A shopping excursion coordinated by Made to Thrive on Sept. 28, 2022, provided a young hunter with needed gear. The Hermiston-based nonprofit organization will receive proceeds from the fourth annual Turkey Day 5K on Nov. 28, 2024, in Hermiston. Participants will receive an event T-shirt if registered by Nov. 17, 2024.

A pair of local nonprofit organizations received support for its programs, thanks to generous donations through the annual Community Bank Charity Drive.

Held from November through mid-December, each of the bank’s locations collected donations to benefit a charity in the community that the bank operates. In its 13 years of the program, Community Bank has matched donations dollar for dollar, with a general program max match amount of $1,000 and a minimum match of $500 per branch location. However, because of an outpouring of support in the first week of the drive, bank officials decided to increase the match amount in Joseph, Enterprise, La Grande and Baker City.

Local nonprofits to benefit from the charity drive include Made to Thrive, which received $2,004. The Hermiston-based organization aims to improve the lives of at-risk youths in Umatilla and Morrow counties. And Pendleton’s Pioneer Relief Nursery received $1,047. The program helps prevent child abuse and neglect with early intervention efforts.

“The spirit of giving is alive and well in our communities,” Tom Moran, Community Bank CEO/president, said in a press release. “It’s always amazing to see people come together to help these organizations thrive.” This season, a total of $22,071 in donations and bank matches were disbursed to charities in northeast Oregon and southeast Washington. For information, call 509-525-9860 or tmoran@communitybanknet.com.