As a community bank, we believe in fostering community growth through volunteerism, sponsorship, and involvement. These community values shine bright in not only our Friends Club activities, but also in our members! Friends Club is made up of an amazing group of loyal customers who also foster growth in our community through supporting local organizations, engaging in historic preservation, providing mentorship to community youth, volunteering medical assistance, and so much more. Enter our Friends Club Member Spotlight! Each quarter, we will feature an employee-nominated Friends Club member who is fostering community growth through volunteerism and involvement. This quarter we sat down with Mike Parker from Hills. Member Spotlight: Mike Parker
Tell us a bit about yourself Mike: how did you end up in Southeast Iowa? I was born and raised in Coralville and graduated from City High, where I met my wife. We got married after I graduated from the University of Iowa and have been married for 55 years. We have two boys and three grandchildren, and we’ve lived in Hills since 1976. We started out in an apartment, then a mobile home. My father-in-law bought the land from
the old drill farm, had it divided, and asked my wife, Lucy, to pick out a lot. We built our house there. Lucy is a beautician, among other things, and so a carpenter and I built her a salon in our basement, and she’d do appointments when the kids were in school. Can you tell us what organizations you volunteer for? Well, shortly after we moved here, I got on the city council, and then from there, I became Mayor for a few years. I've also been involved in
St. Joseph’s Church on the Finance Committee and General Counsel, among other things. Since I retired, I’ve been on the St. Stanislaus Cemetery committee, and now I oversee the cemetery with the help of the board. I'm also on the board at Atrium Village, which is a bunch of great people. I was asked to run the food pantry out of St. Joseph’s, and Lucy asked to help. So she and I run the food pantry. Carol – the administrator for the church – is always checking on us to make sure everything's okay. You know,
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