Winners Announced in Farmers Bank Take Action Video Contest

Farmers Bank is pleased to announce the winners of the Farmers Bank Take Action Video Contest.

The contest invited individual grades and/or the entire school in the three counties Farmers Bank serves (Meigs, Mason and Gallia) to submit a video telling the bank why they deserve $1,000. The videos were then posted on the bank’s Facebook page, facebook.com/myfarmersbank, where the public could vote on their favorite video. Voting ended on Friday, December 27th.

With over 8,000 total votes cast between 8 videos submitted, the winner of the grand prize of $1,000 went to Eastern Elementary and Middle School in Meigs County. They will use the money towards starting the Eagle Pack Program which is designed to help feed needy students.

In a close second and the winner of $500 went to Meigs Middle School in Meigs County. They will use their prize money to support various school activities.

And third place went to Cornerstone Academy in Mason County. Their prize money will be used towards new playground equipment.

The prize money was awards to each school on January 13th and 14th.

Congratulations to these schools and to all of the schools that participated on a job well done.