Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands has donated $2,000 to the Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club’s Howard S. Danner, Jr. Wheels for Wheels Cycling Challenge. The donation is part of the bank’s “We Love Our Islands” program and the nonprofit was selected to receive the funds by bank customer and longtime islander Clark Rambo.
To support the island communities, the bank’s “We Love Our Islands” program calls on its customers each week, empowering them to choose a nonprofit to receive a donation from the bank. Participating customers place a “We Love Our Islands” decal on their vehicle and Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands randomly selects a participant for an opportunity to choose which nonprofit will receive the bank’s donation that week.
This donation marks $148,600 awarded to date through the “We Love Our Islands” program. It also represents the seventh donation since the bank doubled its weekly contribution. All islanders are invited to participate in the program and may visit the bank’s Sanibel or Captiva offices to pick up a vehicle decal.
“We are so pleased to support Wheels for Wheels with our latest donation,” said Robbie Roepstorff, president of Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands. “Following the Rev. Howard S. Danner, Jr.’s founding leadership, the Sanibel-Captiva Rotarians have continued his cycling fundraiser. As a result, in partnership with the Wheelchair Foundation, hundreds of wheelchairs have been donated to those in need of life-affirming mobility as far away as Barbados and Trinidad. This donation is a great way to salute the charitable works of our fellow islanders and show how much we appreciate being your island bank.”
The Howard S. Danner, Jr. Wheels for Wheels Cycling Challenge benefits the Wheelchair Foundation, a nonprofit organization leading an international effort to create awareness of the needs and abilities of people with physical disabilities and deliver a wheelchair to every child, teen and adult in the world who needs one, but cannot afford one. The local challenge was created by John Danner in honor of his late father, Rev. Howard S. Danner, Jr., who was struck by a drunk driver while biking and was paralyzed from the waist down.
Bank of the Islands is located at 1699 Periwinkle Way, at the corner of Casa Ybel Road, on Sanibel. The Captiva office is at 14812 Captiva Drive, next to the Captiva Post Office. To learn more, visit BankoftheIslands.com.
About Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands
Edison National Bank is Lee County’s oldest locally owned and managed community bank, serving individuals and business owners with offices in Fort Myers, as well as the Bank of the Islands offices on Sanibel and Captiva. Founded in 1997, Edison National Bank is strongly rooted in the community and actively supports civic and charitable causes through both donations and volunteerism. Bank of the Islands is proud to be the winner of more than 50 “Best of the Islands” awards including “Best Island Bank” numerous times. For more information, call 239-466-1800 or visit EdisonNationalBank.com or BankoftheIslands.com.
