To Register to attend this year's event: Click Here 
INSPIRE Awards Gala Registration = $150.00 per person (includes meal, keynote, awards gala)
INSPIRE Awards Gala - Table of Ten = 10 attendees included = $1,200.00
Event sponsorships noted at bottom or at the link above!

Recognition Dinner and Awards 
Thursday June 15, 2023 – AT A NEW VENUE!
The Hilton Harrisburg in Harrisburg, PA
5:00 pm – Registration and Networking Reception
5:45 pm – Welcome, Remarks and Dinner
6:15 pm – Keynote Speaker: Sgt. (Ret.) Rick Yarosh
7:00 pm – Awards presentation begins
Semi-formal attire, please

Each year, the PACB INSPIRE Awards recognize and honor the incredible and varied ways that community banks breathe life into the neighborhoods they serve. Award winners are determined to be those organizations which INSPIRE others in the community to undertake a leadership role in making their local communities a better place.

PACB is proud of the powerful role that our community bankers play to support local businesses, schools, charitable and community groups and houses of worship. Our community bankers work hard every day to help their local entrepreneurs and community leaders build vibrant communities where families want to live, work and play. PACB is delighted to also honor and recognize our outstanding associate members and preferred providers – as well as career-tenure bank employees, who will receive PACB's Lifetime Achievement Award!

PACB is producing a Program Booklet for the evening's event!
Now, your institution or business can honor and recognize your winners, your team's efforts or your community in either a half-page or full-page ad. Both color and black-and-white ads are available for the same price: $100 for a half-page or $200 for a full-page, with the highly visible back cover available for premium placement at $300.
For details and to reserve your ad space, contact Mary Lehane at mary@pacb.org. The program will list past INSPIRE winners as well as the evening's program. Please note deadline for ads is no later than Tuesday, May 31.

Nomination Forms in several categories are available by selecting from the blue buttons below.
ALL Nomination Forms need to be completed and returned to PACB prior to close of business ---
INSPIRE AWARD NOMINATION FORM SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, APRIL 28!

Award submissions will be reviewed and finalized by our external three-judge panel.
​Join us for the exciting award presentations on Thursday, June 15!

Awards for Community Banks will be Presented in These Categories:

• The Banker of the Year Award – For outstanding achievements by a community banking executive during 2022.

Category Awards for: 

• Community Support and Engagement
• Excellence in Lending
  

Economic Rehabilitation Award
Economic Development Award
Retail Lending Award
Small Business Lending Award
Excellence in Marketing (3 sub categories):
Best creative (print)
Best creative (digital or social media)
Best creative (radio or television)

Awards for Associate Members and Preferred Providers Presented in These Categories:
(A company may compete for more than one award. But please use one submission form for each award)
• Associate Member of the Year – Provides outstanding interaction and networks with PACB members over the past 12 months.
If a vendor, your product or service has helped the Association or community banks to be more profitable, and better serve customers and the community, and your product or service has helped a community bank differentiate itself in the marketplace.
• Preferred Provider of the Year – Given for the most comprehensive support of PACB and PACB member institutions.
• New Associate Member of the Year – Presented to the associate member within the last two years, that has participated to an outstanding degree, using the criteria above.
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PACB's Lifetime Achievement Awards Will Also Be Presented:
Career-tenure employees who dedicated most of their professional career to community banking will be recognized and honored. Whether having served in operations, administration or on the front lines, these honorees epitomize the core values of community banking and have strived to provide excellent service to shareholders, management and their customers.

​Be certain that your bank has submitted an award application for consideration!
PACB is excited to recognize our members and looks forward to highlighting all award recipients with the industry, the media and the public.

Banker of The Year Form

Award Categories Form

Associates & Preferred Providers Form

Lifetime Achievement Award Form

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Our Keynote Speaker for the Evening:
Army Sgt. (Ret.) Rick Yarosh
A Message of Hope and Inspiration

Army Sgt. Yarosh joined the Army in 2004, and while on patrol in the Abu Ghraib region of Iraq on September 1, 2006, the Bradley Fighting Vehicle he was traveling in was hit by an improvised explosive device. The IED exploded through the bottom of his Bradley, engulfing Yarosh and his two comrades in flames. Yet Rick calls that, “the best day of my life.”
The blast ruptured the fuel cell and caused the vehicle to burst into flames.
Rick suffered burns over most of his body. He lost his right leg below the knee, and lost the use of his hands.
Now retired from the Army, Rick delivers inspirational talks to millions of people around the country about hope, and
the ability to get through anything with a positive attitude. 
“You may not recognize it yet, but you possess the H.O.P.E. that many seek,” notes Rick.

!Consider being a sponsor of this much anticipated event – The only event of its kind recognizing community banking in Pennsylvania!
Email pacb@pacb.org if interested.
We will provide additional details!

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The ONLY Awards Recognition Program for Community Banks in PA!