Baylake Bank Provides Double Benefit with Market Animal Purchase & Donation to Food Pantries in Poy Sippi and Berlin

September 8, 2009 - Baylake Bank recently participated in the Waushara County Fair Livestock Auction and donated the meat to local food pantries. Rich Moriarty, Regional Board of Director member for Baylake Bank, purchased a steer from Tyler Kasuboski and chickens from Joey Schmidt at the Livestock Auction. The meat was donated to the food pantries located in Poy Sippi and Berlin.

The purpose of the Livestock Auction Project is to instill responsibility, pride of ownership, and management skills in youth, who often use the proceeds from the sale of their animals for educational purposes or to invest in additional animals. Baylake Bank Financial Center Managers Nikki Schroeder, from the Poy Sippi location, and Jennifer Gitzel from Berlin location, feel that donating meat to the local pantries makes the livestock purchases even more rewarding.

Donations are still needed at most food pantries, and members of the public are encouraged to contact the nearest food pantry for more information about how to make cash or supply donations.

Baylake Bank serves its communities from 28 financial centers in Brown, Door, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Waupaca, and Waushara counties and from its website at www.baylake.com. Baylake Bank Central Region locations include Manawa, Waupaca, King, Fremont, Poy Sippi, and Berlin. For more information call (715) 256-9610 or 1-800-267-3610.

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