Highett Community Bank Branch

Since then we have gone from strength to strength: We opened our doors with over $15M in business “parked” in a neighbouring Bendigo Bank Branch and within 1 year and three months trading we paid our first dividend – 2cents unfranked! We reached our $50M business milestone after 5 years and our $100M after 10 years and now, after a massive increase in our eleventh year, we have over $120M in business and will be recommending 10c fully franked dividends – for the third year in a row. Our community – Highett, Moorabbin, Hampton East and North Cheltenham have received over $1.4M in community returns since we started including: • $100,000 to BayCISS to run an education support program for 10 schools, colleges and kinders in our area • A $600,000 hydrotherapy pool we brought into existence through underwriting the money required and facilitating a number of community groups, other community banks and Bendigo Bank branches, (who combined put together over $70,000) Councils and Federal Government to deliver the project • A foetal heart monitoring system for Sandringham Hospital at a cost of $25,000 plus a pre/post natal rest room for mothers at the hospital • A $50,000 community bus • Many other projects, grants and sponsorships in our community including buying a horse for disabled riding and other worthy causes. We service a community that has within it over 100 community groups (including religious institutions, schools, sporting clubs and service providers), two Councils – Kingston & Bayside and 6 state and federal members of parliament. That’s a lot of communication and keeps our Board of Directors busy. This year we have instituted: • An Outstanding Community Contribution Award of $1,500 to go to a volunteer who has made a real difference to our community • An Applied Learning Scholarship worth $1,500 to the most outstanding VCAL student in our community to enable that person to study further. Highett Community Bank branch lives the motto - 'Bank on your community – Community Bank'. Branch Manager - Chris Wheeler Business Banking Manager - Bryan Chan Financial Advisor - Andy Taranto