Merchants Bank’s “Swipe Out Hunger” Facebook giveaway has concluded with a donation of $500.00 to Semcac.
In the bank’s sixth annual campaign, the top three donations were awarded based on the total number of votes for Hastings Family Service ($2,500), the Hunger Task Force of La Crosse ($1,500) and Friends in Need Food Shelf ($1,000). The 11 other local food shelves that participated each received a $500 donation. More than 4,400 votes were cast in this year’s giveaway.
The Food Shelves were nominated by Merchants Bank locations (bank locations making the nomination are noted in parentheses). There were a number of locations that nominated the same organization. The “Swipe Out Hunger” awards break down as follows:
• Semcac (Caledonia, Lanesboro, Rushford, Spring Grove): $500.00
• 360 Communities (Lakeville): $500.000
• The Open Door Pantry (Apple Valley and Rosemount): $500.00
• Hastings Family Service (Hastings): $2,500.00
• Friends in Need Food Shelf (Cottage Grove): $1,000.00
• Feed My People (Eau Claire): $500.00
• Cannon Falls Food Shelf (Cannon Falls): $500.00
• Channel One Regional Food Bank (Rochester): $ 500.00
• Hometown Resource Center (St. Charles): $500.00
• The Hunger Task Force (Onalaska): $1,500.00
• La Crescent Food Share (La Crescent): $500.00
• Randolph Food Shelf (Hampton): $500.00
• Red Wing Area Food Shelf (Red Wing): $500.00
• Winona Volunteer Services (Winona) $500.00
This year the bank donated five cents each time a Merchants Bank credit/debit card was used and $100 for every checking or savings account opened from August 1-8 for a total of $10,500. During last year’s “Swipe Out Hunger” giveaway Hastings Family Service received the top donation and more than 3,600 total votes were cast. In its six-year history, Swipe Out Hunger has donated more than $60,000 to support local food shelf programs in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Merchants Bank has 21 locations, including Minnesota locations in Caledonia, Spring Grove, Rushford, Lanesboro, Winona, St. Charles, Goodview, Rochester, La Crescent, Cannon Falls, Red Wing, Hampton, and the southern Twin Cities metropolitan suburbs of Apple Valley, Cottage Grove, Hastings, Lakeville and Rosemount. Merchants has Wisconsin locations in Eau Claire and Onalaska. All banks are FDIC members. Twin Cities-based Merchants Bank Equipment Finance is also a division of Merchants Bank, N.A.
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