As a result of First Merchants 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. Respite House is a beautiful home where exhausted parents can drop off their developmentally disabled children so that they can have a small reprieve from their duties. The impact that First Merchants has on our communities is undeniable and it could not happen without all of the caring and generous employees. 

Pictured (front row - Ellen DeMartinis, CEO of Opportunity Enterprises, Stephanie Madison; back row - John Freyek, Steve Handel) 

Find out more about this great program that Opportunity Enterprises offers https://www.oppent.org.