Generations Bank announces 5 Year commitment to DARE

Generations Bank announced today that it has pledged to purchase key materials for the DARE program for 1,500 students in the 2015/2016 school year and continuing for 5 years until 2020.On Monday, August 31, 2015, DARE Officers from Cayuga, Seneca and Ontario counties will join bank officials and representatives from the New York State DARE Officers Association to pick up materials for the 2015/2016 school year.Representatives from Auburn Police Department, Geneva Police Department, Seneca County Sheriff’s Department and the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office will be present to pick up the materials needed to bring the program the children in their communities. Elementary students in Auburn, Clifton Springs, Geneva, Phelps, Romulus, Seneca Falls, South Seneca and Waterloo will receive the materials.”Generations Bank is deeply committed to the communities in which we serve and actively seek out opportunities to support children and families. We see DARE as a natural partner for the bank with their programs that focus on kids and their personal safety”, noted Menzo Case, President of Generation Bank. “DARE is a perfect match since its ‘keepin’ it Real’ curriculum teaches and develops the social and emotional skills kids need to make safe and responsible decisions.”Later this fall, the Bank is the sponsor for a regional training seminar for DARE being held by the New York State DARE Officers Association and the New York State Sheriffs’ Association entitled ‘You Can’t STOP What You Don’t Know’ presented by nationally recognized speaker Officer Jermaine Galloway. The seminar is being held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn in October.– About Generations BankGenerations Bank has partnered with businesses and residents in the Northern Finger Lakes region since its founding in 1870, while maintaining a strong commitment to each and every community in which it operates. The bank is headquartered in Seneca Falls and serves customers from nine retail locations in Seneca Falls, Auburn, Waterloo, Geneva, Union Springs, Phelps and Farmington. Generations was named to CNY Business Journal’s Best Places to Work in 2015. In addition to traditional business and consumer deposit services, Generations Bank focuses on residential mortgages, as well as manufactured home, automobile, home equity, commercial, non-residential real estate and construction loans. The organization also serves the broader needs of the Finger Lakes area through its insurance business, Generations Agency (formerly Royce & Rosenkrans) and financial planning and brokerage services offered by Generations Investment Services. For more information, visit MyGenBank.com