Arvest recently honored 142 teachers during the bank’s annual “We Love Teachers” initiative, which awards area educators $500 each to help with the purchase of school supplies. Teachers at K-12 public state-funded schools were selected by partnering with school...
read moreBy Shreni Gandhi, underwriting manager Over a billion people across the globe celebrate Diwali (Dee-va-li), a festival of lights observed in India and its diaspora. I am proud to be part of that billion people’s representation. Diwali is called the Festival of...
read moreBy Deana Butler, human resources manager My father, Odean Hamilton, is a storyteller and his father, Bill Hamilton, was too. I am Cherokee on my father’s side and have remained connected to my Cherokee roots through their shared stories. As a child, I remember...
read moreArvest is proud to announce a grant on behalf of the Arvest Foundation to the George Washington Carver Birthplace Association to support the final restoration efforts of the “1872 Neosho Colored School.” Located in Neosho, Missouri, the school was listed in the...
read moreArvest is pleased to announce the bank’s 14th annual Million Meals campaign provided more than 2.6 million meals to support 85 local food partners across the bank’s four-state footprint. It’s the most meals provided since the initiative began in 2011. Each year, the...
read moreBecause of his involvement with The Black MasterMind group, a small business incubator in Kansas City where he teaches classes, Everton Neil has helped three people get small business loans through Arvest.
read moreEmbracing and celebrating the backgrounds, uniqueness, cultures, and perspectives of each of our associates is core to who we are at Arvest. Black History Month allows us an especially unique time to recognize the achievements of the African American community...
read moreMany think of banking as purely transactional. But when Arvest rebuilt an existing branch in East Kansas City recently, it was built with the intention of being a neighbor. That neighborly relationship not only exists within the walls of our new facility, but thanks...
read moreArvest associates recently sent nearly $12,000 worth of care packages to 114 servicemembers overseas through its annual “Operation Care Package” initiative. The initiative began in 2020 by ArVets, an Arvest associate impact group that advocates for servicemembers,...
read moreArvest associates recently gathered with community leaders in east Kansas City to celebrate the grand opening of the bank’s new branch on Prospect Avenue – one of few financial institutions that serve the neighboring communities. Located at 3121 Prospect Avenue, the...
read moreJohnson County’s Rural Fire Department No. 6 is going to be able to invest in life-saving technologies for the Clarksville community thanks to a $13,000 grant from the Arvest Foundation. After a serious accident involving Zeola Yeager and her son Randal happened...
read moreArvest is proud to support local teachers once again through our “We Love Teachers” initiative by donating $72,000 to 144 teachers in our footprint. The annual initiative gives $500 to individual teachers at K-12 public state-funded schools throughout the bank’s...
read moreArvest announced the opening of the Arvest Community Resource Center in Tulsa designed to house multiple departments with bilingual associates in one location to better serve Spanish-speaking customers with various financial needs and educational resources. Arvest...
read moreArvest Equipment Finance, a division of Arvest Bank, has once again been recognized as one of the top 100 largest equipment finance companies in the U.S. Compiled annually by Monitor, a leading independent trade news source for the equipment finance and leasing...
read moreChristmas in southwest Oklahoma will be extra merry this year thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Arvest Foundation to Toy Shop of Duncan. The funds from the Arvest Foundation’s grant will be used to help purchase supplies, gifts, clothing and other items to help the...
read moreThe Duncan Public School athletic department is getting a boost thanks to two grants totaling $15,000 from the Arvest Foundation. The baseball and softball teams received $5,000 to assist in funding the construction of their new indoor hitting facility, and the...
read moreArvest associates recently presented a $5,000 donation on behalf of the Arvest Foundation to Warriors Keep, a Pottsville, Ark.-based nonprofit organization that trains dogs for veterans. The funds will help the organization to build an outdoor fenced training pad,...
read moreThe Arvest Foundation recently announced a $5,000 to the Arkansas Tech University band program. The grant will be used to fund the purchase of upgraded equipment and transportation cargo. Shawn Bates, Russellville Community Bank President for Arvest, was joined by...
read moreCamp Invention in Fort Smith is getting some new campers thanks to a $6,000 grant from the Arvest Foundation. Put on through the National Inventors Hall of Fame and led by qualified local educators, Camp Invention is a summer camp for STEM students in K-6 that offers...
read moreThe Arvest Foundation recently donated $5,000 to Think Ability in Duncan, Okla., to support the organization’s culinary skills training program. The grant will help introduce school age children and adults with disabilities to a wide variety of hospitality career...
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