Community bank gathers gifts for ‘Kids in Care’

The Columbian

Published: January 6, 2014, 4:00pm

Bennington: Riverview Community Bank Executive Vice President Kim Capeloto and a few employees' children, Landen Whaley, from left, Zane Whaley and Austyn Konopasek, hold gifts in December that were gathered during the bank's annual donation drive for foster children.

Bennington — Riverview Community Bank employees helped gather gifts for hundreds of area foster children last month during its annual Shirley DuPaul Gifts for Kids in Care donation drive. The program was named to honor the memory of the effort’s driving force for its first 20 years. This year had bank employees buy more than 300 presents, based on wish lists made by children in the foster care system. It was coordinated by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. Donated gifts this year included clothes, video games, books, gift cards and more.

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