Tompkins VIST Bank’s Facebook Challenge finds phase 1 winner
WYOMISSING » The Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society has received a $2,000 donation from Tompkins VIST Bank for creating the best one-minute video explaining how it would use the funds to further its mission. That was the decision of visitors to the bank’s Facebook page that participated in the Community Minute Challenge.
The bank launched the threephase contest in May by asking a handful of organizations to create a one-minute video explaining their purpose and how they would use the funds to enhance their services. The bank then posted the videos on Facebook and invited the public to vote on their favorite. The bank will donate $2,000 to each winner, for a collective total of $6,000.
In phase 1, PAWS competed against Habitat for Humanity of Berks County; HelpHOPELive ; Reading Recreation Commission; and the Walk in Art Center (Schuylkill County).
PAWS’ winning video can be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p0lU0trQzs
Tompkins VIST Bank Marketing Officer Ann Fioravanti said the first contest drew more than 11,000 visits and 3,900 votes to the bank’s Facebook page.
Phase 2 runs from Aug. 17 to Aug. 31 and includes videos from the following organizations: Schuylkill Valley Community Library; Family Services of Montgomery County; Girls Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania; Greater Reading Visitors Bureau; and the Animal Rescue League of Berks County.
Participants are invited to ‘like’ Tompkins VIST Bank’s Facebook page, (www.facebook.com/TompkinsVISTBank), click on the Community Minute Challenge app and elect their non---
profit of choice. People can vote once every day for each round.
For more information visit www.vistbank.com.
Pottstown
TRICOUNTY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE STAFF MEMBER RECOGNIZED >> Jennifer O’Donnell member relations director of the Tri-County Area Chamber of Commerce, recently completed her second year at the Institute for Organization Management, a fouryear nonprofit leadership training program at Villanova University.
For the second consecutive year, O’Donnell was also awarded a Regent Scholarship to attend the institute. Given to professionals across the country, the Regent Scholarships recognize each recipient for their involvement in industry professional organizations, community service, and professional background.
Since its commencement
in 1921, the institute program has been educating tens of thousands of association, chamber, and other nonprofit leaders on how to build stronger organizations, better serve their members and become strong business advocates. Institute’s curriculum consists of four week long sessions at five different university locations throughout the country. Through a combination of required courses and electives in areas such as leadership, advocacy, marketing, finance, and membership, Institute participants are able to enhance their own organizational management skills and add new fuel to their organizations, making them run more efficiently and effectively.