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First Merchant's Lakeshore Region's recent jeans day for Foodbank of Northwest Indiana was a huge success. The mission of the Foodbank is to alleviate hunger by acquiring and distributing food to people in need, promoting solutions that advance self-sufficiency and hunger relief, and leading our region in the fight against hunger.

As a result of First Merchant's Lakeshore Region's recent jeans day for Opportunity Enterprises, and a few very generous additional donations from team members, over $1,500 was raised to provide Opportunity Enterprises with a commercial washer and dryer for one of their respite homes.

First Merchants Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Merchants Corporation, and Monroe Bank and Trust announced they have a definitive merger agreement whereby Monroe Bank and Trust will merge with and into First Merchants Bank. Founded in 1858, and based in Monroe, Michigan, Monroe Bank and Trust operates twenty banking center locations in the Monroe, Michigan area