Strongsville resident Elisha Unger honored with 2015 Citizens Bank Credo Champion for Community Award

For her outstanding commitment to the community, Strongsville resident and Berea branch manager Elisha Unger has been selected by Citizens Bank for its annual Credo Champion for Community Award.

As part of the award and in celebration of Dec. 1 as Giving Tuesday, Citizens Bank will contribute $2,500 to Unger’s charity of choice. This award is part of Citizens Helping Citizens, the bank’s program that strives to enhance quality of life and economic vitality in local communities.

“It is because of Elisha’s inspiring dedication to the community and her tireless efforts to go above and beyond in both her professional and personal endeavors that we proudly award her this honor,” said Joe DiRocco, president of Citizens Bank, Ohio. “Elisha embodies Citizens’ spirit of giving, contributing countless hours of community service in 2015 to organizations in and around her community.”

“Each year, a volunteer or a group of volunteers who perform exemplary service to the community is honored by Citizens Bank with this award,” said DiRocco, “and with a contribution to the nonprofit organization of the recipient’s choice.”

Unger has selected Ohio Guidestone to receive the $2,500 donation.

This annual award was created in April 2007 by Citizens Bank to honor volunteers who perform exemplary service in the communities where Citizens does business. Nominations for the award are made by co-workers or colleagues nominating themselves.

The Citizens Helping Citizens program addresses four key areas: fighting hunger, providing shelter, teaching money management and strengthening communities.

About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest financial institutions, with $135.4 billion in assets as of September 30, 2015. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, Citizens offers a broad range of retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle‐market companies, large corporations and institutions. In Consumer Banking, Citizens helps its retail customers “bank better” with mobile and online banking, a 24/7 customer contact center and the convenience of approximately 3,200 ATMs and approximately 1,200 Citizens Bank branches in 11 states in the New England, Mid‐Atlantic and Midwest regions. Citizens also provides mortgage lending, auto lending, student lending and commercial banking services in select markets nationwide. In Commercial Banking, Citizens offers corporate, institutional and not‐for‐profit clients a full range of wholesale banking products and services including lending and deposits, capital markets, treasury services, foreign exchange and interest hedging, leasing and asset finance, specialty finance and trade finance.
Citizens operates through its subsidiaries Citizens Bank, N.A., and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania. Additional information about Citizens and its full line of products and services can be found at www.citizensbank.com.