PeoplesBank 'Feel Right At Home' winners net $5,000 in prizes

Date: 11/17/2008

Melissa Richter, Branch Manager (left) and Jeannine Pelchat, Executive Vice President Retail Banking at PeoplesBank (right), award prizes to the lucky winners of the "Feel Right At Home" drawing celebrating the bank's new office at 1240 Sumner Ave. in Springfield. Drawing winners are (left to right) Rosalind Minahan, Robert Loomis and Carol Carroll.

HOLYOKE Over $5,000 worth of prizes, all purchased from local merchants, were awarded recently as part of the PeoplesBank "Feel Right At Home" drawing. The drawing was part of the bank's grand opening celebration for its new Springfield office located at 1240 Sumner Ave.

Branch Manager Melissa E. Richter awarded the grand prizes to Carol Carroll of Chicopee, winner of a scooter from Springfield Motorsports, Robert Loomis of Springfield, a $1,000 gift certificate to Big Y World Class Market, and Rosalind Minahan of Springfield, a $1,000 gift certificate to Pro Bicycle Shop. In addition, PeoplesBank gave away gift certificates to other area stores and restaurants as part of the "Feel Right At Home" drawing.

The Sumner Avenue office, which opened in August, offers traditional consumer and business banking and is staffed by professionals in commercial and residential lending as well as financial planning. Customer-friendly design features of the office include four teller windows, two drive-up windows and a 24-hour drive-up ATM.