With Christmas less than a month away we are all feeling positive and hopeful for an enjoyable 2024.
The Community Bank Monbulk & District Merry Monbulk Street Party for 2023 is coming – so Save the Date!
Join the Monbulk Traders Association and MADCOW as we enjoy a night full of Christmas festivities on Friday 1 December from 5pm to 9pm.
Santa will be in attendance, there will be beautiful Christmas markets, festive kids activities and the traders in Monbulk will also be staying up late and participating in some late night trading.
Community Bank Monbulk & District is proudly a major sponsor of the upcoming Merry Monbulk Street Party and we look forward to seeing you there!
The annual Wishing tree will be also available at the Merry Monbulk on 1 December and then the Bendigo Bank from Monday 4 December.
Every year Community Bank Monbulk & District partners with the Monbulk Care Network and their annual Wishing Tree Christmas Present appeal and people can select a tag and help a local child in need this Christmas.
We thank you in advance as every year we are humbled by the generosity of the Monbulk & District Community.
Rebecca Meyer, assistant branch manager for the Christmas section, said the staff of Community Bank Monbulk & District are looking forward to participating in the annual Merry Monbulk event.
“As major sponsors of Merry Monbulk it is always nice to enjoy the Christmas festivities with our community,“ she said.
It has been eleven years since Community Bank Monbulk & District opened its doors in February 2012 and in this time, they have remained open with consistency and maintained full hours of operation for our customers and community.
This year has seen an onflow post-covid, post-2021 storms and seen uncertainty through the current economic changes, leaving people in our community overall dispirited. Our team has shed light where possible by maintaining our customer and people focus and by supporting our community with some incredible projects and initiatives.
Examples of this are where we funded a tepee for Trek Learning Centre to enable concentrated group work and support for their programs, we partnered with the Kallista Village Market to bring the Kallista Revival Festival to the community and gifted $20,000 to the Emerald Monbulk Wildlife Shelter to continue the fantastic work they do in our local area rescuing native fauna.
Monbulk & District Community Enterprises Limited is a community owned company and operates on a profit for purpose model, which means revenue generated by customers banking such as loans and deposits are reinvested back to the local community. This keeps money here in the local area via programs such as sponsorship and grants. Thanks to the support of our shareholders, branch staff, company board and customers we have been able to grow to be one of the biggest sources of community funding in Monbulk.
In 2024, we plan to grow on what we do. We believe it is so important to be here and meet the needs of local people. Our vision is to support not only our customers, but our local clubs, groups, schools, and organisations. Since 2012 we have given back just over $924,000.00 to our community, which is a wonderful achievement for all involved. Envisage what this model could look like if everyone in the Monbulk and District area banked with Community Bank Monbulk & District.
Our Board of volunteer directors get to make the decision on how our funds are spent and really make a difference in Monbulk. Our 10 directors are locals and a great representation of the people in our community. Many are parents or grandparents and have many years of business and professional experience.
We would like to thank Andrew Raper who recently retired from his role as a volunteer director. Andrew has been a director for 9 years and in that time has made a significant contribution to our board.
On behalf of the Community Bank Monbulk & District branch staff and board we wish our community a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year.
