Community Minded...

     United Way.  First Shore Federal Officers support the 2021 United Way Holiday Ball.  Corporate sponsorships and employee giving placed First Shore Federal among the "Top 50" local business donors.
 

      March of Dimes.  March of Dimes recognizes First Shore.  Shown receiving an award from the March of Dimes are (from left) Brenda Ruark, First Shore vice president, Becky Kambarn, First Shore Federal assistant internal auditor and former March of Dimes board vice president, and Lee "Skip" Johnson, First Shore vice president.  Presenting the award are Jackie and Todd Karli of WBOC TV.

     Jim Barrett Award.  First Shore Federal's Community Reinvestment Officer, Sharon Morris received the 2021 prestigious "Jim Barrett Community Leadership Award", a demonstration of leadership through board representation in a wide-variety of local charitable and nonprofit organizations.

     Diakonia.  Debbie Tingle, branch manager and Karla Shenk, head teller of the Ocean Pines branch attend and provide a First Shore sponsorship for the Empty Bowl fundraiser to support Diakonia and the Art League of Ocean City.
 

      Wor-Wic Community College.  First Shore contributes a $50,000 multi-year gift to Wor-Wic Community College.  The gift benefits the construction of the college's new Applied Technology Building.  Marty Neat, Campaign Chair and FSF President/CEO, Diane Turner, FSF CFO, Dr. Ray Hoy, President Wor-Wic, Kim Gillis, Vice Chair, Wor-Wic Board of Directors, and Sharon Morris, FSF CRA Officer.
 

     W. Leonard Brown & First Shore Federal Service Scholarship.  The fourteenth annual W. Leonard Brown & First Shore Federal Savings & Loan Service Scholarship was awarded from the scholarship fund at the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore.  Shown presenting the check are Jim Jones, First Shore Federal Pocomoke Branch Manager, Gail Covington, community leader and daughter of the late W. Leonard Brown, and James Covington, retired vice principal, Pocomoke High School to Raymond Chen of Pocomoke City, recipient of the scholarship.
 

     Chesapeake Housing Mission.  First Shore Federal President, Diane Turner partnered with Chesapeake Housing Mission for an employee ramp build.  Chesapeake Housing Mission provides critical housing repairs to low-income family homes throughout the Chesapeake region.

     Sussex County Habitat for Humanity. Diane Koch, Sussex County officer and loan originator presents an annual contribution to Kevin Gilmore, executive director of Sussex County Habitat for Humanity.

     Coastal Hospice.  First Shore Federal donated to the Macky & Pam Stansell House of Coastal Hospice, committed to provide a safe and compassionate place for hospice patients.