Christmas Families Program

Christmas Families Program is sponsored by Core Bank. Since 2006, Core Bank has provided Christmas gifts for elderly individuals through their Christmas Families Program. They work with local schools and the Eastern Nebraska Office of Aging to obtain wish lists.

The Power of Community Banking Community banking is more than just numbers; it is about building relationships, fostering trust, and investing in the dreams of the communities we serve. At Core Bank we see ourselves as partners in progress, working hand-in-hand with our neighbors to create opportunities for individuals, families, and businesses to thrive.

VIEW OUR 2025 IMPACT REPORT We are proud to introduce the Core Bank Community Impact Award. We have evolved our community giving strategy program to reflect a deeper commitment to improving economic prosperity, especially for under-resourced individuals, families, and small businesses. We are dedicated to building healthier, more resilient, better connected, and inclusive communities throughout our footprint.

Through the deployment of other charitable resources—both financial and human, we invest in nonprofit organizations, communities, and leaders in the areas we serve. 2026 Community Impact Award Guidelines Core Bank Cares is a program that is designed to give our employees yet another avenue to support our wonderful community. Through this program, every employee is given a $100 stipend to use for charitable giving.

Employees are in full control of how and where the dollars are used to support those in need. The stipends can be used to donate to employees’ favorite local non-profit, buy groceries for a family in need, or even be pooled together with other employees to support a person or cause on a larger scale.

As a community bank, we believe that making it as easy as possible for our employees to get involved in the community we serve is the key to fostering great relationships within it. One of the ways Core Bank has made community involvement easier for employees is through the introduction of Volunteering Time Off (VTO). Bank employees are awarded 16 hours per year to invest their time into the community.

Employees have done some pretty amazing things with their VTO so far! One group was able to help build a home for a very deserving family through Habitat for Humanity in Sarpy County. Opportunities like this are exactly what Volunteer Time Off was made for so it’s exciting to see the impact that has been made and will continue to be made in the future.

As a community bank, we are always looking for opportunities to make a meaningful, lasting impact in the communities we serve. Through ongoing partnerships with several local public school foundations, Core Bank Cares Scholarship has become an important part of that commitment.

Established to help make post-secondary education more accessible, the scholarship supports high school seniors in reducing the financial burden of continuing their education. Inspired by our CEO, John Sorrell, the program also reflects a vision to invest in future bankers while recognizing students who share Core Bank’s dedication to strengthening their communities.

Today, a strong commitment to community involvement remains at the heart of the Core Bank Cares Scholarship, guiding our continued support of students who strive to make a difference. Every year since 2010, Core Bank employees have been taking a dip in freezing Lake Zorinsky in February in order to raise money for the Nebraska Special Olympics team. To date, we have over $250,000 for the team!

Core Bank supports the Nebraska Diaper Bank in conjunction with #GivingTuesday. The Nebraska Diaper Bank provides diapers through collaborative partnerships to change lives and empower families in need. Most people don’t know that in Nebraska, every single day, 1 in 3 families struggle to afford diapers for their children.

Programs like SNAP, MEDICAID, and WIC do not cover diapers. In 2025, Core Bank employees collected and/or received monetary donations and donated 36,453 diapers! Since 2006 Core Bank has been able to provide Christmas gifts for families and elderly individuals through our Christmas Families Program.

We work with local schools and their counselors, as well as the Eastern Nebraska Office of Aging, to obtain wish lists for both groups. Once the wish lists are obtained, Core Bank employees begin to work their magic! With little knowledge about the individuals they are shopping for, employees put an immense amount of thought and care into each individual gift they purchase.

They shop for these gifts as if they are buying them for a close friend or family member. It’s truly heartwarming. Once all the gifts are purchased they are wrapped during a lively gift wrapping party where holiday music is played all afternoon long as employees wrap gifts with great care.

Each year employees end up wrapping about 300 to 400 gifts. Once the gifts are ready to go, a team of employees sets off all across the city to deliver each family’s gifts to the schools and school counselors. Find a Core Bank Near You Core Bank proudly offers personal and business banking solutions made for you.

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