Midland States Bank Foundation Announces $117,000 in Contributions to Effingham Organizations

(FROM LEFT, MEL STOCK, MIDLAND COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIP MANAGER; TIM SPITZ, MIDLAND REGIONAL MARKET PRESIDENT; RACHEAL FEARDAY, HELEN MATTHES LIBRARY BOARD CO-PRESIDENT, JOHN LATTA, HELEN MATTHES LIBRARY BOARD MEMBER, AND AMANDA McKAY, HELEN MATTHES LIBRARY DIRECTOR. THE LIBRARY WAS ONE OF FOUR RECIPIENTS OF MIDLAND STATES BANK FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTIONS)

Midland States Bank Foundation has announced contributions to the Workman Community Building Fund, Helen Matthes Library Building Fund, Hospital Sisters of St. Francis Foundation and Effingham Preschool for All Program.

The Workman Community Building Fund is the recipient of a $100,000 contribution toward its capital campaign to build the Richard E. Workman Sports and Wellness Complex. The complex, when built, will provide health, fitness and recreational facilities for residents of the Effingham area.

Helen Matthes Library has received $10,000 towards its capital campaign supporting renovations and structural improvements needed to move into a newer facility. The renovation project will allow the library to support traditional services while significantly expanding technology and community programs.

Midland States Bank Foundation's contribution of $5,000 to the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis Foundation will directly support the expansion of the hospital's new Hospice program.

The Effingham Preschool for All Program, a start-up program designed to provide preschool education for low-income children in the Effingham Unit 40 School District, has received $2,000.

The Foundation, established in 2011, was created to provide for the improvement of the general welfare, education and health in the communities where the bank operates and where its employees reside. Since its creation, the foundation has contributed more than $275,000 to non-profit organizations throughout Midland's footprint.