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The Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce hosted its 68th Annual Boots & Bling Awards Gala on February 28, 2019 at the Pleasanton Civic Center.  The evening began with a social hour, followed by dinner, and then citizens were honored during the awards presentation.  Jackie Brown, Vice-President of our Pleasanton Office, had the privilege of giving out the Business Man of the Year Award to Pleasanton Chief of Police, Ronald Sanchez. Jackie also gave out the Business Person of the Year Award to Lillian Cashmer, Owner of Germania Insurance.  Congratulations to Chief Sanchez & Lillian Cashmer!!

The 53rd Annual Cowboy Homecoming & Turn N Burn was held at the Atascosa County Show Barn in Pleasanton, TX on March 8, 2019.  This annual event draws quite the crowd and includes a Team Roping Competition, Live Music, as well as a BBQ Cook-off!  This year Security State Bank was proud to be a Buckle Sponsor for the Team Roping Event!  SSB also had quite a few employees and their spouses show up to participate in the team roping.  These individuals included, Clayton Neal, Executive Vice President of SSB, Clay Applewhite, Vice-President of SSB, Joseph Brown, husband of Jackie Brown, Vice-President of SSB, and Leonard Geyer, husband of Sue Geyer, Vice-President of SSB!  Congratulations to all the winners!!

Security State Bank was out and about this year at local stock shows to participate as a buyer in several counties.  SSB believes in the importance of helping our youth develop life skills that they will use as adults as well as  supporting all of the hard work that these kids put into their 4H and FFA projects.  This year, as in several years past, SSB was an active buyer in Atascosa, Frio and Medina County!  Several officers from different bank locations attended the various sales to show their support!

Employees at the Devine Branch of Security State Bank, donated new shoes and socks for children in need at Devine Elementary.  Pictured here from Left to Right are Sue Geyer, VP of SSB, Stephanie Kohlleppel, counselor at Devine Elementary, and Michelle Spivey, AVP of SSB, as they delivered their box of donations to the school!

On Sept. 6, 2018, Security State Bank and Primo’s Feed & Supply, came together to donate a brand new scoreboard for the football field at Charlotte ISD!   Pictured here from left to right, are the individuals who made the project possible: Becky Ramos, Charlotte ISD Board President, Mike Wilson, SSB President, Christina Campos, SSB employee & CISD Board Member, Kelsey Wiley, Primo’s Feed & Supply Representative, and Shawn Vowell, CISD Athletic Director.  Good Luck Trojans!  We wish you a great 2018 Football Season!

Employees at both Pearsall Security State Bank Locations recently held a uniform drive to collect gently used uniforms to donate to the students of Pearsall ISD.  The bank along with numerous employees gave money to purchase new uniforms to donate with the used ones that were collected.  This is the second year in a row that SSB has committed to making sure every student at PISD has uniforms to wear to school!  Both Pearsall SSB locations also participated in the “Stuff The Bus” program and were able to donate an entire vehicle full of school supplies! Pictured here from Left to Right are Mr. Adams, Vice-Principal of the Intermediate School, Mr. Cantu, Principal of the Intermediate School, Annie Garcia & Abel Trevino, both from SSB, as they dropped off the uniform donations.

On Monday, August 20, 2018, Mary Mangold & Carrie Schutze, both officers of our Castroville Branch, along with several other community members, volunteered their time to help serve lunch to the entire faculty of Medina Valley ISD during convocation! Whataburger food was brought in and over 840 burgers were served along with all the fixings.  The teachers and faculty of MVISD were very appreciative of the food and for all of the volunteers who took the time to make sure every one was fed.  Pictured here are Mary Mangold, VP/Branch Manager of our Castroville Office, along with Missy Lessing, President of the Medina Valley Education Foundation, & Holly Haby, Community Partnership Coordinator for MVISD.

The 4th Annual Backyard Bluegrass Concert, to benefit the Castroville Regional Park, was held in Castroville, TX on October 15, 2017.  This years concert featured The Tennessee Valley Authority as well as Houston Marchman & The South Texas Field Hippies.  The event was put on by the Friends of Castroville Regional Park and all proceeds went to the enhancement of the Botanical Garden Trail. Security State Bank & Medina Electric were the two main sponsors of this year’s event and were recognized during the concert.  Pictured here are (L-R): FCRP members – Arnold Dollase & Victor Ortiz,Representative of Medina Electric – Brian Bell, Castroville Mayor – Tim Kelley, FCRP member – Pat Marince,  Security State Bank Officers – Mary Mangold & Cindy Taylor, and FCRP member – Patrick Connor.

On Tuesday, July 25th, the Pleasanton Office celebrated their 10 Year Anniversary!  The Bank invited Kona Ice Tropical Shaved Ice to come out and serve free cups of shaved ice to the community courtesy of SSB.  This celebration was held as a thank you to the community for helping Security State Bank grow over the last 10 Years.  Almost 200 cups of shaved ice were given out to cool the people of the community off on a hot July day!

Special Thanks to the Pleasanton Express Newspaper, The Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Pleasanton Homecoming Court for coming out to help celebrate this huge milestone for Security State Bank!