Bonham, Texas (October 14, 2021) -- Legend Bank, a community bank serving North Texans for over 130 years, recently announced a bank-wide outreach effort to show support for the healthcare workers in their communities. The idea started with a request from Wise Health System in Decatur for snacks for their “Recharge Room”, a room they were creating to give their staff the opportunity to take a break from their demanding and exhausting days. Legend Bank SVP, Loan Services, Delaina Henderson shared the request with Legend Bank executives and quickly the team developed ideas on how Legend Bank could help encourage healthcare workers in all of their communities during this COVID surge.
The Legend Bank executive team immediately took action and gave each Legend Bank manager an allocation to spend on snacks and drinks to donate to their local hospital and urgent care centers, allowing them to set up a “Snack Bar of Support” to show heartfelt love and support for them. Carolyn Stroud, Legend Bank Bonham Branch Manager and Bill Yarbro, Legend Bank Bonham Branch President quickly took action to purchase snacks and drinks for the healthcare workers at Texoma Medical Center in Bonham and the Bonham QuickVisit Urgent Care.
“Our friends in healthcare have been pushed to the limit over the last eighteen months dealing with the pandemic. It pains us as individuals to hear about the constant stress and sacrifice that doctors, nurses, hospital and urgent care staff, volunteers, and everyone else involved in caring for the sick have endured and are still enduring daily,” said Jay Bearden, President, Legend Bank. “Given the current circumstance, we at the bank feel we have an obligation to help. We hope this small gesture provides a moment’s solace for our healthcare workers and shows the deep emotional sympathy and appreciation Legend Bank has for all these brave men and women who daily step up and put themselves on the front line of this battle against COVID-19. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!”
Legend Bank has made multiple deliveries with additional snacks for the healthcare workers in Bonham, making sure that the “Snack Bar of Support” is stocked and ready to provide encouragement for the weary healthcare workers.
Patricia McBean, Director of Nursing at TMC Bonham shared, “We appreciate your kindness so very much. I just want to make sure you know all the staff at TMC Bonham greatly appreciates your support and kindness.”
All Legend Bank branches have collection bins to help continue to stock the “Snack Bar of Support” with individually wrapped snacks and drinks for the healthcare workers in the community. More information can be found here: www.legend.bank/snack-bar-of-support.
- Bonham QuickVisit Urgent Care and Texoma Medical Center - Bonham
- Wise Health System, Decatur
- Clay County Memorial Hospital, Henrietta
- Nocona General Hospital
- Medical City North Hills
- Texoma Medical Center - Sherman
- Medical City Alliance, Fort Worth
- Texoma Physicians Group Urgent Care
- Affordacare Urgent Care and United Regional Healthcare in Wichita Falls
- Paris Regional Hospital
About Legend Bank
Legend Bank N.A. has 13 locations throughout North Texas with total assets of over $946 million. Legend Bank serves the people and businesses in and around Decatur, Bowie, Alvord, Henrietta, Wichita Falls, Nocona, Whitesboro, Sherman, Bonham, Cooper, Whitewright, Fort Worth and North Richland Hills and is one of the largest cattle lenders in North Texas. Legend Bank has proudly served its communities for over 130 years and remains focused on the philosophy that banking is, first and foremost, about the people you serve and that serving others is a privilege. If you would like more information about Legend Bank N.A., visit www.legend.bank.com