Cape Cod’s Best 2019 – Vote for the Coop!

capeandcoastbk on March 1, 2019

Thank you to all of our customers and friends that have supported us.

We are honored and humbled to be nominated as one of Cape Cod’s Best 2019 in Cape Cod Times’ Community Choice Awards

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If you would like to continue your support, The Coop has been nominated in the following categories:
Cape Cod's Best of the Best Vote for Us
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Local Services:
People & Places: 
Vote for The Coop, and tell your family and friends!
If you vote in more than 25 categories, you’ll be entered in a sweepstakes to win $250! Votes can be placed between March 1st and March 24th.
It’s easy to do. Simply choose a category, place your vote and fill in your email address.
Continue and complete the registration form.

Coop Team Members Appointed to Local Board of Directors

capeandcoastbk on February 15, 2019

smiling staff from The Coop

Left to right: Laurie Maul, Kirsten Wickson, Charlotte Green

As a community bank, we take pride in the role we play on Cape Cod by helping our friends and neighbors achieve their financial goals and dreams. But, we do so much more than that. We support hundreds of nonprofit organizations, sponsor events, and volunteer for local charities. To that end, we would like to honor and congratulate a few of our employees who volunteer their time and were recently appointed to serve on a nonprofit board of directors.

WE CAN

Laurie Maul, VP and Human Resources Manager, was appointed as the Personnel Committee Chair to the WE CAN Board of Directors. Laurie joined WE CAN because she has long admired the organization’s ability to provide women with dignity and support as they develop the necessary skills to turn their unique challenges into opportunities for growth and empowerment.

Cape Cod Center for the Arts

Kirsten Wickson, the Bank’s CRM Administrator joined the Board of Directors for the Cape Cod Center for the Arts, the organization that oversees the Cape Playhouse in Dennis Village. The playhouse has undergone significant changes over the past few years and Kirsten is excited to help them as they unfold their strategic plan, which includes launching a capital campaign to update the aging buildings.

Cape Cod Young Professionals

Charlotte Green, our Assistant Residential Mortgage Sales Manager, was appointed to the Cape Cod Young Professionals Board of Directors this month. CCYP connects Cape Cod’s emerging workforce and community leaders, engages them in the community, and supports their efforts to advance, personally and professionally. The Coop has been a Premier Sponsor of the organization for over 6 years and we’re glad to continue to give back to the organization through volunteer support as well.

We’re proud to support the communities where we live and work and grateful for the Positively Different people who work for us!

Jeans Day Employee Charitable Giving Program #CharityJeansDay

capeandcoastbk on January 12, 2019

The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod Jeans Day

Employees of The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod wearing Yarmouth Police Foundation’s Thin Blue Line t-shirts during the special #CharityJeansDay benefiting the family of fallen Yarmouth Police Sergeant Sean M. Gannon.

The impetus for #CharityJeansDay created in 2009, was to give employees an opportunity to create some good for the local community in a fun and engaging way. We really wanted to design a program that the employees could “own.” This program is completely managed by employees. A great side-benefit is we get to dress more comfortably and casually a couple of days each month…the banking industry, as you know, is pretty conservative!

How it works:
Every other Friday, all employees at The Coop are given the option to wear jeans to work. That includes employees in the executive offices and on the front lines in the branches. The only requirement is that the employee has to make a minimum donation of $5 to the Jeans Day fund.
Every other week, a charitable organization is designated as the beneficiary. The organizations are nominated by employees and selected by the employee-based Jeans Day committee. The only criteria for nominations is that the organization be affiliated with Cape Cod and a registered 501(c)3.

Why it works:
Employees appreciate the opportunity to dress more casually at work on a Friday, but also love the chance to support local non-profit organizations in our community. Because the employees help choose the organizations that benefit, they feel invested in the program. This is truly an employee-owned program that’s a win for everyone!

Who it helps:
The organizations we’ve supported range from small groups that fly under the radar to well-known programs like “Stuff a Bus” and “Be a Santa To a Senior.” It also gives us an opportunity to respond to tragedies that unexpectedly impact our community. After the tragic death of Sgt. Sean M. Gannon, for example, our employees initiated a special Jeans Day and raised $2,270 for The Cape Cod Foundation in care of Sgt. Gannon’s family.
With more than half of our employees participating on a regular basis, and often donating more than the $5 minimum, we’re on track to hit our goal of raising $25,000 in 2018! That includes a pledge from the Bank to match up to $500 of each Jeans Day donation.

 

For more on The Coop’s #CharityJeansDay:

 

Want to help?

To learn more about some of the organizations we’ve helped through our #CharityJeansDay program, you can visit their websites below:

 

Headshot of Johanna Zarra, Residential Lending Sales Assistant

 

My name is Johanna and I’m part of the Residential Mortgage team at The Coop. I’m also part of an internal team that’s been running a very cool employee program – “Charity Jeans Day.”