CDA Backpack Program receives $50K donation
The CDA Backpack Program recently received $50,000. From left: Torie Kempf (First Interstate Bank teller), Heather Polombo (board treasurer), Jennifer Branstetter (board vice president), Leza Moyer (FIB retail hub manager/board member), Jackie Daly (FIB branch manager/board member), Sarah Bradbury, board president, Darrell Raver (FIB market president) and Carolyn Dietz (FIB administrative assistant).
Photo courtesy of First Interstate Bank
COEUR d’ALENE — The CDA Backpack Program recently received a $25,000 gift from First Interstate Bank and the First Interstate BancSystem Foundation as part of their second "Believe in Local" grant campaign, with a funding match from Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, for a total donation of $50,000.
These funds will be used to provide weekly meals for children.
“We are incredibly appreciative of First Interstate’s generosity and support,” said Sarah Bradbury, director of CDA Backpack Program. “This donation helps us to further our mission of providing supplemental food for weekends and holiday vacations to students in the Coeur d’Alene School District whose families may be facing financial hardships."
First Interstate Bank launched the Believe in Local campaign in 2022 to celebrate its longstanding commitment to the communities it serves.
Each year, 40 nonprofit organizations across the bank’s 14-state footprint receive a $25,000 gift in support of their mission.
CDA Backpack Program was nominated by local First Interstate employees and selected from a pool of over 500 submissions.
“Giving back to the places we call home is central to who we are as a community bank,” said Leza Moyer, First Interstate retail hub manager in Coeur d’Alene. “Our Believe in Local grant campaign captures our core values in action and is the ideal way to celebrate the nonprofit organizations that deliver the greatest positive impact."