County Bank Raises Over $14,000.00 for the New York Relief Efforts.Business Editors MERCED, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2001 Upon hearing the news of the September 11th attacks On September 11, 2001, in the deadliest case of domestic Terrorism in the history of the United States, a group of 19 terrorists hijacked four U.S. airliners for use as missiles against targets in New York City and Washington, D.C. , County Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Hawker sent out a challenge to the Team Members of the bank. In keeping with the Core Values of the bank and the commitment that the organization has to serving others, he promised that the bank would match every cent donated by team members for the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Relief Effort. "I really strongly believe that it is the least that we can do for the victims of this vicious attack," said Hawker. "This not only effected the New York community but every American has felt the effects of this horror." The team members donated $ 4,414.41 which totaled $8,828.82 after the match was made. The other $5,634.13 came from County Bank customers. "What an honor it is to be a part of this team of people and this community who care so much, not only about the communities that we serve but for those in need too," continued Hawker. County Bank is an independent community bank with 18 branches serving customers in the counties of Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tuolumne. Capital Corp of the West, the holding company can be found on the World Wide Web at www.countybank.com and traded through the National Stock Exchange (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on symbol CCOW CCOW Clinical Context Object Workgroup CCOW Channel Control Order Wire CCOW Control Channel Order Wire CCOW Contributing to Coalition Operations Worldwide CCOW Computer Care on Wheels (Brantford, Ontario, Canada) ). Capital Corp. of the West offices are housed at the Bank's Merced office, located at 550 West Main Street. The Bank is a member of FDIC FDIC See: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC See Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). and an equal housing lender The terms Equal Housing Lender and Equal Opportunity Lender are synonymous and refer to all FDIC insured banks in the United States. Such banks are prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, handicap, or familial status. . |
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