BCTCares Pack the 'Pack Campaign Raises $43,000 to Fill 8,600 Backpacks of Local Children with Food

September 22, 2021

Charles Town, WV, September 22, 2021 /PR Newswire/ (OTC:PTBS) – BCT-Bank of Charles Town, also known as The Community’s Bank, today announced through its BCTCares Foundation the results of the recent “Pack the ‘Pack” fundraising campaign in association with four local backpack program charities. With the support of BCT customers, employees, vendors, and local community patrons, a total of $43,000 was raised that will be used to fill 8,600 take-home backpacks with food

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for local food-insecure school children. The campaign ran July through August, 2021.

“To say we are pleased with the results of our Pack the ‘Pack campaign is an understatement,” said Alice Frazier, President and CEO of BCT. “This effort was initiated at the last minute due to the emergency need of food-insecure children in our markets. Their need resonated so loudly with our employees and customers that the campaign grew well beyond our hopes. I am very proud of our customers, employees, and local communities for rallying together to raise over two times our original goal. Thousands of local children will be fed because we joined together as neighbors in a fight to end food-insecurity in our local communities.”

BCTCares partnered with local backpack program charities for this campaign. These partners will purchase and distribute food to local school children using the funds donated, filling over 8,600 backpacks with food. The local backpack program partners are:

Berkeley County Backpack Program (Berkeley County, WV) - http://feedbcwvkids.org/
Community Combined Ministries – Kidz Power Pacs (Jefferson County, WV) - https://communitycombined.org/
HARC/Micah’s Backpack (Washington County, MD) - https://harccoalition.org/programs/micahs-backpack/
Loudoun Backpack Coalition (Loudoun County, VA) - https://loudouneducationfoundation.org/backpack-coalition/

To learn more about the BCTCares Foundation and its BCTCares For The Hungry initiatives, visit BCTCares.

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Potomac Bank, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Potomac Bancshares, Inc., was founded in 1871 as Bank of Charles Town and renamed Potomac Bank on November 3, 2025. The Company’s total assets were $976 million as of March 31, 2026. The Bank conducts operations through its nine-branch network and one loan production office serving the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, Washington County, Maryland, and Northern Virginia. The Bank offers comprehensive financial solutions through its consumer and commercial banking divisions, Trust, Wealth, and BCT Investments divisions, and its Residential Lending mortgage division. The Bank is also proud to serve its communities as a Small Business Administration (SBA) Preferred Lender. Over the past several years, the Bank has received numerous awards and recognitions, including American Banker’s “Top 200 Community Banks” and “Best Banks to Work For”, the Journal-News “Best of the Best” award, and the LoudounNow “Loudoun’s Favorite” award.

The Company's shares are quoted on the OTCID marketplace under the symbol "PTBS." For more information about the Bank, please visit our website at www.potomac.bank.

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