University Bank is a locally owned and managed Community Bank.  We focus on listening & responding to our community’s true needs and providing the highest level of service.  Some of our Community Banking specialties include accounts receivable, SBA and commercial real estate lending for businesses, lending services for non-profits and the widest variety of residential real estate lending options of any local bank.  Underwriting decisions on residential and commercial loans and can be made in 24 hours, a unique capability not available at any other area bank.

Ann Arbor-based University Bancorp, which is stock exchange listed under symbol UNIB, owns 100% of University Bank which, together with its subsidiaries, holds and manages a total of over $16 billion in loans and assets and our 329 employees make us the 9th largest bank based in Michigan.  Founded in 1890, University Bank® is proud to have been selected as the “Community Bankers of the Year” by American Banker  magazine and as the recipient of the American Bankers Association’s Community Bank Award.  University Bank is a Member FDIC.

Please contact us today if you want to start a relationship with a community bank you can make your own for life!

University Bank: 2015 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor MI

Phone: (734) 741-5858

Web: www.university-bank.com

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January is National Mentoring Month!  Who was your mentor?  Did you know that a child who has a mentor is 55% more likely to apply to college then one that did not!

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washtenaw County is the only one-to-one professionally supported mentoring organization in Washtenaw County.  We have over 100 years of proven, historical, and evaluative data on the impact of mentoring.  Big Brothers Big Sisters has been in Washtenaw County since 1991 under the umbrella of HelpSource and became an independent nonprofit in 2007.  Currently we serve 400 local children but still have 200 children on a waitlist.  With YOUR help we can reduce that number.

Would you like to learn even more about BBBS, how to be a mentor and how you can get involved?  Please join us for one of our Discover YOUR BBBS events at our own office.  You will enjoy a light lunch or breakfast while hearing about our organization.  The next events are: January 23^rd at Noon, February 11^th at 10:00 a.m. and March 19^th at Noon.  Email Monica Brancheau at monica.brancheau@bbbswashtenaw.org if you would like to attend.

Visit our website at www.bbbswashtenaw.org for more information.

The Scrap Box is a tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to promote creativity and sustainability by providing inexpensive recycled materials and teaching eco-friendly ways to recycle. We offer visits for school field trips, scout workshops, birthdays in addition to shopping for unique materials ideally suited to the creative temperament. We are located on the south side of Ann Arbor an are open to the public with regular business hours. All are welcome and encouraged to stop-by!