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As a way of expressing our appreciation for five years of business support from the community, the Red Rock Community Bank team dedicated a good part of 2005 to returning the favors.

In January, the employees donated $1,000 that was matched by the bank to the tsunami relief effort in Sri Lanka organized by bank client Dawn McClellan, DDS. She is the president of Children's Dental Care Clinic International, a nonprofit organization that operates a dental clinic in Sri Lanka. Later in the year, after Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast, Red Rock contributed to the American Red Cross disaster relief fund.

In May, the bank donated $25 savings bonds to more than 20 students, teachers and volunteers for their scholastic achievements and contributions to schools and the community at the Summerlin Children's Forum Evening of Excellence.

In a year-long project, the bank adopted the Gene Ward Elementary School, a pre-K-2 school in a distressed section of central Las Vegas. Beginning last spring, the bank raised money and requested donations from clients and employees to buy supplies and equipment for the school. Additionally, the bank funded a storage shed for gardening tools, a canopy for an outside lunch area, and a teachers' appreciation event. A Thanksgiving food drive generated $1,200 for the Women's Development Center where I serve as a member of the board of directors.

Finally, in December we donated phone cards to the Family Support Unit at Nellis Air Force Base for distribution to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan so that the soldiers might be able to call home during the holiday season.

We hope that our gifts will show the community just how grateful we are for its business support.