The employees of United Bank of Iowa recently donated funds to four area cancer centers for cancer caregiver expenses. A total of $7,284 was distributed to the June E. Nylen Cancer Center in Sioux City, St. Anthony Foundation in Carroll, Buena Vista Regional Medical Center AWARE in Storm Lake, and Trinity Cancer Center in Fort Dodge. The employee initiative called “The Difference is Hair,” a play on the bank’s tagline “The Difference is Here,” gave employees two options to participate. Employees could be a “hair grower” and not shave during the month of November or sponsor an employee, family member, or friend who was not shaving. Each participant donation was increased with a matching gift from UBI. Pictured from left are Abbey Oleson, Kerry Viken, Mike Biedenfeld, Christen Sewell, Kathleen Meldrem, Carol Grannon, Rich Bahls, Janice Carlson, Bette Habhab, Lynne Peterson and Amanda Lindstrom.