Pub. 7 2019 Issue 2

Issue 2. 2019 27 State Bank of Southern Utah has broken ground on a new build- ing in Fillmore, UT. The Fillmore branch opened in November 2018. It is anticipated that the new building will be open by the end of 2019. State Bank of Southern Utah has been named among the 2018 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation. Early in 2018, employees at State Bank of Southern Utah participated in an employer feedback survey program. That response data was benchmarked against hundreds of employers nationwide and State Bank was recognized as “a company that is creating richer lives, making a better business environment, and building stronger communities.” State Bank is proud to have the employ- ees we have in place to make this a wonderful company and a great place to work. WEX BANK Four WEX Bank associates, Angie Williams, Dan Simpson, Merisa MCCabe, Tommy Le, volunteered their time during the tax season at VITA to assist the LMI population with free tax return services and searches for tax benefits such as Earned Income Credits. Several WEX Bank team members volunteered in school class- rooms teaching LMI students about financial literacy with Junior Achievement of Utah. ZIONS BANK Zions Honored on Women Tech Council’s 2019 Shatter List Zions Bancorporation has been recognized on the Women Tech Council’s 2019 Shatter List for actively employing measures to help break glass ceilings for women in technology. Zions was among 46 companies recognized based on the develop- ment and successful implementation of measures that create gen- der-inclusive cultures where women can contribute and succeed. The Shatter List Award committee scored companies on four factors critical to building inclusive cultures, including executive engagement. company programming, community investment and on their formal programs to support women internally. Zions Bank Teaches Children to Save Utah Rep. Ben McAdams joined Zions Bank President and CEO Scott Anderson on April 22 to encourage students to balance their personal budgets and avoid harmful personal financial habits. Visiting a fourth-grade classroom at Granger Elementary, McAdams and Anderson engaged in hands-on activities about saving and spending choices during their inter- active presentation. “Kids who learn good financial habits and practices when they are young will give themselves a boost throughout their lives,” McAdams said. “It’s common sense to be prepared for the ups and downs that life throws at us financially and this activity will help them start off on a lifetime of important choices.” Throughout the month of April, Zions Bank sent more than 100 bankers into schools to teach 9,000 kindergarten through 12th- grade students their financial ABCs in honor of National Teach Children to Save Day, an annual outreach event sponsored by the American Bankers Association. Zions Bank Employees Paint Homes Across Utah Senior citizens and disabled residents who face challenges main- taining their homes received a helping hand from Zions Bank volunteers during the bank’s 29th annual Paint-a-Thon service project in June. Bank wide, more than 3,000 employees and their families volun- teered to clean, scrape and paint 40 homes. In addition to paint- ing, Zions employees provide yard clean-up, pruning, mowing, planting and minor repairs as needed by homeowners. Since its launch in 1991, Zions Bank employees have set aside summer pastimes for a week each year — volunteering in the evenings after work and on Saturday — to paint 1,181 homes throughout Idaho and Utah. Not counting the dollar value of volunteer hours through the years, the bank has donated more than $1.3 million in paint and supplies over the past quarter century. n