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NexTier Bank Makes $100,000 Commitment to EconomicsPennsylvania
Margaret Irvine Weir, President of NexTier Bank has announced a two year, $100,000 contribution to EconomicsPennsylvania, the largest not for profit economic education organization in the Commonwealth serving the K-12 school population. NexTier Bank funds will be used to help underwrite classroom program costs throughout the Butler County community which include workshops and seminars for teachers; activities for students and parents; materials and the creation and development of new curricula.
Andy Russell, former star linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers, a member of the Economics Pennsylvania Board of Directors and now Chairman of Laurel Mountain Partners, called the contribution ... “generous beyond measure and one that will have an enormous impact on our ability to provide important and critical educational programs to school districts, teachers, students and parents. The vision of Margaret Irvine Weir and the NexTier organization to guide and support this donation, given in the name of kids, is an outstanding example of personal citizenship and superb corporate philanthropy which I hope others will consider and emulate. Never before has the teaching of capitalism, the free enterprise system and entrepreneurship been more timely or needed and no one does it better than EconomicsPennsylvania," Russell said.
As part of his comments, Russell also announced that the current EconomicsPennsylvania Center for Economic Education housed at Butler County Community College will be renamed the NexTier Bank Center for Economic Education at Butler County Community College.
“We are delighted to partner with NexTier Bank to promote greater economic literacy in grades K-12,” said Professor David C. Huseman, Director of the Center for Economic Education at Butler County Community College. “The funding by NexTier will enable the Center to provide instructional programs that demonstrate important economic concepts and the economic reasoning process. As a result, students will be prepared to make economically sound choices as consumers, employees, and citizens,” he said.
NexTier Bank (formerly Citizens National Bank) was born 128 years ago in Evans City, then known as Evansburg. The bank expanded to 15 communities in Butler, Armstrong and northern Allegheny Counties, and has remained committed to recognizing the financial needs of its business and consumer customers, and staying flexible enough to address those needs in an innovative and timely way.
One of NexTier’s community initiatives focuses on children grades K through 12, teaching simple ways to save and invest money to help pay for future needs. “My great-grandfather started this bank believing in simple things like saving hard-earned money and investing it wisely. I think he’d be pleased we’re passing that philosophy down to the next generation of savers,” said Irvine Weir.
The purpose of EconomicsPennsylvania is to help students become entrepreneurial, productive members of the workforce, responsible voting citizens, prudent savers and investors, knowledgeable consumers and life long decision makers equipped to make effective choices in an ever changing global economy and environment. “In this endeavor, the NexTier Bank Center for Economic Education is a perfect partnership and EconomicsPennsylvania looks forward to a long and productive relationship with NexTierin our efforts to create a more financially literate society” said Fritz M Heinemann, President/CEO, EconomicsPennsylvania.
NexTier, the new face of Citizens National Bank, is a full-service financial institution , which seeks to assist customers to move t the “next level”, providing innovative products and services for personal and businesses financial needs. NexTier has 15 branch offices serving Butler, Beaver, Armstrong and Allegheny counties. NexTier has a 128 year history as a locally owned and operated bank with over $450 million in assets and approximately 250 employees.
Subsidiaries of NexTier, Inc. include: NexTier Bank, NexTier Insurance Services, The Family Business Center, NexTier Wealth Management, Citizens Transport and NexTier Mortgage Services. For more information about NexTier or its subsidiaries, visit www.thebank.com or call 1-800-262-1088. Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender.
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