Each year DMB Community Bank sponsors the Lend a Hand program for students in our district. This program helps students get the supplies they need to succeed in school. Each year school staff help by identifying supplies and materials that students need. DMB Community Bank then displays a “handprint” for each request in their Main Bank lobby at 321 N. Main Street in DeForest. Community members may purchase the items and drop them off at the bank. The items are then delivered to the school.

More details . . .

• Children are not identified by name.
• Supplies can include gym shoes or clothes, backpacks, calculators (not graphing calculators), folders, notebooks, etc. For items that are personal (requiring specific sizes), requests are made for a gift certificate.
• Lunch or field trip funds are placed in a district donation account and allocated to the appropriate individuals.
• Individuals, groups and organizations throughout the community and school can donate items.
• Staff identify supplies and materials during the month of September.
• “Handprints” are created the last week in September and displayed throughout October. This project officially concludes at the end of October.

We appreciate DMB Community Bank’s generosity and effort in helping students of the DeForest Area School District. They truly want to make a difference for children in our community.

Questions may be directed to Rhonda Gilbertson at DMB Community Bank at 846-3711 or Debbie Brewster at the school district at 842-6581.