Community Bank &Trust Provides $25,000 for Pre-School Scholarships

March 10, 2009: For the fourth year in a row Community Bank & Trust, headquartered in Clarks Summit, has donated $25,000 to the Pre-School Scholarship Program for low to moderate income families administered by The Community Foundation of Susquehanna & Wyoming Counties. To date for the current school year 86 students are attending 15 Pre-Schools in The Community Foundation's two-county service area, and a total of $40,000 in scholarship assistance has been provided. In the six years The Community Foundation has administered Pre-K Scholarships nearly 300 students attending 17 schools have received over $270,000.00 in tuition assistance. The K-12 Scholarship program has granted another 500 scholarships for various schools and programs throughout the area. More information about this and other projects of The Community Foundation may be found at www.community-foundation.org.

With the recent downturn in the economy, more families have come to rely on these scholarships for access to early childhood education. Foundation President Peter Quigg, states, "The dependability of Community Bank & Trust has helped us to consistently fund these scholarships, and the families have been very appreciative. In some cases children might not be able to attend school without this assistance." Community Bank & Trust has branches in the following towns that The Community Foundation also serves: Clifford, Eaton Township, Forest City, Lake Winola, Montrose, Nicholson, and Tunkhannock. More information about the bank can be found at its web site www.combk.com .