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Burke & Herbert Financial institution invitations Virginia highschool seniors to register for Financial institution Day 2022. Collaborating seniors can win as much as $7,500 from the Virginia Bankers Affiliation (VBA) by submitting an essay about banking, monetary providers, and the very important position that banks play locally.
Financial institution Day is a statewide program sponsored by the VBA Training Basis. Financial institution Day started when the third Tuesday in March was declared Financial institution Day by the Virginia Common Meeting in 1991. The aim is to offer a chance for highschool seniors to study banks and their position. As a result of pandemic, Financial institution Day can be digital. College students may have entry to a web based Financial institution Day useful resource from March 14 by means of April 1, 2022. Registrants choosing Burke & Herbert Financial institution as their host will obtain further assets to help in writing the essay, together with a digital alternative to study from our bankers and get solutions to their particular questions.
A complete of $26,000 in scholarships can be awarded to 12 college students throughout the Commonwealth, together with six regional and 6 honorable point out winners. One of many regional ($2,500) winners can be named the statewide winner, incomes an additional $5,000 for a complete scholarship of $7,500. Burke & Herbert Financial institution’s prior Financial institution Day members have carried out fairly nicely. Six seniors taking part within the Financial institution’s Financial institution Day within the final 5 years have been awarded scholarships, together with two regional winners, and one grand prize winner.
college students should register on-line by March 4 by means of the VBA registration hyperlink. Further particulars and the registration hyperlink may be discovered at burkeandherbertbank.com. Registrants ought to point out “Burke & Herbert Financial institution” as their “host” financial institution on the registration type for entry to further assets.
Burke & Herbert Financial institution & Belief Firm, established in 1852, is the oldest financial institution within the Commonwealth of Virginia and the oldest constantly working financial institution within the Washington, D.C. space. The Financial institution affords a full vary of private and enterprise banking services designed to fulfill clients’ banking, borrowing, and investing wants. Burke & Herbert Financial institution & Belief Firm is headquartered in Alexandria and operates greater than 20 branches in Northern Virginia and larger Fredericksburg. Member FDIC.