Community Involvement
Santa Cruz County Bank is a locally-owned and headquartered commercial bank in Santa Cruz County. Our clients, employees, and friends live and work here and consider Santa Cruz County "home." As a local business and as residents ourselves, we understand that the strength of our community and our local economy directly affects our livelihood and the livelihood of everyone we serve. We are committed to long-term community building through our involvement in supporting local businesses and organizations that provide services for the benefit of our community. At Santa Cruz County Bank, we reinvest back into the community through volunteerism, participation in serving on the Boards and Committees of local non-profit groups, service clubs, Chambers and charitable organizations. Our Directors, management team and employees are actively involved in numerous activities and give generously of their time, their energy, and their talent. We encourage and support these commitments and look forward to partnerships which endeavor to strengthen and build our community.
For information regarding the Bank's Community Benefit Program, please click here.
For more information regarding the Bank's community involvement, contact Mary Anne Carson, 457.5003 ext 2118.
Highlights of Recent Community Involvement Activities
Bowl for Kids' Sake
Bowl For Kids' Sake is Big Brothers Big Sisters' largest annual fundraising event. It is a fun way to raise money and make a difference in a child's life. Each year Santa Cruz County Bank employees come out and bowl, raising money for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Last year we had over 40 employees participate and we raised over $6,000!
Human Race
The Human Race Walkathon & Fun Run is a nationwide community fundraising event for nonprofits and schools. The Human Race helps address the financial needs of local non-profit agencies, schools, and faith based social and arts groups. Santa Cruz County Bank has happily participated and helped sponsor the Santa Cruz County Volunteer Center's Human Race every year since the Bank opened in 2004.
Relay For Life
Santa Cruz County Bank has had a team at the Santa Cruz Relay For Life event the last two years and we'll be out there again this coming year! All proceeds raised benefit the American Cancer Society and the fight against cancer. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Relays are 24 hours in length; representing the reality that cancer never sleeps. By participating, you honor cancer survivors, pay tribute to the lives we've lost to the disease, and raise money to help fight cancer in your community.
Second Harvest Food Bank's Holiday Food Drive
2011 marks the eighth year that Santa Cruz County Bank has participated in the Holiday Food Drive. For every $1 raised, four meals are provided. Every full barrel provides 125 pounds of food and feeds over 100 people.
Pictured: David Heald, President & CEO of Santa Cruz County Bank and Willy Elliott-McCrea, Director of Second Harvest Food Bank
Boys & Girls Club
Santa Cruz County Bank and the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Cruz celebrate their continued partnership to provide benefits for over 2,400 youth in the community. The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Cruz has provided a safe, positive environment for local youth since 1969.
Pictured left to right are Chris Maffia, Relationship Manager for Santa Cruz County Bank, Alex Fey, Executive Director of Boys & Girls Club, Peter Dean, Board President of Boys & Girls Club, David Heald, President & CEO of Santa Cruz County Bank, Randy Krassow, Board member and Business Partner Chair, Boys & Girls Club and Julie Penniman, Development Director of Boys & Girls Club.
Leadership Award
October 14, 2011 Santa Cruz County Bank received a leadership award from the Santa Cruz County Bar Association.
The award is for showing a leadership role in supporting access to justice for low-income Californians.
Pictured left to right: Tamyra Rice, president of the SCC Bar Association, Mary Anne Carson, Senior Vice President, Santa Cruz County Bank, Elena Enzweiler, Legal Services Trust Fund Program, The State Bar of California, Terry Hancock, Executive Director of Senior Citizen's Legal Services, Ellen Pirie, County Supervisor, George Gallucci, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Santa Cruz County Bank
Below is a partial list of organizations that we have partnered with as well as those that our Directors and employees have given generously of their time and talent within the past 24 months:
American Red Cross
Aptos Chamber of Commerce
Blues Festival
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Boys & Girls Club
Cabrillo College Foundation
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
California Coastal Rural Development Corporation
Capitola / Soquel Chamber of Commerce
Capitola Junior Guards
Capitola Soquel Little League
Cesar Chavez Middle School
Community Bridges
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
Cultural Council of Santa Cruz
Defensa de Mujeres
Dominican Hospital Foundation
Downtown Association of Santa Cruz
El Pajaro Community Development Corporation
Freedom Rotary
First Friday Art Tour
Friends of Santa Cruz County Libraries
Hospice of Santa Cruz
Kids Quest
Monte Foundation
Museum of Art & History at the McPherson Center
Newspapers in Education
O'Neill Sea Odyssey
Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce
Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust
Pajaro Valley Unified School District Adopt-A-School program
Rebele Homeless Shelter
Salud Para la Gente
Santa Cruz Art League
Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos
Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group
Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce
Santa Cruz Chamber Women in Business
Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center
Santa Cruz County Business Council
Santa Cruz County Conference & Visitors Council
Santa Cruz County Fair
Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau
Santa Cruz County Symphony
Santa Cruz Host Lions Club
Santa Cruz Rotary
Santa Cruz Yacht Club
Scotts Valley Rotary
Second Harvest Food Bank
SCORE
Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce
Scotts Valley Exchange Club
Scotts Valley Lions
Small Business Development Center
Soroptomist International
Spring Forward Against Cancer
Tannery Arts Center
Think Local First
United Way of Santa Cruz County
Valley Churches United
Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County
Walnut Avenue Women's Center
Watsonville Community Band
Watsonville Fly-In and Air Show
Watsonville Rotary
Your Future is our Business
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Equal Housing Lender