Community banks, by definition, maintain a symbiotic relationship with their communities, and devote much effort and funding to causes that make their towns and cities better places to live. Often, in cases such as last year's tsunami and hurricanes, banks and their staffs step up to help folks thousands of miles away, too. But no bank has a bottomless wallet. We asked our "Pass the Aspirin" bankers how they handle the often delicate challenge of picking those to help and those to send away disappointed. We asked about cash aid, staff assistance, and grants of meeting or parking lot space and gifts in kind.
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