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Valley Bancorp operates Oak
Valley Community Bank and its
Eastern Sierra Community Bank
division, serving six counties in
rural California.
Within its footprint, the poverty
level exceeds the national average
by up to roughly four percentage
points (15.6% in Stanislaus County
in 2018 versus a national average
of 11.8%), so much of the work it
does focuses on creating sustainable
social improvements in its
local environment.
For example, homelessness often
goes hand in hand with a high poverty
rate. In 2019, Stanislaus County faced
a record-high homelessness rate, with
nearly 2,000 unhoused people-an
increase of 42% on 2018.
To combat this trend, Oak Valley
Community Bank donated to
Modesto Gospel Mission to provide
resources that met immediate needs
but with an eye on future recovery.
Initiatives like life skills classes,
employment training and assistance,
addiction recovery and medical
clinics helped community members
get off the streets.
" Through in-person outreach, Oak
Valley strives to understand the needs
of the community in order to build
things up and make our communities
better, " Courtney says. " We don't
just treat the symptoms; we're
attempting to treat the root cause in
our communities. If we do that, we
have impact not just today but down
the road. "
Case in point: Oak Valley
Community Bank invests in
several community foundations,
including the Stanislaus Community
Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization
in Modesto, Calif., dedicated to
improving the lives of Stanislaus
County residents. The community
bank has been supporting the
foundation's efforts to inject
operational support into the most
vulnerable organizations and
nonprofits in the area.
" I'm most proud of our work
Top: Employees of Hosparus Health Central Kentucky express their thanks to WesBanco for a
$3,500 Community Partner Relief Fund grant, which they used to buy PPE for their workers.
Bottom: WesBanco's city president for Kentucky's Heartland region presents a check to the
Elizabethtown Community & Technical College for its Student Emergency Fund.
with the Stanislaus Community
Foundation, " says Jose Sabala,
Oak Valley Community Bank's vice
president CRA officer. " They are
very innovative in the community
development world. We are
deeply proud of our community
revitalization efforts. "
Beyond these initiatives, the
bank has supported more than
1,600 community development
48 Q ICBA Independent Banker Q October 2020
service hours in support of other
community activities, including
bringing a financial literacy program
to six high schools within the bank's
assessment areas.
" It's about getting on the ground
and holding hands with your
community to see what you can do as
a community banker, " Sabala says.
" It's about uplifting the community
we serve. "

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