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 moreArvest is excited to kick off our 14th annual Million Meals campaign, a two-month long initiative to raise money to feed local communities while also raising awareness about food insecurity. The campaign, which runs through May 31, will benefit 85 community food...
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 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 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...
read moreArvest associates recently presented a $10,000 donation on behalf of the Arvest Foundation to Children United Southwest Oklahoma to assist in building an all-inclusive playground at Elmer Thomas Park in Lawton, Okla. The nonprofit held a groundbreaking ceremony in May...
read moreArvest recently presented a $5,000 donation to the Majestic Park Scholarship Fund in Hot Springs to help more children get the opportunity to participate in baseball programs at Majestic Park. The funds will help families of low- to moderate-income with the costs of...
read moreThe Arvest Foundation recently donated $37,000 to the North Arkansas Medical Foundation to support their mission of providing exceptional medical care to the community served by the North Arkansas Regional Medical Center (NARMC). The funds will help the nonprofit...
read moreThe Arvest Foundation recently awarded a $3,300 grant to Liberty Elementary School in support of the school’s Super Kids Day. The funds from the grant provided t-shirts and chalk for Super Kids Day. The t-shirts represent the grade levels of the kids, and the chalk is...
read moreArvest is pleased to announce the official opening of the first ATM with Live Teller in Miami, Okla. Replacing an older satellite ATM at 2201 E. Steve Owens Blvd in Miami, the new ATM with Live Teller functions as a normal ATM but allows customers to have face-to-face...
read moreArvest associates recently presented a $5,000 donation on behalf of the Arvest Foundation to the Marion County Sheriff’s Department. The funds will allow the sheriff’s department to purchase law enforcement equipment. Arvest’s Yellville Loan Manager Layton Lee and...
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