Community
Much of our success is measured in the smiling faces of those who benefit from the services that we extend beyond our doors. Our presence in Allen, Elkhart, Hamilton, Lake, LaPorte, Marion, Marshall, Porter, St. Joseph & Tippecanoe counties is a genuine commitment made by our associates. We truly value the associates who volunteer their personal time and donations towards local charities.
Community
Calendar
Upcoming Community Events
| June | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Meeting | Location | Time |
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6/27-7/11 |
In-store summer BBQ promotion | All in-stores | |
| 6/29 | Westfield branch Grand Opening | Westfield, IN |
Coordinators
The eyes and ears of our community programs
In giving back to each of the communities we service, Centier has appointed Community Coordinators within each community or area to keep in touch with local activities and programs. These Community Coordinators are essentially the eyes and ears of our organization that serve to help Centier participate in the best ways possible in supporting each community.
Financial Literacy Coordinators
For more information about our financial literacy programs, and arranging a presentation for your school or organization, please contact:
Adult Financial Literacy |
Student Financial Literacy |
|
Dian Reyome |
Michelle Steuer |
Community Coordinators
To contact your local Community Coordinator, please select from the following:
| Contact | Address | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Carmel & Hamilton County Lin Koontz |
586 E Carmel Drive |
317-574-0436 |
| Cedar Lake Renee Wolak |
9704 Lincoln Plaza |
219-374-6536 |
| Chesterton Rose Charo |
1600 South Calumet Chesterton, IN |
219-926-1161 |
| Crown Point Dave Giedemann |
117 E. Joliet St. Crown Point, IN |
219-663-5100 |
| Dyer Stephanie Fazekas |
1121 Sheffield Ave. Dyer, IN |
219-865-3100 |
| East Chicago LaToya Goodwin |
720 W. 145th St. East Chicago, IN |
219-938-1240 |
| Elkhart Shelia Sieradzki & Jim Pinarski |
303 County Road 17 |
574-295-9834 |
| Fort Wayne & Allen County Rob Slusser |
9921 DuPont Circle Drive West - Suite 110 Fort Wayne, IN |
260-489-3945 |
| Gary Dakita Jones |
650 South Lake St. Gary, IN |
219-886-2526 |
| Griffith Joseph Koranek |
500 North Broad Street Griffith, IN |
219-924-0800 |
| Hammond Dana O'Neal Best |
5433 Hohman Ave. |
219-853-0160 |
| Highland Mary Shelton |
9701 Indianapolis Blvd. Highland, IN |
219-922-2410 |
| Hobart Marsha Plesac |
433 Main St. Hobart, IN |
219-945-1870 |
| Lafayette & Tippecanoe County Joe Howarth |
323 Columbia Street Suite 1A - Lafayette, IN |
765-423-4615 |
| La Porte & La Porte County Gail Mahl |
73 Pine Lake Ave. LaPorte, IN |
219-324-6368 |
| Lowell Tara Klahn |
1914 East Commercial Ave. Lowell, IN |
219-696-6421 |
| Merrillville Jill Wineland |
3198 E 81st Ave |
219-942-1100 |
| Mishawaka & St. Joseph County Rachel Diggs |
4101 Edison Lakes Pkwy. Suite 325 Mishawaka, IN |
574-243-2822 |
| Munster Mary Shelton |
9716 White Oak Ave Munster, IN |
219-922-9200 |
| Plymouth & Marshall County Mark Gidley |
537 North Oak Drive Plymouth, IN |
574-936-1970 |
| Portage Brandie Belstra |
3220 Willowcreek Road Portage, IN |
219-763-3376 |
| Schererville Donya Coty |
5191 W. Lincoln Hwy Crown Point, IN |
219-755-6600 |
| South Haven Nancy Mendez-Lopez |
390 West US Hwy 6 |
219-762-4296 |
| St. John Rhonda Basham |
9151 Wicker Ave. St. John, IN |
219-365-0585 |
| Valparaiso & Porter County Laura Schrage |
150 W. Lincolnway Valparaiso, IN |
(219) 462-1701 |
| Whiting Donna Cafferata |
1500 119th St. Whiting, IN |
219-659-0043 |
| Winfield Karen Nelson |
8020 East 109th Ave. Crown Point, IN |
219-663-0513 |
Partners
Centier's community partner organizations
Our presence in Lake, Porter, La Porte, Marshall, St. Joseph & Tippecanoe counties is a genuine commitment made by our associates. We truly value the associates who volunteer their personal time and donations towards local charities.
In 2013, we supported more than 600 charitable organizations throughout the Northern Indiana region. Some of these organizations include:
- Adopt a Highway
- American Cancer Society
- American Heart Association
- American Red Cross
- Boy Scouts
- Boys and Girls Club
- City of Gary Economic Development Corporation
- Consumer Credit Counseling Service
- Dollars for Scholars
- Food Bank of NWI
- Fraternal Order of Police
- Frontline Foundations
- Hammond Hispanic Community Corporation
- Kiwanis International/Local Clubs
- Knights of Columbus
- Lake Area United Way
- March of Dimes
- Meals on Wheels
- Neighborhoods Inc. of Hammond, IN
- Northwest Indiana Asset Building Campaign
- Northwest Indiana Literacy Coalition
- Rebuilding Together (formerly Christmas in April)
- Salvation Army
- Samaritan Counseling Center
- St. Jude House
- TradeWinds Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
- Tri Kappa
- Urban League of Northwest Indiana, Inc.
- Valparaiso Parks and Recreation Foundation
- Whiting Parks and Recreation
- Winfield Community Foundation
Supporting Student Athletes
Centier sponsors the "Performer of the Week"
RRSN Performer of the Week
In our partnership with The Regional Radio Sports Network, Centier sponsors the "Performer of the Week" in recognition of the student athlete who made the most outstanding contribution to their team's performance.
| Week of | Name/School | Sport | Game/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/24/16 |
Teely Rhyne of Andrean Nick Wilson of New Prairie |
Football Football |
Andrean vs. Highland New Prairie vs. South Bend Riley |
| 9/18/16 |
Aryuan Cain-Veasey of Michigan City Troy Bolds of Culver |
Football Football |
Michigan City vs. Merrillville Culver vs. Triton |
| 9/10/16 | Davion Ervin-Poindexter of Merrillville High School | Football | Merrillville vs. Portage |
| 9/3/16 | Anthony Maceo of Portage High School | Football | Portage vs. Lake Central |
| 8/27/16 |
Josh Gonzalez of Portage High School Ethan Kertai of LaVille High School |
Football/Soccer Football |
Portage vs. Lowell - Football & Portage vs. Griffith - Soccer LaVille vs. Triton |
| 8/20/16 |
Crown Point Football team - defense Grant Borsch of John Glenn High School |
Football Football |
CP vs. Lowell Glenn vs. Rochester |
| 6/11/16 |
Alyssa Griman of Penn - Prestigious Mental Attitude Award recipient Sara Brown of Boone Grove - Prestigious mental Attitude Award recipient |
Softball Softball |
Class 4A final - Penn vs. Avon Class 2A final - Boone Grove vs. Evansville Mater Dei |
| 6/4/16 | Michigan City boys' track & field team | Track & Field | 2nd place State Champs |
| 5/28/16 | Amanda Osterhus of Munster | Softball | Class 4A Crown Point sectional final - Munster vs. CP |
| 5/21/16 |
Alyssa Gill of Hanover Central Megan Welsh of South Bend Saint Joseph |
Softball Softball |
Hanover Central vs. Kankakee Valley South Bend Saint Joseph vs. Fairfield |
| 5/14/16 | Jenna Jungels of Kankakee Valley | Track & Field | Northwest Crossroads Conference - 2nd place |
| 5/7/16 | Joe Graziano of Lake Central | Baseball | Duneland Athletic Conference - Lake Central vs. Valpo |
| 4/30/16 | Conner TenHove of Valparaiso | Baseball | Valpo vs. Andrean |
| 4/22/16 |
Ty Bothwell of Boone Grove Bailey Gessinger of NorthWood |
Baseball Track |
Boone Grove vs. Hebron Goshen Relays Meet - Champion |
| 4/17/16 |
Miranda Elish of Crown Point Danielle Watson of Penn |
Softball Softball |
Duneland Conference - CP vs. Michgian City, LaPorte & Munster Penn vs. Northridge, Riley, Bremen & Valpo |
| 4/9/16 | Reily Galloway | Softball | LaPorte vs. Merrillville |
| 4/4/16 | Alex Hickey of Lake Central | Softball | Lake Central vs. Munster |
| 3/26/16 | Tremell Murphy of Griffith | Basketball | Class 3A Semistate - Griffith vs. Marion |
| 3/19/16 | Eugene German of Gary 21st Century | Basketball | Class 1A Huntington Semistate - Gary 21st Century vs. Liberty Christian |
| 3/13/16 |
Eugene German of Gary 21st Century Kylee Maxwell of Morgan Township |
Basketball Gymnastics |
Class 1A Triton Regional - Gary 21st Century vs. Triton & vs. South Newton IHSAA State Gymnastics Championship - State Vault Champion |
| 3/6/16 |
Sasha Stefanovic of Crown Point Reontre Lawrence of South Bend Riley |
Basketball Basketball |
Sectional title - Crown Point vs. Valpo Class 4A Sectional Championship - South Bend Riley vs. Plymouth |
| 2/27/16 |
Spencer Lehman of Northridge Kaitlyn Marenyi of Penn |
Swimming Basketball |
IHSAA state boys swimming and diving championships Class 4A State Championship - Penn vs. Columbus North |
| 2/20/16 |
Colton Cummings & Drew Hughes of Lowell Drew Hildebrandt of Penn Jacob Covaciu & Shawn Streck of Merrillville Jake Kleimola of Lake Central
|
Wrestling | IHSAA state wrestling finals - State Champions |
| 2/14/16 |
Vanessa Krause of Chesterton
Camryn Buhr of Penn |
Swimming Basketball |
IHSAA State Swimming Diving Finals - 3rd place Class 4A LaPorte Regionals |
| 2/6/16 | Dana Evans of Gary West Side | Basketball | Gary West Side vs. ECC Sectional Championship & Gary West Side vs. Hammond Morton in the Class 4A Lowell Sectional Semifinals |
| 1/30/16 |
Gary Kostbade of Chesterton Kyle Morris of Penn |
Swimming | Duneland Conference Meet |
| 1/23/16 | Damien Jefferson of East Chicago Central | Basketball | ECC vs. Hammond; ECC vs. South Bend Adams; ECC vs. Griffith |
| 1/17/16 |
Tremell Murphy of Griffith
Jair Rodgers of Mishawaka Marian |
Basketball
Basketball |
Griffith vs. Whiting; Griffith vs. Lowell; Griffith vs. Crown Point Mishawaka Marian vs. Culver Academy; Mishawaka Marian vs. South Bend Riley |
| 1/9/16 |
Eugene German of Gary 21st Century
Jordan Arch of Mishawaka |
Basketball
Basketball |
Gary 21st Century vs. Hammond & Gary 21st Century vs. Lighthouse CPA Mishawaka vs. Mishawaka Marian; Mishawaka vs. Elkhart Central & Mishawaka vs. Niles |
| 1/3/16 | Kenny Kerrn of Jimtown | Wrestling | Al Smith Invitational & The Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Assocation Team State Dual Meet Tournament |
| 1/3/16 | Jenasae Bishop of East Chicago Central | Basketball | ECC vs. Detroit King & ECC vs. Cass Tech |
| 12/24/15 | Eugene German of Gary 21st Century | Basketball | Gary 21st Century vs. Indianapolis Herron |
| 12/20/15 | Dana Evans of Gary West Side | Basketball | Gary West Side vs. Hammond Morton |
| 12/12/15 | Matt Trewhella of Penn | Basketball | Penn vs. Concord |
| 12/5/15 | Grant Gelon of Crown Point | Basketball | Crown Point vs. Penn |
| 11/28/15 | Martin Petruf of Whiting & Camden Bohn of Penn | Football | Class 2A State Whiting vs. Monrovia & Class 6A State Penn vs. Center Grove |
| 11/21/15 | Stuart Glascow of Whiting | Football | Class 2A Northern Semistate |
| 11/14/15 | Sam Scholtes of Penn | Football | Semistate - Penn vs. Carmel |
| 11/7/15 | Stuart Glascow of Whiting | Football | Whiting vs. Knox - Class 2A Sectional Championship |
| 10/31/15 | Michael Cataldo of Mishawaka Marian | Soccer | Class 1A State Soccer Championship |
| 10/24/15 | Sam Concannon of Culver Academy | Tennis | Singles State Championship |
| 10/18/15 |
Hannah Wylie of Crown Point Lexie Lyons of Valparaiso |
Cross Country Soccer |
Cross Country - Regionals Munster vs. Chesterton/ Munster vs. KV |
| 10/10/15 | Jameson Sensibaugh & Derek O'Dell of Chesterton | Soccer | Sectional Semifinals - Chesteron vs. Valpo/Chesterton vs. Portage |
| 10/3/15 | Alexis Miestowski of Lake Central | Golf | State Champ - LC vs. Evansville North & Bloomington South |
| 9/27/15 | Hunter Rycerz of Highland | Football | Highland vs. Andrean |
| 9/20/15 | Jack Barron of Plymouth | Football | Plymouth vs. Elkhart |
| 9/12/15 | Mark Snorton of Morton | Football | Great Lakes Conference - Morton vs. Hammond |
| 8/29/2015 | Darrick Webster of Kankakee Valley | Football | Kankakee Valley vs. Morton |
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8/23/2015 |
Darian Phillips of Mishawaka | Football | Mishawaka vs. Portage |
| 6/20/2015 | Clay Thompson of Andrean | Baseball | Class 3A state championship game - Andrean vs. Jasper |
| 6/13/2015 | Parker Huttel of Andrean | Baseball | Class 3A semistate - Andrean vs. Heritage |
| 6/7/2015 |
Mitchell Kessler of Crown Point Anthony Pavloski of Lake Central Clayton Goldman of Lake Central Charles Sykes of Lake Central Ethan Gomez of Lake Central Kayla York of Hanover Central Victoria Farley of Portage |
Track & Field | State Finals |
| 5/31/2015 | Annabel Karberg of Lake Central | Softball | LC vs. Highland & LC vs. Munster |
| 5/24/2015 | Mitchell Davis of Chesterton | Golf | Lake Central Invite at Palmira Golf Club |
| 5/17/2015 | Jenna Jungels of Kankakee Valley | Track | Northwest Crossroads Conference Championship |
| 5/10/2015 | Miranda Elish of Crown Point | Softball | Crown Point vs. Lake Central & Crown Point vs. Portage |
| 5/3/2015 | Grant Rademacher of Munster | Baseball | Munster vs. Griffith |
| 4/25/2015 | Jesse Wilkening of Hanover Central | Baseball | Hanover Central vs. Bishop Noll |
| 4/19/2015 | Brian Brzycki of Griffith | Golf | Portage Invitational at Robbinhurst Golf Course |
| 4/12/2015 | Ian Gifford of Lake Central | Baseball | Lake Central vs. Munster |
| 4/5/2015 | Kiley Jones of Portage | Softball | Portage vs. Andrea & Portage vs. Hebron |
| 3/29/2015 | Ryan Fazekas of Marquette Catholic | Basketball | Class 1A State Finals |
| 3/21/2015 |
Rushelle Miller of Valparaiso and Kylee Maxwell of Morgan Township |
Gymnastics | State Championships at Worthen Arena at Ball State |
| 3/15/2015 | Kylee Maxwell of Morgan Township | Gymnastics | Valparaiso Regional |
| 3/8/2015 | Drew Hackett | Basketball | Sectional Championship game Munster vs. East Chicago Central |
| 2/28/2015 | Wilson Beckman of Munster | Swimming | Indiana Boys Swimming State Finals |
| 2/21/2015 |
Colton Cummings - Lowell Jacob Covaciu - Merrillville Drew Hughes - Lowell Shawn Streck - Merrillville |
Wrestling | State Championship - Banker's Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis |
| 2/14/2015 | Chesterton Girls Swim Team | Swimming | 3rd Place Finisher in the IHSAA Swim State Finals in Indianapolis |
| 2/8/2015 |
Tremeil Murphy of Griffith Anna Rohrer of Mishawaka |
Basketball Cross County |
Griffith vs. Munster Awarded the Gatorade National Girls Cross County Runner of the Year |
| 1/31/2015 | Hyron Edwards of Michigan City | Basketball | ECC vs. Gary West Side & ECC vs. South Bend Adams |
| 1/25/2015 | Damian Jefferson of East Chicago Central | Basketball | ECC vs. Hammond High & ECC vs. Griffith |
| 1/17/2015 | Nick Jeffirs of Crown Point | Basketball | Crown Point vs. South Bend Clay |
| 1/10/2015 |
Damien Jefferson of East Chicago Central Hyron Edwards of East Chicago Central |
Basketball | ECC vs. Proviso East - TF North Bob Hamrick Shootout |
| 1/3/2015 | Joseph Hawkins of Whiting | Basketball | Whiting vs. Hebron & Whiting vs. Highland |
| 12/27/2014 | Cheyenne White of East Chicago | Basketball | Versus South Bend Washington and Lafayette Central |
| 12/20/2014 | Damian Jefferson | Basketball | East Chicago Central vs. Chesterton |
| 12/13/2014 | Grant Gelon | Basketball | Crown Point vs. Andrean & Crown Point vs. Lafayette Jeff |
| 12/7/2014 | Scottie Sopko of Hobart | Wrestling | Harvest Classic Tournament |
| 11/30/2014 | Hyron Edwards | Basketball | East Chicago Central vs. Chicago Dunbar & ECC vs. Michigan City Marquette Catholic |
| 11/23/2014 | Chase Dawson | Football | Andrean vs. Fort Wayne Bishop Luers Semistate |
| 11/16/2014 | Charles Salary of LaPorte | Football | LaPorte vs. Elkhart Central Class 5A Regional Championship |
| 11/9/2014 | Eric Mazany of LaPorte | Football | LaPorte vs. Mishawaka Sectionals Final |
| 11/2/2014 | Jake Paliga of Andrean | Football | Class 3A Sectional 25 semifinals |
| 10/26/2014 | D.J. Wilkins of Merrillville | Football | Class 6A Sectional 1 semifinals |
| 10/19/2014 | Richie Botts of Hebron | Soccer | Regional semifinal |
| 10/5/2014 | Ike James of Lowell | Football | Lowell vs. Munster |
| 9/20/2014 | Jeff Proctor of Munster | Football | Munster vs. Morton |
| 9/6/2014 | Antwan Davis of Lake Central | Football | Lake Central vs. Portage |
| 8/30/2014 | Max Young of Highland | Soccer | NWCC Conference 2-0 and 3-0 record for the week |
| 8/24/2014 | Charles Salary of LaPorte | Football | LaPorte vs. New Prairie |
| 6/22/2014 | Matt De Somer of Andrean | Baseball | State Championship |
| 6/15/2014 | Parker Huttel of Andrean | Baseball | Semi-State |
| 6/3/2014 | Gary West Side Boys Track Team | Track | State Championship |
| 5/25/2014 | Jon Vae Johnson of West Side | Track | Regionals |
| 5/18/2014 | Brittany Barajas of Munster | Track | Sectionals |
| 5/11/2014 | Dan Gomez of Andrean | Baseball | Andrean vs. Munster |
| 5/4/2014 | Tom De Cero of Munster | Baseball | Munster vs. Griffith |
| 4/27/2014 | Tyler Patrick of Hebron | Baseball | Hebron vs. Marquette Catholic |
| 4/20/2014 | Brenna Boyle of Andrean | Softball | Andrean vs. Highland |
| 4/13/2014 | Kaitlin Doud of Portage | Softball | Portage vs. Lake Central |
| 4/6/2014 | Ashley Yoways of Hanover Central | Softball | Regular season games |
| 3/30/2014 | Kaitlin Doud of Portage | Softbal | Portage vs. Munster |
| 3/23/2014 | Ryan Fazekas of Michigan City Marquette Catholic | Basketball | State Championship |
| 3/2/2014 | Josh Fleming of La Porte | Basketball | Sectionals |
| 2/23/2014 |
Blake Pieroni of Chesterton Aaron Whitaker of Chesterton |
Swimming | State Championship |
| 2/16/2014 |
Stevan Micic of Hanover Central Gelen Robinson of Lake Central Jeremiah Reitz of Griffith |
Wrestling | State Championship |
| 2/9/2014 |
Aly Tetzloff of Crown Point Hannah Kukurugya of Crown Point |
Swimming | State Championship |
| 2/2/2014 | Keenan Simmons of Michigan City | Basketball | Michigan City vs. South Bend Adams |
| 1/19/2014 | Larry Crisler of Bisphop Noll | Basketball | Greater South Shore Tournamnet |
| 1/12/2014 | Aly Tetzloff of Crown Point | Swimming | Duneland Conference Meet |
| 1/5/2014 | Nicole Konieczny of La Porte | Basketball | La Porte vs. Lake Central |
| 12/22/2013 | Tyler Wideman of Lake Central | Basketball | Duneland Conference West Tournament |
| 12/15/2013 | Keenan Simmons of Michigan City | Basketball | Michigan City vs Gary Roosevelt |
| 12/08/2013 | Nicole Konieczny of La Porte | Basketball | La Porte vs. Merrillville |
| 12/01/2013 | Joe Gardner of Munster | Swimming | Munster Relays |
| 11/24/2013 | Donovan Chandler of Andrean | Football | State Championship |
| 11/17/2013 | Matt De Somer of Andrean | Football | Semi-State |
| 11/10/2013 | Carlos Fernandez of East Chicago | Football | Regionals |
| 11/3/2013 | Martayveus Carter of East Chicago | Football | Sectionals |
| 10/27/2013 | Nate Brower of Crown Point | Soccer | State Championship |
| 10/20/2013 | Martayveus Carter of East Chicago | Football | E.C. vs. Morton |
| 10/13/2013 | Mike Gore of Andrean | Soccer & Football |
Andrean vs. Mishawaka Andrean vs. Lowell |
| 10/6/2013 | Charley Salary of La Porte | Football | La Porte vs. Michigan City |
| 9/29/2013 | Harley Dubsky of Valparaiso | Golf | State Championship |
| 9/22/2013 | Tristan Peterson of Crown Point | Football | Crown Point vs. Valpo |
| 9/15/2013 | Harley Dubsky of Valparaiso | Golf | Sectionals |
| 9/8/2013 | George Fields of Lowell | Football | Lowell vs. Griffith |
| 9/1/2013 | Jordan Dilosa of Chesterton | Football | Chesterton vs. Michigan City |
| 8/25/2013 | Matt De Somer of Andrean | Football | Andrean vs. Merrillville |
| 8/18/2013 | Sal Cordova of Bishop Noll | Cross Country | Andrean Invitational |
