November 2011
First Federal puts community first Luncheon Speakers Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce luncheon meetings are held at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St., at noon each Monday, federal holidays excluded. Everyone is welcome!
Nov. 7 – Employing disabled panel
A panel of employment specialists will speak to the benefits of hiring people with disabilities. The panel will include: Anna McEnery, DD Coordinator from the Jefferson County Developmental Disabilities Program, Cheryl Spector, Job Developer from Concerned Citizens, Gary Novak, Case Manager from McEnery Jefferson Mental Health, Iris Wehrle, Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor from the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Paul Vertrees, DVR Vocational Supervisor from the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and Lisa Falcone, Program Manager from Skookum. Ajax Café is the sponsor.
Nov. 14 - Shelly Randall
Shelly Randall reports on the diverse sustainability initiatives in Jefferson County that are drawing regional and national attention. She is a communications consultant and blogs at SustainableTogether.com.
Randall
Nov. 21 - Judith Alexander
Judith Alexander of Local 20/20 will facilitate a special hour-long program featuring roundtable discussions on how Jefferson County is moving toward sustainability in the areas of food, energy, waste, local investing, climate action, etc.
Nov. 28 - Angela Bennink
Angela Bennink of NoaNet will talk about broadband in rural communities and how NoaNet has worked to bridge the technology divide. Switch Tactical Marketing is the sponsor.
Bennink
At First Federal, we take an active role in the communities we serve. Recognizing that improving economic vitality and quality of life is in the best interest of our customers, our employees, and our company, we are committed to sharing our time, talents, and other resources to meet community needs. For a bank to be strong, it must be well-capitalized. First Federal is extremely strong and has nearly two times the capital required by bank regulators to be considered well-capitalized. This capital position gives us an uncommon level of strength and stability and is why First Federal is such a strong community-based bank. As the only locally-owned community bank on the North Olympic Peninsula, no other bank can do what we can do. We’re committed to making your community a better place to work and live by supporting those events and activities that are important to you. By choosing to bank at First Federal, you’re making a difference in your community. We’re constantly looking at new ideas to spur progress within the bank and the peninsula as a whole. We’re committed to this area, so we want to help families find plenty of opportunities here – to live, work and prosper along with us. By reinvesting into our
The staff at First Federal is proud to be working at the only locally-owned community bank on the North Olympic Peninsula. “Our independent spirit shows up in the way we do banking. We’re able to make our own lending and operational decisions right here at home.” communities, we’re inspiring For us, giving back to the within, focusing on helping others to do the same. community is a walk in the people on a highly individual Our independent spirit park. It’s a stroll down the basis. We connect with our shows up in the way we do coastline. It’s a hike up a customers, who are most banking. We’re able to make mountain. That’s because likely our neighbors, too. We our own lending and operawhen we make an investment, listen - intently. We see how tional decisions right here at it’s made right here within we may best serve their needs, home. This freedom gives us our own hometown. Profits and know a true community the tremendously refreshing are reinvested into what we is made up of a multitude of ability to be flexible with our love and hold dear about our meaningful, individual relacustomers, answer questions Northwestern lifestyle. We’re tionships. faster and respond in a more making smaller, significant Like our neighbors, we’re personal way than our comcontributions, too. Every day. passionate about this area. So petitors. We value community We invest our time and we let that pour over into our and the pursuit of individual energies into both big endeav- style at First Federal. We’re a dreams – and it’s evident ors and small. In addition to constant source of innovation, within every transaction and building up our community’s encouraging the contributions personal connection we make best features, we pay special of everyone and maintaining a with our customers. attention to building from Continued on Page 2