| November Monthly Membership Luncheon held On Tuesday, November 8, the Marion Chamber of Commerce held their Monthly Membership Luncheon at Kokopelli. The Marion Chamber of Commerce Monthly Membership Luncheon was be held on Tuesday, November 8 at noon at Kokopelli. The presenter wasHospice of Southern Illinois. US Bank is the sponsor of the November Monthly Membership Luncheon.  Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp, with $438 billion in assets as of June 30, 2016, is the parent company of U.S. Bank National Association, the fifth largest commercial bank in the United States. U.S. Bank operates 226 branches and employs over three thousand employees within the state of Illinois. We have served the Marion community for over 15 years from our Carbon Street branch. In March of 2016, we were honored for the second consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute as a World’s Most Ethical Company®. Honorees of this award are companies who impact the professional landscape as leaders and innovators in their fields, fostering ethical soundness and transparency throughout the organization. We believe all people deserve the opportunity to dream, believe and achieve. The building blocks that made our country great – a stable job, a home to call your own and a community connected through culture, recreation and play – continue to be at the heart of possibility for all of us. At U.S. bank, we invest our time, resources and passion to build and support vibrant communities. One of the ways we accomplish this is through community development – investing in people and their hopes and dreams for the future. By providing products and services that meet the diverse needs of our communities, we’re helping to provide a social and economic foundation for achieving affordable housing, productive small businesses and culturally dynamic communities. In 2015, U.S. Bank extended $103.1 million in community development loans and $87.1 million in investments throughout the state of Illinois. These investments include U.S. Bank Foundation grants, U.S. Bank corporate giving and nonprofit sponsorships as well as tax investments made through U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation (USBCDC). In addition, 642 U.S. Bank employees dedicated 11,432 hours of volunteer service to charities and organizations throughout Illinois, strengthening the fabric of the places where we live, work and play. Photos from the Luncheon       Published: 11/08/16 |