Two Indiana banks recognized for community commitment

Robb Blume, president and CEO of Community First Bank of Indiana, displays the IBA 2020 Commitment to Community Award.
The bank won the award in the category of banks with assets below $500 million. Shown from left are: Bea Wiles, Londee Davis and Kim LaFollette, Community First Bank of Indiana; Amber Van Til, Indiana Bankers Association; Robb Blume, Janelle Campbell and Bob Hickman, Community First Bank of Indiana.

Community First Bank of Indiana, Kokomo, and Centier Bank, Merrillville, were awarded the Indiana Bankers Association’s Commitment to Community recognition in their asset size categories for outstanding community service last year. 

The awards, presented Oct. 13 during the IBA Mega Conference in Indianapolis, were created by the IBA “in 2018 to celebrate exceptional bank outreach and to raise public awareness of the diverse ways that banks support the communities they serve,” according to the IBA.  

Twenty-two banks submitted nominations for the 2020 C2C awards. Community First Bank of Indiana won in the category of banks with assets under $500 million, and Centier Bank won in the category of banks with assets of $500 million and more. 

 The following banks submitted nominations for the 2020 IBA Commitment to Community Awards: 

Asset size of under $500 million: 

  • Community First Bank of Indiana, Kokomo, winner
  • Alliance Bank, Francesville, finalist
  • Home Bank, Martinsville – finalist
  • Bath State Bank
  • Farmers and Mechanics Federal Savings Bank, Bloomfield
  • First Federal Savings Bank, Huntington
  • Hoosier Heartland State Bank, Crawfordsville
  • Indiana Trust Wealth Management, Mishawaka
  • Mutual Savings Bank, Franklin
  • The New Washington State Bank, Charlestown
  • Tri-County Bank, Roachdale
Amber Van Til of the Indiana Bankers Association presents the IBA 2020 Commitment to Community Award
to Timothy V. Coleman, representing Centier Bank. The bank won in the category of banks with assets of $500 million and above.

Asset Size: $500 Million and above

  • Centier Bank, Merrillville, winner
  • First Farmers Bank & Trust Company, Converse, finalist
  •  First Savings Bank, Jeffersonville – finalist
  • 1st Source Bank, South Bend
  • Bank of America, Indianapolis
  • First Bank Richmond
  • First State Bank of Middlebury
  • Horizon Bank, Michigan City
  • Jackson County Bank, Seymour
  • Peoples Bank, Munster
  • STAR Bank, Fort Wayne