{"id":13248,"date":"2025-06-30T15:37:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T20:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=13248"},"modified":"2025-06-30T15:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T20:37:43","slug":"midland-states-bank-earns-state-level-recognition-for-community-involvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/13248-midland-states-bank-earns-state-level-recognition-for-community-involvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Midland States Bank Earns State-Level Recognition for Community Involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Pictured from L-R:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><em>Tom Ormseth, Chief Deposit Officer, Midland States Bank<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Janie Jenkin, Credit Analyst and 2024 Bright Impact Award Winner, Midland States Bank<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Dan Stevenson, Executive Vice President of Consumer Banking and Wealth Management, Midland States Bank<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Cornell Lurry Sr., Interim Director of Community and Economic Development, Midland States Bank<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Midland States Bank was recognized by the Illinois Bankers Association as a recipient of the Illinois Community Service Award.<\/p>\n<p>This industry award honors three Illinois financial institutions that demonstrate a high level of service in their communities. This award recognizes the bank&#8217;s entire community service portfolio of projects, not just a single project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re honored to be recognized for our continued efforts to empower individuals and strengthen communities, yet we know this kind of impact doesn\u2019t happen without the dedication of our people. This award is only possible because of our employees who actively show up in our communities on behalf of Midland, building trust, relationships, and brighter futures every day,\u201d commented Jeff Mefford, Midland States Bank President.<\/p>\n<p>Midland\u2019s Community Impact Investment Statement (CIIS) serves as the foundation of its financial inclusion efforts. Through initiatives such as Financial Empowerment Booths, Community Partnership Days, and partnership-driven collaboration with local nonprofit organizations, Midland has provided ways to empower individuals to build stronger financial futures.<\/p>\n<p>The award was presented at the Illinois Bankers Association Conference in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. To learn more about Midland\u2019s community involvement efforts and services, visit https:\/\/www.midlandsb.com\/about-us\/community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured from L-R: Tom Ormseth, Chief Deposit Officer, Midland States Bank Janie Jenkin, Credit Analyst and 2024 Bright Impact Award Winner, Midland States Bank Dan Stevenson, Executive Vice President of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Midland States Bank Earns State-Level Recognition for Community Involvement - 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