06/22/2015
Citizens Bank 2015 football buttons to feature 12 ‘best of’ slogans from the past 43 years
STATE COLLEGE, PA– Continuing a 43-year tradition, Citizens Bank will create and distribute buttons featuring 12 slogans during the 2015 Nittany Lions football season. This year the buttons will feature 12 ‘best of’ slogans from the past 43 years of the contest.
“We are pleased to once again kick off the Citizens Bank button program, a longstanding tradition,” said Daniel K. Fitzpatrick, President and CEO of Citizens Bank, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. “This year’s ‘best of’ buttons feature the creativity and passion shared by so many fans over the past 43 years, and we look forward to seeing the buttons worn proudly in State College, PA and on fans across the country.”
Beginning September 2 and continuing through the 2015 football season, the bank will release a new button each Wednesday at 26 branches in central Pennsylvania, including locations in Centre, Blair and Mifflin counties. To create a benefit for the community, this year buttons can be acquired by making a donation of a non-perishable food item that will go to area food banks. Collection bins will be available in each of the 26 branches. Buttons are available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
Fans can also purchase a complete set of 12 buttons for $20 starting in late August. Checks for button sets must be made payable to The Food Bank of the State College Area, Inc. and mailed to 341 Science Park Rd., State College, PA 16803. All food donations made in branches will go to area food banks, and proceeds from button sales will directly support The Food Bank of the State College Area, Inc.
The Citizens Bank buttons program began in 1972 and last year nearly 200,000 buttons were distributed. The same State College-based marketing, design and advertising company, The Barash Group, has provided the buttons since the inception of the program and are again this year.
About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest financial institutions, with $136.5 billion in assets as of March 31, 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.
