First Keystone Community Bank Donates EITC Proceeds in support of King’s College’s Pre-Kindergarten Scholarship Program

For Immediate Release
Contact: Wendy Hinton
Director of Advancement Communications
(570) 208-8130
wendyhinton@kings.edu

February 27, 2019 – Recently, representatives from First Keystone Community Bank visited King’s College campus to present a check for $1,000 in support of the College’s Pre-Kindergarten Scholarship Program. Linda Meshinski, Vice President and Regional Branch Administrator; Matthew Mensinger, Senior Vice President and Director of Lending; and Tom McGrath, Assistant Vice President of Commercial Lending visited with Rev. John Ryan, C.S.C., Ph.D., President of King’s College during the check presentation. First Keystone Community Bank donated to King’s as part of the state’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program, which is administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. 

King’s College will utilize the funds for its Pre-Kindergarten Scholarship Program, in which scholarships are provided to income eligible families with young children enrolled in King’s College’s Early Learning Center’s Pre-K program located in O’Hara Hall.

First Keystone Community Bank has donated $7,000 in EITC contributions to King’s since 2014.

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Linda Meshinski, First Keystone Community Bank Vice President and Regional Branch Administrator; Rev. John Ryan, C.S.C., Ph.D., President of King’s College, Matthew Mensinger, First Keystone Community Bank Senior Vice President and Director of Lending; and Tom McGrath, First Keystone Community Bank Assistant Vice President of Commercial Lending.