Posted On: December 24, 2020 by Iowa State Bank in: Community, Donations, General
Thanks to the generosity of the Ruthven community, the residents of the Ruthven Care Center communities received Christmas gifts this holiday. “For 17 years the bank has been delivering Christmas gifts to local care center residents through our Sharing Tree program, and with a few changes due to the pandemic, we were so grateful to deliver gifts again this year,” remarked Sheree Eischen of Iowa State Bank, the program’s organizer.
Instead of the traditional Sharing Tree in the bank’s lobby, Eischen hung a Giving Garland in the bank’s entryway so that local residents could still pick up gift tags with gift suggestions for residents of the Ruthven Community Care Center, Assisted Living Center and RCCC Villa. The bank’s lobby access was limited due to the pandemic during the time of the gift collection. Gifts were then returned to the entryway for the residents. Fifty gifts were delivered with generous support from the community. “Only a few gift
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