From Boys to Men

December, 2000 I received a phone call from a woman who lived in Valley City. She said she had two sons who needed, and I repeat "Needed" to ring the bell for the Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign in Brunswick, Ohio.

I gladly signed them up to ring at the then Tops Supermarket store on a Saturday morning. It happened that I was in the store that morning to bring in more empty kettles, in the hopes that they would be filled by Saturday shoppers.

I saw these two teenage boys, brothers Jordan and Colin, and they did not look exceptionally happy to be there. They rang on several other occasions also, and the following fall, one of them wrote their college entrance essay on "ringing the bell".

Time has passed, and lo and behold, who should my wondering eyes fall on......Colin Vickers.
He is the manager of my PNC Branch right here in Valley City.

Today, he signed up to ring the bell for me at Buehler's in Brunswick. He and his new bride may ring the bell again on another day before the holiday. In addition, two of his tellers have signed up for multiple spots to ring, and also, he and the tellers have taken eight angels off of our angel tree, that is in the lobby of the Buehler's store and will purchase gifts for the children.

The tellers have spread the word and I received a call from a church group leader and will pass the word on for the bell ringing need as well as the angel tree.

Strong parents, bright kids, motivated adults.
Or in reverse order, either way the community is the beneficiary!
Thank you Irene Vickers for a job well done!


Collin Vickers’s Experience

Branch Manager
PNC
(Public Company; PNC; Financial Services industry)
July 2009 — Present (1 year 6 months)

Assistant Branch Manager
National City Bank
(Public Company; PNC; Banking industry)
June 2007 — June 2009 (2 years 1 month)
Collin Vickers’s Education
Cleveland State University
MBA , 2008 — 2011 (expected)
Baldwin-Wallace College
Bachelor of Arts , Economics, Finance, Management , 2003 — 2007