Citizens Hosts 8th Blood Drive
Citizens Bank Minnesota hosted it’s eighth employee blood drive with the American Red Cross on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in their New Ulm Training Room. Citizens employees collected 28 units of blood. The total the bank has collected since 2022 is 241 units of blood.
Citizens is committed to strengthening our communities and helping meet hospital and patient needs through blood donations. This blood drive was a way to give our staff an opportunity to help save lives.
Donors of all blood types are needed, especially those with types O negative, B negative, and A negative. According to the Red Cross, type O negative is the universal blood type that can be safely transfused to anyone, and is often used to treat trauma patients. Simply go to redcrossblood.org to find a community blood drive near you!
2024 Race 2 Raise 5K
2023 Adopt-A-Family
Citizens Bank Minnesota and its employees were excited to help organizations and families in need this Holiday Season. Our Main Office in New Ulm partnered with Brown County Family Services through their “Adopt a Family” program to help area families by purchasing clothing, grocery gift cards and household items. New Ulm also purchased diapers for the Blessed Bottoms Diaper Assistance Program, providing diapers to children in need. Our Watkins, La Salle and Ormsby locations were able to purchase needed items to assist several families in their areas. Our Lafayette branch donated toys for a local toy drive, and our Lakeville branch donated items to 360 Communities.Day of Caring - 2023
Fostering Caring Communities
Citizens Bank Minnesota collected needed supplies for area children and youth utilizing their county foster care programs and services. Each branch location received lists from their individual counties for specific items needed for the children and foster care families. Both our clients and our employees made generous donations like pajamas, baby formula, a mattress, socks, as well as monetary donations to provide them with some of the essentials needed to ensure their well-being.2023 Race 2 Raise 5K
Our annual 5K fundraiser was Saturday, May 13, 2023. It was a rainy morning with scattered storms, so we watched the radar carefully, several times wondering if we should cancel the event. But as we reached start time, the skies were clear from lightning and the event was on! 0ut of 151 registered participants, 86 braved the rain and completed the 5K. Afterwards we were able to get out of the rain by having the awards ceremony under the grandstand at German Park. Medals were awarded to the top 3 male and top 3 female finishers in age group. After the 5K many gathered at the B&L Bar to redeem their bib number for one free beverage. It was a nice way to celebrate their accomplishment, and dry off!2022 Adopt-A-Family
Citizens Bank Minnesota and its employees were excited to help organizations and families in need this Holiday Season. Our Main Office in New Ulm partnered with Brown County Family Services through their “Adopt a Family” program to help an area family by purchasing clothing, hats and mittens, a grocery card and household items. Our Watkins, La Salle and Ormsby locations were able to purchase needed items to assist six families. Our Lafayette branch donated funds to Santa’s Closet and our Lakeville branch participated as a Toys for Tots drop-off site.
Money was donated by employees, raised through a variety of internal fundraising events throughout our locations, and a bank match was given making it possible to donate over $3800.00 in gifts and necessities for these families and organizations.
We were happy to help these organizations as well as families who would have had an otherwise difficult time purchasing the needed items themselves. It was also a great way to remember what the Holidays are truly all about!
2022 Citizens Race 2 Raise 5K
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Citizens Partners With American Red Cross
Citizens Bank Minnesota hosted an employee blood drive with the American Red Cross on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, in their New Ulm Training Room. Citizens employees collected 27 units of blood, exceeding their goal of 25!
Citizens is committed to strengthening our community and helping meet hospital and patient needs through blood donations. This blood drive was a way to give our staff an opportunity to help save lives.
Donors of all blood types are needed, especially those with types O negative, B negative, and A negative. According to the Red Cross, type O negative is the universal blood type that can be safely transfused to anyone, and is often used to treat trauma patients. Simply go to redcrossblood.org to find a community blood drive near you!
2021 Adopt-A-Family
Citizens Bank Minnesota and its employees donated over $3800.00 worth of gifts to area families and organizations in need.
Citizens and its employees were excited to help organizations and families in need this Holiday Season. Our Main Office in New Ulm partnered with Brown County Family Services through their “Adopt a Family” program to help an area family by purchasing clothing, hats and mittens, a grocery card and household items. Our Watkins Branch was able to purchase toys, clothing, hats and gloves, plus a grocery card to help a family in their area. Our Lafayette Branch donated funds to the Lafayette Charter School along with the Sibley East Adopt A Family Program. Our La Salle Branch received the name of a family through Madelia school and was able to purchase gift cards and games. Our Lakeville Branch received the name of a family from a local church and partnered with their upstairs tenant, David Charlez Designs, to purchase gift cards for the family. Lastly, our Ormsby Branch adopted a family through Martin County West School District and they were able to purchase clothing, toys, mittens and hats.
Money was donated by employees, raised through a variety of internal fundraising events throughout our locations, and a bank match was given making it possible to donate over $3800.00 in gifts and necessities for these families and organizations.
We were happy to help these organizations as well as families who would have had an otherwise difficult time purchasing the needed items themselves. It was also a great way to remember what the Holidays are truly all about!
2021 Community Impact Month
Citizens Bank Minnesota employees spent the month of September carrying out several Random Acts of Kindness (RAK’s) in the communities they serve. Citizens donated $750 for 15 teams to spread kindness in a creative way! Many employees also contributed towards their RAK’s.
Our teams worked together in so many ways by donating blood together, delivering snacks to local hospitals, gift card giveaways at local gas stations, grilling lunch for local law enforcement officers, delivering food for first responders, picking up trash at a park, unpacking and sorting snacks for Project Lunch Box, blessing families in need with freezer meals and delivering snacks in appreciation of our schools and bus drivers!
This effort was in conjunction with the Minnesota Bankers Association’s Community Impact Month. Across the state, 88 banks and over 342 branches joined forces in September to serve 243 distinct cities. Launched by the Minnesota Bankers Association, the Community Impact Month creates an opportunity for banks to highlight the many volunteer opportunities available to help build stronger local communities. Citizens and their employees were proud to be a part of this effort! #BanksBuildMN
Citizens Bank Minnesota Employees Donate over $7,000.00 to Area Nonprofits
Citizens Bank Minnesota employees recently donated $7,074.74 to area nonprofits. Each year the employees choose who will receive the funds for that particular year. The funds are raised through Citizens Jeans for Change where employees can pay $5.00 every Friday to wear jeans to work, as well as various employee fundraisers throughout the year including the Race to Raise 5K, which had 139 registered participants and raised $2,641.74 for the American Cancer Society. Other proceeds were split and given to B the Light, Adaptive Recreational Services (ARS), Compassionate Friends, the Sertoma Club, the Jaycees, and the Nicholas P. Koenig HERO (Help & Encouragement on Rough Oceans) Foundation. The foundation provides a shining light of hope on families affected by pediatric cancer, with support of health-related research, education, and care.2021 Race 2 Raise 5K
The 6th annual Citizens Bank Minnesota Race 2 Raise 5K was held on Saturday, May 15, 2021. We couldn't have asked for a better day, the temps were perfect for a morning run/walk! It was great to be able to host an in-person event again, and we think our participants all agreed. 139 people registered for the event with 121 participating that morning. Our 5K was professionally chip-timed with awards going to the top 3 males and top 3 females in different age groups.
Citizens Bank Minnesota and its employees
donate $3,000.00 worth of gifts to area families in need
Citizens Bank Minnesota and its employees were excited to help organizations and families in need this Holiday Season. Our Main Office in New Ulm partnered with Brown County Family Services through their “Adopt a Family” program to help an area family in need by purchasing gifts and other items they needed.
Our Watkins Branch was able to help purchase gifts to help a family in their area. Our Lafayette Branch was able to purchase gift cards for teachers at the Lafayette Charter School as well as donate snacks to the workers at the Good Samaritan Center and The Lodge in Winthrop. Our La Salle Branch was able to purchase gift cards for 5 elderly individuals in need. Our Lakeville Branch partnered with their upstairs tenant, David Charlez Design to raise money for 360 Communities.
Money was donated by employees, raised through a variety of internal fundraising events throughout our locations, and a bank match was given making it possible to donate $3000.00 in gifts for these families and organizations.
We were happy to help these organizations as well as families who would have had an otherwise difficult time purchasing the needed items themselves. It was also a great way to remember what the Holidays are truly all about!
Citizens Participates in Community Impact Month
Citizens Bank Minnesota collected PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) as well as accepted monetary donations to purchase PPE for area schools in an effort to “Stop the Spread” of Covid-19 and help keep teachers, students and school staff safe this school year. Citizens raised $1178 along with donated items including cloth masks for both adults and children, face shields, paper towels, hand sanitizer and cleaning wipes.
This effort was in conjunction with the Minnesota Bankers Association's Community Impact Month. Across the state, 91 banks and over 498 branches joined forces in September to serve their local communities. Launched by the Minnesota Bankers Association, the Community Impact Month creates an opportunity for banks to highlight the many volunteer opportunities available to help build stronger local communities. Citizens and their employees were proud to be a part of this effort and we thank everyone who donated at all of our locations! #BanksBuildMN
Citizens Delivers Snack Care Packages To Local Hospitals
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