TexasBank Awards $2,500 to The Love Basket of Erath County

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On Thursday, October 15, The Love Basket was awarded a check for $2,500 from TexasBank for winning the #TexasBankShares Contest. The Love Basket received the most votes out of the 7 nonprofit organizations in the Erath County contest.

TexasBank launched their Facebook page in early August, and followed that up with the start of the #TexasBankShares contest which ran from Labor Day through Monday, October 12th. Nonprofit agencies that fell under the 501(c)(3) qualification were allowed to enter the contest. The goal was to give back to the communities in which the bank employees live, work and serve. TexasBank also has locations in Brown, Comanche and Erath counties, and separate contests were held in each of those as well.

“We saw an opportunity to launch this in conjunction with the start of our Facebook page, and as a way to give back to the nonprofits that give so much to the communities in which we have bank locations,” said L.V. Coffee, President. “Thank you to all of our local nonprofits that participated, and congratulations to The Love Basket.”

Pictured above (L-R): Ray and Barbara Sissom with The Love Basket, Abigail Cervantes, Teller, Ken Luker, SVP Commercial Lending, Kim Stone, Banking Center Manager, L.V. Coffee, President, and Micah Cason, Teller.

Through a link on the bank’s Facebook page users were able to go on and vote once a day for the nonprofit that they would most like to see win the money. The nonprofits shared the link on their own Facebook pages, and encouraged their supporters to vote for them. Weekly standings were shared on the TexasBank Facebook page throughout the contest, and on Tuesday October 13^th the nonprofits with the most votes in each county were announced on the page.

Barbara Sissom with The Love Basket expressed their gratitude, and shared how they plan to use the money.

“We deeply appreciate TexasBank and everyone that voted for us. This was such a blessing and came at just the right time of year,” said Sissom. “Our plan is to buy gift cards to local grocery stores to give to our families in need this holiday season.”

Winners in other counties were as follows: Comanche County –Caring Hearts for Children’s Foundation, Eastland County-Eastland County Children’s Advocacy Center, and Brown County-The Ark Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Shelter.