Winamac Office Tellers (LtoR) Kelsie Zellers, Emily Campbell, and Holly Galbreath showing off their “Man Up & Can Up” results.

The community outpouring was "fantastic" and customers really got into the challenge, bank officials report.

The office declared the Food Challenge winner had to collect the most pounds of food per employee to keep things on a level playing field. The 2013 Alliance Bank Food Challenge winner was the Monon office with 432 total pounds collected or 108 pounds per employee!!

“This was a lot of fun,” stated Tara Garling, Monon office manager, “and our customers were so excited to participate.”

“We were very gratified at the response from the community,” said Cathie Williams, Francesville office manager. “We knew we had the best customers, but this just said it all.”

In case you’re wondering, here’s how the offices stacked up against one another:

Monon          432 Total lbs or 108 lbs/employee

Winamac      703 Total lbs or 88 lbs/employee

Monticello     672 Total lbs or 75 lbs/employee

Rensselaer   460 Total lbs or 58 lbs/employee

Francesville   1,100 Total lbs or 41 lbs/employee

Oxford          100 Total lbs or 9 lbs/employee

Otterbein      Did not report totals

Alliance Bank is al Real Community Bank™ with offices in Francesville, Monon, Monticello, Otterbein, Oxford, Rensselaer, and Winamac.

Francesville Office employees (LtoR) Gabby Bish, Brittany Baker, Mandy Sharpe, Ami Derrickson, and Shane Pilarski get set to weigh and deliver their truck full of goods! You can barely see, but Aaron Hines is behind the wheel.