Hays Post

Commerce Bank of Hays is doing its Random Acts of Commerce for second consecutive year in 2018.

Here’s how it works: during the holidays, a Commerce banker will be out and about ready to randomly pay for things for people in our community.

Friday morning, Audrey Werth, commercial banker, was at Lincoln Elementary with Principal Kerri Lacy to buy $300 worth of school lunches.

Raymond Haas, Hays Commerce vice president, said Commerce has the advantages of the resources of a big bank, but the service of a local bank.

“Sometimes people think corporate banks aren’t local banks, but we are a local community bank and very involved in our community,” he said. “We do a lot for the community, so this is another way can show that we are a community bank and our employees live, work, shop and are fully vested in the community.”

Last year, the bank randomly paid for items at the ARC Thrift Store, Walmart, Dillons, Orscheln Farm and Home, and a bill at Midwest Energy.

This year’s giving will be a surprise. Be on the lookout in the next couple weeks for more Random Acts of Commerce. Videos of the Random of Acts of Commerce will be posted on the Hays Post Facebook site.

“We appreciate what everybody else does for the community. We just want to be a part of that,” Werth said. “This is one small token that we can do for the area we all live in to make it a better place.”