. The award was presented on April 27, received by (l to r) Kent Liechty, First Bank of Berne President and Jenilee Bransteter, Business Banking Manager. The award was presented by Laurie Rees, IBA Vice President-Education & Training, in recognition of First Bank of Berne’s Association involvement throughout 2021.

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Berne, Ind. – First Bank of Berne donated $6,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Adams County. Pictured is Zach Myers, Business Banker; Kent Liechty, First Bank of Berne President; Heath Moser, Executive Director of Boys and Girls Club of Adams County; Abby Ruble, South Adams Unit Director; Kyla Lengerich, Deposit Services Manager; and Nathan Liechty, Agribusiness Banker and Board Vice President of Boys and Girls Club of Adams County.

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Berne, Ind. – First Bank of Berne donated $1,000 to Growing Hope Globally. Pictured are Tim Tobias, Agribusiness Banker/Crop Insurance Services; Matt Voshell, Agribusiness Banker; Jeff Lehman, Partner at Lehman Feed Mill and Co-Chairman of the Adams County GHG Growing Project; and Nathan Liechty, Agribusiness Banker and Co-Chairman of the Adams County GHG Growing Project. Not pictured but also Co-Chairmen of the Adams County GHG Growing project is Rich Rhodes and Phil Eicher.

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Portland, Ind. – First Bank of Berne donated $2,920 to Jay Community Center. Presenting the check is Tracy Carpenter, Portland First Bank of Berne Branch Manager and accepting the check is Kyle Cook, Jay Community Center Executive Director.

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First Bank of Berne is a Designer Purse Sponsor for the upcoming Junior Achievement Designer Purse Bingo on Friday, April 22. Presenting the purses are (l to r) Penny Parrish, Decatur Branch Manager; Jessie Hunter, Personal Banker; Kalisha Roe, Teller; and Brittany Looser, Teller.

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