Supporting Imagination Library

For the eighth consecutive year, Apple River State Bank and First Community Bank of Galena has renewed the bank's sponsorship of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library with a $10,000 payment to United Way of Northwest Illinois. The program started in 2016, and the bank has contributed nearly $50,000 since then. The bank's contribution to the program increased significantly this year because of its success in Hazel Green and Darlington, Wisconsin, where the bank has offices.

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