(Bangor, PA)  Merchants Bank recently hosted guided tours of its Main Office in Bangor for fourth grade students from area schools.   The tours are an annual event at Merchants,  held in conjunction with Community Banking Week.  Twelve classes, totaling approximately 290 students, plus chaperons and teachers, visited the Bank.  They enjoyed seeing such areas as the vault and teller line, and they were given a demonstration of the tellers’ currency counter.  Merchants Bank’s Thomas C. Moore, Jr., Banking Officer and Facilities Manager, and Carol J. Fedon, retired Merchants Bank Branch Manager, conducted the tours and explained the various areas of the Bank.   Each student received a piggy bank with a new Lincoln penny inside as a gift from Merchants.

“On behalf of Merchants Bank, Carol Fedon and myself enjoyed showing the next generation a behind the scenes look at community banking,” said Tom Moore.  “Being a Bank that is almost 119 years old, it’s a great feeling knowing that this Bank dealt with these students’ parents, grandparents and great-grandparents.  We look forward to giving the tours for many years to come,” added Moore.

Established in 1890, Merchants Bank is a locally owned and operated community bank.  Headquartered in Bangor, PA, Merchants has two branch offices in Bangor and additional offices throughout the Lehigh Valley, including Mount Bethel, Wind Gap, Forks Township, Martins Creek, Nazareth, Redner’s Warehouse Markets in Northampton and a Business Center in Easton, PA.  MNB Investment Services is a division of the Bank and offers investment and wealth management financial services.   The Bank’s website can be accessed at www.merchantsbangor.com.