Humanitarian Award Winners

Commerce Bank employees, from left, Diane Whorton, Cozy Jones, Reed Hopper, John Himmel, Kathy Lukavich, April Lindley and Steve Lohkamp are all smiles after the bank received the 2007 Corporate Humanitarian Award on Feb. 8 from United Way of the Ozarks. The award was developed in 1999 to pay tribute to companies that exemplify leadership, innovation, compassion and community service. Criteria for the award include: commitment to posterity; corporate responsibility to the community; innovation in corporate philanthropy; leadership in corporate and employee charitable giving; and inclusion of employees in the philanthropic process.