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Troop 10602 Working on Money Patch

The Girl Scouts of America Daisys and Brownies Troop #10602 with Troop Leaders Shelly Vincent and Candice Johns, visited Community Bank of Pickens County and received a full tour of the bank. Shown in photo is Troop touring the Safety Deposit Room. The Troop was given an overview of what happens to their money and how they earn interest on deposits they put in their savings accounts. Troop 10602 visited CBOPC as part of the work they need to complete for a Money Patch for their vests. Courtney Phillips of CBOPC guided the tour.

Community Bank of Pickens County Welcomes Megan Payne

John Trammell, President and CEO of Community Bank of Pickens County , is pleased to announce the addition to their team of Megan Payne as a Teller at the Sammy McGhee location. Mr. Trammell stated, “We continue to add bright folks to our staff who focus on outstanding customer service. Megan will be a great addition to our team.”

Megan was born and raised in Pickens County and graduated from Pickens High School . She attended Kennesaw State University for two years and is currently studying nursing at Chattahoochee Technical College . Megan chose Community Bank of Pickens County because she knew and liked many of the staff, so she felt right at home. In her free time she likes to spend time with family and shop with friends.

Mr. Casey Warnock of State Farm Insurance was the winner of Community Bank of Pickens County 's Refer-A-Friend program for referring a friend of his, Lance Cone, to start a banking relationship with Community Bank of Pickens County. Of the many participants in the program, Mr. Warnock was drawn from those eligible and both Mr. Warnock and Mr. Cone received gas cards as the award. Mr. Warnock is shown receiving a $200 gas card from Brian Craig of Community Bank of Pickens County. Mr. Cone is shown receiving the gas card from Debbie Dobbs of CBOPC.

Boys & Girls Club Receives Staff Donation

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Pickens County's funding has very much been affected by the downturn in the economy. As a result, Community Bank of Pickens County organized a staff program where the staff were able to wear blue jeans on Fridays for a small fee that would be donated to the Boys and Girls Clubs. The blue jean Fridays continued from mid November through December. In addition, the staff voted to donate the funds they would normally spend on gift exchanges within the bank staff to the Clubs. Pictured above are Chris Beasley and Courtney Phillips with Michelle Crawford (center) receiving the donation.

CBOPC Travelers Club met in December and hosted a Christmas Sweater Contest. Prizes were given to the winners. Lots of fun enjoyed by everyone.

Winners and Attendees of our Christmas Eve Customer Appreciation Celebration 2009

Whitney Johnson welcomes a new baby!

Whitney Johnson, a Teller at Cove Rd., and her husband Rusty are proud to announce the birth of their first child born on November 12, 2009 at 5:38pm. Her name is Hattie Paige Johnson and she was 7lbs 3oz and 20 1/2 inches long.  Join us in congratulating the proud parents!

Congratulations to Leah Roper

Join us in congratulating Leah Roper, Teller, on her marriage to Dustin Roper on October 24, 2009!

The Community Bank Travelers Club hosted a day trip to the Atlanta Cyclorama with lunch at the Blue Willow Inn in August, 2009. An interesting trip and a really great lunch was enjoyed by all travelers.

September 14, 2009 Community Bank Travelers Club set sail for Key West and the Bahamas with 49 travelers on board. Great fellowship, lots of fun and interesting site seeing were enjoyed by all.

Community Bank of Pickens County Donates Score Table for New PHS Gymnasium

Community Bank of Pickens County worked with Pickens High School to provide a state of the art Score Keepers table with lighted signs on the front to be used in the new High School Gymnasium. Kathy Westbrook , of CBOPC, conducted the research and coordinated the bidding process for the new table. The table will provide an efficient and convenient workstation for the score keepers at all types of events held in the new gymnasium. The first time the table will be in use will be at the first Basketball game on November 20. The dragon graphic on the sign front is the same one used on the court floor in the gym.

Shown in photo L to R is Brad Steinhauer, Head Boys Basketball Coach; Kevin Jacobs, Head Girls Basketball Coach; Chris Williams, PHS Principal, Kathy Westbrook and Brian Williams of Community Bank of Pickens County.

Elvis Visited August Travelers Club Meeting of Community Bank of Pickens County

The August Travelers Club meeting featured Greg Burgess as Elvis for our 50s Sock Hop themed evening. In addition to a great performance by “Elvis” all in leather, featuring several of his all time favorite songs, a twist dance contest was held with Martin and CC Messmer crowned the winners and Jim and Jan Whitmire coming in as a close second. Cutting a rug was an understatement with this crowd. With over 50 in attendance (including several in poodle skirts) Elvis received a standing ovation from the attendees that shared a great meal, some fun entertainment and learned about upcoming travel opportunities. Anyone interested in joining the Community Bank Travelers Club can call 706-253-9600 for more information.

Mr. Mark Greeson was the winner of Community Bank of Pickens County 's Refer-A-Friend program for referring Sandra Greeson to start a banking relationship with Community Bank of Pickens County . Of the many participants in the program, Mr. Greeson was drawn from those eligible and both Mr. Greeson and Ms. Greeson received $200 gas cards as the award. Mr. Greeson is shown receiving a $200 gas card from Ryan Godfrey of Community Bank of Pickens County and Ms. Greeson is shown receiving the gas card from Sherri Arp of CBOPC.

The July 09 meeting of the Community Travelers Club enjoyed an elaborate Fireworks display, had picnic style hot dogs and enjoyed an entertaining talk on upcoming travel trips being offered.

Join us in congratulating Ryan Godfrey, Customer Service Representative, on his marriage to Kelly on May 16, 2009!

Community Bank of Pickens County Travelers Club Visits King Tut Exhibit

On March 19, 2009, the Community Bank of Pickens County Travelers Club visited the King Tut Exhibit at the Atlanta Civic Center in the morning, enjoyed a delicious lunch at Mary Mac’s Tea Room and then visited the Chinese Warrior Exhibit at the High Museum. Both exhibits were very well done and truly gave you a feeling of what the actual sites must feel like. There were 29 travelers on the trip and all enjoyed the day. Bo Barylak, a member of CBOPC’s Advisory Board and his lovely wife Carol were in attendance and everyone shared in celebrating his birthday of March 19.

Lacey Jones welcomes a new baby!

Lacey Jones and husband Chad are the proud parents of their new son, Camden Alexander.  He was born on February 10, 2009. At the time of delivery, he weighed 7.7lbs. and was 20.5 inches long.  Join us in congratulating the proud parents!

2/5/09
Congratulations to Ambassador of the Year!

The Pickens County Chamber of Commerce awarded Susan Wright, CBOPC’s Marketing and Business Development Officer, the honor of Ambassador of the Year 2008. The Pickens Chamber keeps track of points given for every volunteer effort with the Chamber as an Ambassador. At the end of the year, an outstanding Ambassador is chosen. This person goes above and beyond the call of volunteerism and truly makes a difference in the community. Join us in congratulating Susan Wright!

12/23/08
Travelers Club Updates

Community Bank of Pickens County has changed our Travel Hosting company to American Travel. We have put together a great line up of trips available including Day Trips as well as domestic and international destinations. You don’t have to be a customer of our bank or a member of our Travelers Club to travel with us. We would also like to invite anyone interested to attend a Travelers Club meeting to hear more about exciting Group Travel opportunities. Contact Tammy Greer for more information.

8/12/08
Recycling. The Responsible Thing to Do!

The Keep Pickens Beautiful organization has developed a recycling program for companies that makes it as convenient and easy as possible to recycle. Susan Wright from Community Bank of Pickens County has organized the program as a member of the Keep Pickens Beautiful Board of Directors. The plan focuses on three areas to begin with: plastic bottles, aluminum cans and mixed use paper and cardboard. Susan stated, "We have to start somewhere. These three items are fairly easy to recycle and can be maintained without too much effort. Once we all get good at recycling these items we will focus on recycling at a deeper level. If the businesses and residents in Pickens County would just recycle these three items it would make a huge impact on reducing the amount of landfill we use and go a long ways toward protecting our environment for the future." Community Bank of Pickens County started their recycling program about a year ago and each month they deposit between 6 &9 large bags of cans and bottles at the recycling center, in addition to full loads each week of cardboard and mixed paper.

Keep Pickens Beautiful is asking you to consider incorporating recycling into your business. If you start with just three items it will make a huge impact on the amount of products in landfills and will support the recycled materials manufacturing in Georgia .

If you are interested in starting a recycling program you can contact Susan Wright at susan.wright@cbopc.com, 706-253-9602 or contact Keep Pickens Beautiful at 706-253-3600.

6/6/08

On May 22, 2008 Community Bank of Pickens County held a Grand Opening Celebration and ribbon cutting for their new Cove Road location. The Celebration was well attended by the community and local officials. The enthusiasm of the staff was infectious and added to the merry atmosphere. Attendees enjoyed refreshments and received a commemorative marble paperweight. Community Bank was founded in 2000 and is locally owned and operated. They are committed to growth in Pickens County and work very hard to make a difference through Hometown Commitment. Shown in center cutting the ribbon are Don Keeter, Chairman of the Board; John Trammell, President/CEO; Ryan Keeter, VP/Branch Manager Cove Rd.; Pierce Neese, Board Member, Geraldine Moody, Executive VP/Senior Lender and Kathy Westbrook, Assistant Branch Manager Cove Rd.

4/16/08

Mark your calendars to attend our
Grand Opening Celebration on May 22
from 1 – 4:30pm.

2/14/08
Community Bank of Pickens County Supports Keep Pickens Beautiful

If you haven’t noticed the two new pergolas, brick walk through and refurbished Keep Pickens Beautiful building on Main St. in downtown Jasper you need to go by and bask in the glow. The Board of Directors of the Keep Pickens Beautiful organization decided the building their office resides in and the surrounding area needed some beautification. The project was organized by the Board of Directors with Mary Ann Manzel at the helm as President. The building received a new roof, repairs in siding and facia boards and a new paint job. A small porch was constructed at the entrance to guard from rain and a concrete pad was pored for a safer step up into the building. In the garden area next to the building some bushes were removed and two beautiful pergolas were constructed. A brick walk through from the sidewalk to the parking lot was constructed and the parking lot was resurfaced.

Community Bank of Pickens County donated $1200 to the project, being the premier sponsor. Lee Dunn, owner of the building, also contributed to the enhancements and the City of Jasper was very helpful with the parking lot, porch pad, and brick walk through. Volunteers from the Keep Pickens Beautiful organization provided the labor for painting and refurbishment of the building and transplanting plants. Mary Ann Manzel designed the pergolas and garden area. This project shows what a little community involvement and support can accomplish.

The Keep Pickens Beautiful organization focuses on recycling education and efforts, Adopt A Road program for trash removal, and beautification projects.


Construction Almost Complete

We are getting down to the final finish details on the new Cove Rd. location. Everything is progressing nicely and we are still on target to have final completion in March 2008.

The exterior is almost finished and they have completed sheetrock, trim and paint on the inside as of February 15.

1/2/08
Community Bank of Pickens County Staff Donates to ACES

The staff of Community Bank of Pickens County voted to forego their annual gift giving to each other and instead, donate what they would normally spend to Appalachian Children’s Emergency Shelter(ACES). Shown is Larry Butler, President of ACES receiving a check for $500 on behalf of the ACES organization. There has been a great need for a children’s shelter in Pickens County for many years. The donation will go towards finishing the construction of the building that will house the shelter.



Construction Update

Construction is progressing nicely on the new Cove Rd. location for Community Bank of Pickens County. Steel supports are in place, framing and dry in is complete, and all should be under roof by end of week of December 24. Rough-ins for plumbing and electrical are underway and should also be done by first of year. All is on schedule for a March completion date.

This location will be a full service location with all banking services available. Ryan Keeter is overseeing the new location and stated, “This location will offer a lot of folks on the East side a more convenient place to bank. The Cove Rd. location will just be an extension of our main location. We have outgrown our current location and truly need more room to accommodate our growth. We look forward to serving the needs of both existing and new customers from this location.”

10/19/07
Community Bank of Pickens County Partners with The Boys & Girls Clubs of Pickens County

Community Bank of Pickens County has partnered with the West End and Roper Park Boys & Girls Clubs in a reading program. Community Bank has provided books to be read every week by volunteer staff every Tuesday & Thursday at 4:30pm. Brian Craig of Community Bank of Pickens County wanted to start a reading program for the children of Pickens County and felt the Boys & Girls Clubs were a perfect outlet to share his love of reading. The children are very attentive and seem to really enjoy listening and quiet time that a quality reading program offers. Once the books are read to both clubs, one of the clubs is presented with the book to keep as part of their permanent library.

Community Bank of Pickens County hosts WLJA Birthday Rewards

Community Bank has partnered with WLJA radio to host the Birthday Announcement done at 8:10 am every morning. Anyone’s birthday that is called out goes into a drawing. Once a month a name is drawn and they are presented with a $100 Certificate of Deposit from Community Bank. In September of 2008 the 12 monthly winners will go into a drawing and one of those twelve will be drawn and presented with a $500 Certificate of Deposit. Community Bank of Pickens County is making a difference through Hometown Commitment!