First Bank & Trust Celebrates 17th Anniversary with Customer Appreciation Week October 15 – 19

First Bank & Trust announced today that it would celebrate its 17th Anniversary Oct. 15 through 19 with a Customer Appreciation Week. Current customers visiting any of the bank's nine locations during lobby hours will be treated to complimentary baked goods and coffee, and have the opportunity to enter a drawing for the new iPad Mini, Northwestern University football tickets, and other prizes. New customers who open an account of any kind, will also be entered into the prize drawings. Personal bankers will be on hand to assist patrons with the First Bank & Trust Switch Kit, and new Junior Bankers will receive a complimentary evergreen seedling and an eco-friendly piggy bank.

First Bank & Trust Managing Director and CEO Robert R. Yohanan said, “17 years ago when we started with a staff of 12, we had a vision for a community bank focused on individual, non-profit and local business customers who value integrity and high quality service. We've always believed if we do right by the community and our customers we would succeed.” Yohanan added, “Our growth has been largely due to positive word of mouth from our customers, and we want to recognize them for 'putting us first' with this celebration.”

First Bank & Trust's 17th Anniversary Customer Appreciation Week begins Monday, Oct. 15 at 8:30 a.m. And concludes Friday, Oct. 19 at 6:00 p.m. For more information call 847-733-7400 or visit www.firstbt.com.

FIRST BANK & TRUST is a locally owned and managed community bank founded in 1995 by Bob Yohanan, Howard Kain and Jay Lytle, with a mission to put community first, and provide personalized banking and investment services to individuals, owner-managed businesses and the not-for-profit community.

Now in its 17th year, First Bank & Trust has grown from a staff of 12 to a staff of over 100, with nine locations: Evanston (820 Church Street, 2925 Central Street, 741 Main Street and 824 Emerson), Itasca (1250 Arlington Heights Road), Naperville (55 Shuman Boulevard), Skokie (8047 Skokie Boulevard and 4007 Dempster) and Winnetka (100 Green Bay Road). For more information about First Bank & Trust visit www.firstbt.com.

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