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LAKE WALES, FL – Citizens Bank & Trust is pleased to announce a community partnership with The Boys & Girls Clubs of Polk County.

“We are so excited and proud to announce this newly formed partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Polk County. The Boys & Girls Clubs play such an important role in our community and we are honored to play a small role in helping them fulfill their mission,” said Citizens Bank & Trust President Greg Littleton.

The Boys & Girls Clubs work tirelessly to enable all young people, especially those of the highest need, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.  Since 1939, local clubs have provided a world-class Club Experience that assures success is within reach of every young person who enters their doors, with all members on track to graduate from high school with a plan for the future, demonstrating good character and citizenship, and living a healthy lifestyle.  That’s why they say; Great Futures Start Here!

Steve Giordano, President and CEO Boys & Girls Clubs of Polk County,  was quoted as saying, “We are a community organization and now that we have united all our clubs under one county-wide organization, we wanted to choose a banking partner that truly represented the giving spirit of Polk County. There is no doubt that Citizens Bank & Trust is Polk County’s Bank and we are proud to be their partners!”

Citizens Bank & Trust, founded in 1920 in Frostproof, Florida, is a full-service financial institution providing personal and commercial banking deposit and loan products, along with Trust & Investment services. Branches are located in Auburndale, Bartow, Dundee, Frostproof, Haines City, Lake Wales, Lakeland and Winter Haven. For more information regarding the Boys & Girls Clubs of Polk County visit https://www.bgcpolk.org/

LAKE WALES, FL – Citizens Bank & Trust is pleased to announce changes to our mortgage lending team and two new office managers.

Amanda Ambrose Hurles, former VP Office Manager at the Winterset Branch has been named VP Residential Lending Officer. Amanda will now be based out of the Lake Wales Office.

Vaughn McAshan, VP Office Manager is the new Office Manager at Winterset.

Mark Shapiro, former Residential Lending Officer has been named Office Manager of the new South Lakeland Office set to open in May.

Alexandra Lee, has joined Citizens Bank & Trust as VP Office Manager at the Downtown Lakeland Office. Alex has been in the banking industry for 13 years here in her hometown of Lakeland and is currently in her 7^th year of service on the Explorations V Children’s Museum Board.

“We’re excited about these management changes, as well as the addition of Alex to our team. Leadership is crucial to the service and commitment that we expect to provide our customers and we could not be in better hands with these fine folks”, said Citizens Bank & Trust President Greg Littleton.

Citizens Bank and Trust, founded in 1920 in Frostproof, Florida, is a full service financial institution providing   personal and commercial banking deposit and loan products, along with Trust & Investment services. Branches are located in Auburndale, Bartow, Dundee, Frostproof, Haines City, Lake Wales, Lakeland and Winter Haven. For more information on Citizens Bank and Trust visit www.citizens-bank.com.

Ft. Meade, FL – Citizens Bank & Trust is excited to announce the members of their newly formed Ft. Meade Advisory Board.

“BB&T recently announced plans to close their Ft. Meade location, leaving Citizens Bank & Trust as the only bank in the community. We want it known that we are committed to serving the financial needs of Ft. Meade and could not be more pleased to have this group of fine citizens available to assist us in our efforts,” said Citizens Bank & Trust President Greg Littleton.

The Ft. Meade Advisory Board Members are:
Ben Speight – Retired Educator
Roger Wright – Oakview Lakes Mobile Home Park
Bob Elliott – Greenwood Chevrolet
Clayton Frazier – Badcock Home Furnishings & More
Retha Crawford – Southern Posh

Citizens Bank & Trust is a full-service financial institution that has served Polk County since 1920. In addition to business checking and savings plans, they also offer a wide range of loan products, as well as trust and investment services. As Polk County’s oldest community bank still in existence,Citizens continues to provide customers with high quality financial products and superior customer service.

For more information on Citizens Bank & Trust visit www.citizens-bank.com; or contact Donovan Tinsley at Tinsley Creative, email: donovan@tinsleycreative.com; phone: 863-583-0081.

Citizens Bank & Trust was excited to host a ground-breaking ceremony this morning for their newest office which will be located in South Lakeland.

The South Lakeland location will be joining the Bank’s 13 other offices, located in: Auburndale, Bartow, Chalet Suzanne Road, Downtown Lakeland, Dundee, Edgewood, Frostproof, Ft. Meade, Haines City, Lake Wales, Schalamar Creek, Winter Haven, and Winterset at High Pointe.

“We could not be more excited about expanding our services to South Lakeland”, Greg Littleton, Citizens Bank & Trust President.

The ground-breaking ceremony was this morning, Wednesday September 25th, at 5850 South Florida Avenue, Lakeland, FL 33813 with members of the bank and Miller Construction Management.

The South Lakeland Office is expected to open early 2019.

We are so honored to have been named Best Bank for the third year in a row at last night’s The Ledger’s Best of the Best awards. We are proud to be your bank.