NATIONAL CITY BANK DONATES $10,000 TO THE CONNIE J. GOODALE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION
West Palm Beach, FL. - October 28, 2008—National City Bank recently donated $10,000 to the West Palm Beach-based Connie J. Goodale Breast Cancer Foundation. South East Florida Market President Joseph B. “Jay” Shearouse, III presented the check on behalf of the bank to Connie Foundation director Debbie Moore. This gift to the Connie Foundation will directly help support and provide financial assistance to South Florida women and families affected with breast cancer.
“National City prides itself on helping the local communities it serves. When we heard about the Connie Foundation and the much needed financial assistance they provide to South Florida women and families dealing with breast cancer, we knew this was a worthy cause,” said Shearouse.
“Jay Shearouse championed this important donation, and we can’t thank him and National City enough,” commented Debbie Moore, director of the Connie Foundation. “National City Bank’s generous gift demonstrates the bank’s continued commitment to our local community. Funds will be used to directly help support several Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade county women and families in need of dire financial assistance for treatments associated with this disease.”
About National City
National City Corporation (NYSE: NCC), headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the nation’s largest financial holding companies. The company operates through an extensive banking network primarily in Ohio, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and also serves customers in selected markets nationally. Its core businesses include commercial and retail banking, mortgage financing and servicing, consumer finance and asset management. For more information about National City, visit the company’s Web site at www.nationalcity.com.
About The Connie Foundation
Founded in honor of Connie J. Goodale who passed away from breast cancer in 1999, the Connie J. Goodale Breast Cancer Foundation’s goals are to assist local families affected by breast cancer with financial assistance and support in dealing with problems relating to this disease. This 501 (c)3 organization is currently the only South Florida foundation that provides direct financial assistance to breast cancer patients who qualify. To date, the Connie J. Goodale Foundation has raised over $100,000 that has been directly donated to local women with breast cancer. For more information, please visit www.conniefoundation.org.
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