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It’s seems like Spring can never arrive soon enough. But patience has its rewards. As the school year begins to wind down and a great variety of sports – both individual and team – get underway, we are proud of what we’ve accomplished through the winter. We’ve added to our team and our markets to serve our customers better. Best of all, we have been proudly presenting our schools with checks from our ABC Program, now in its 13th year! This program has been an unbelievable success for all involved – our schools, our customers, and our bank! Now that’s teamwork.

We have long believed the best team sport of all is banking. While our services are often delivered one person at a time, it is the team that makes it possible – from operations to quality assurance – we all share the goal of providing legendary customer service. Our commitment to serving customers large and small is the key. From deposit services to loans, from home mortgages to investments, our team is here to serve your personal and business needs.

Thank you for the kind letters we have received complimenting our people and our service. Knowing that our customers can go into any location and receive the same great service is a compliment to our entire team. We especially appreciate hearing your comments, so please keep them coming. Your financial security is our top priority.

Mollie Carter President and CEO Sunflower Bank

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Ne st l e d i n the heart of denver, the Cherry Creek

neighborhood is filled with unique shopping and dining experiences to keep you occu-pied for days. on october 14, 2013, Cherry Creek added a unique banking experience. Sunflower Bank opened the doors at the new branch located at 278 university Blvd., in denver to a crisp, autumn air.

nine weeks later, the doors of another Sunflower Bank branch opened. this time, the doors were 40 miles north of denver, and the air had the fresh, frost-like quality that greets us around the holiday season. located at 25 e. Ken Pratt Blvd., in longmont, Sunflower Bank began serving the charming city on december 16, 2013.

the denver and longmont locations join the bank’s other Colorado locations in Cañon City, greenwood Village, monte Vista and Pueblo.

“we are proud and pleased to be expanding our Colorado presence into denver and longmont,” said mollie Carter, president and Ceo. “Sunflower looks for communities and teams of local bankers that respond well to our style of community banking. the fit has proven itself very quickly, and our customers are the winners.”

Sunflower Bank Opens in Denver and Longmont

Spring Teams

Cutting the ribbon in Denver.

Bank employees and chamber members cut the ribbon in Longmont.

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In t e g r i t y, va lu e , and peace of mind are important in business today,

and we make a conscious effort to deliver all of those things and

more. we know there are many other banks that you could have chosen to meet your financial needs, and because of that we say thank you. thank you for

trusting us and letting us be your partner. we appreciate you, and many of our branches recently showcased this appre-ciation with events and lunches.

We Appreciate YOU

Su n f low e r Bank’s unique Healthcare Professional

Program allows employees in the healthcare industry

to contribute to healthcare foundations in their markets. Healthcare employees can visit

a branch and designate their Sunflower Bank debit card to the market’s foundation. then, every time they swipe their debit card, Sunflower Bank contributes $0.05 to that foun-dation. to date, the bank has contributed over $41,000 to healthcare foundations.

Healthcare Professional Program Bu b ba t h e

Bear loves to throw parties for the First Kids

club members! luckily - and all of the kids approve - Bubba’s favorite food is pizza. Check out activities from across the bank.

First Kids and Bubba

Lawrence: Health Care Access

Hays Medical Center Foundation

McPherson Healthcare Foundation Guadalupe Clinic of Wichita

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Pueblo

Wichita

Hays

Victoria Victoria

Osborne

WichitaSalina

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Su n f low e r Bank in manhattan took part in Kansas

State university’s international student orientation, designed to

help international students get settled and acclimated to the area. attending the event were tray Schmidt, ted grubb and Jill gordon.

Getting Settled

Monte Vista Ag Conference

Su n f low e r Bank in monte Vista participated in the

Southern rocky mountain agricultural Conference. the conference provides the latest

information and technology critical to improving operations and producing successful crops. monte Vista president nick malone represented Sunflower Bank at the conference.

Th e ba n k ’ s Community ambassador Program

provides high school seniors the opportunity to hone skills, experience life after school, network with local leaders and explore unique elements of their hometown. ideally, students will gain knowledge through the program, move on to higher education, return to their hometown, flourish, and have a positive impact on their community. Several activities are highlighted here.

Community Ambassador ProgramTh e E ag l e A rt

initiative is a public art initiative that features

concrete sculptures of eagles decorated by local artists and distributed throughout the community in public places. Sunflower Bank was the first to purchase the concrete eagle statue. it was designed and painted by Kaitlyn robl, Sunflower Bank employee in ellinwood, and her sister Jennifer robl. the eagles feature artwork and designs that pertain to local culture. what did the robl sisters choose for their theme? Sunflowers, of course.

Soaring High

Fo rt H ays Stat euniversity hosted a mascot night. local

Hays mascots attended the event, including Sunflower

Bank’s Bubba the Bear. Sadly, Bubba’s dancing skills weren’t up to par, but he was able to give plenty of smiles to the children in attendance.

Tigers and Bears, Oh My!

Ellinwood CAP Volunteer Day

CAP members toured Ellinwood’s historic 1894 Wolf Hotel.

Chuck Scott presented to Junction City students.

Hays CAP raised money for the Angel Tree.

Giving back to the community session in Hays.

Pueblo CAP visited Pueblo City Hall and County Courthouse.

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Th e S u n f low e r Bank running team of great Bend took to the

streets for the 5K Color run. Participants were doused with color along the course. Proceeds from the run went to the ellinwood rotary Scholarship Fund for ellinwood gradu-ating seniors. Sunflower Bank’s amanda

Proffitt is an ellinwood rotary member and got in on the fun gracefully throwing color on the runners.

Color Run

Dr ew H e i n z of ellinwood was one of the K-State

Kickoff Kids in 2013. every home football game for the wildcats, Sunflower Bank selects one lucky winner to go to the game and be on the field with willie before kickoff. Congratulations, drew!

Kickoff Kid

Bot h B ec ca maxwell and ronda Sjogren of Sunflower

Bank serve on the board of directors for united way of Central Kansas. uwCK plays a vital role in the Sunflower Bank communities of great Bend and ellinwood by serving local agen-cies. the uwCK poster contest was just one important piece of

a larger puzzle that helped uwCK achieve their goal of raising $250,000.

United Way of Central Kansas

A p ro u d supporter of Junior

achievement of lawrence, Sunflower Bankers attended the annual Hall of Fame awards Ceremony.

also a supporter of united way of douglas County, Sunflower Bank was presented the gold award for outstanding performance in the 2013 campaign.

Supporting Lawrence

De b Ru u d o f Sunflower Bank in Salina was the 2013

recipient of one of the most pres-tigious volunteer awards from the american Cancer Society – the terese lasser memorial award. ruud, a breast cancer survivor, unself-ishly offers support, hope, and an encouraging level of warmth and under-standing to those that are coping. She was recognized for her work in american Cancer

Society’s reach to recovery program. reach to recovery is a peer support group for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients and their loved ones.

Ruud Receives Award

Su n f low e r Bank is a proud supporter of

SungateKids, a non-profit children advocacy center for children who experience crime in the denver area, including douglas, arapahoe, lincoln and elbert counties. the Sungate Kids For the Children gala was held recently with over 400 attendees. record-high contri-butions were reported, and the bank was one of the lead spon-sors. Sunflower’s Baxter Fain currently serves as president on the board of directors for

Sungate Kids. Pictured below is Sunflower Bank eVP Scott Vencill (far left), his wife angie (far right) with tracy wallen and Jim Keesling.

For the Children

Drew and his brothers.

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Su n f low e r Bank’s refer-a-Friend Program last fall

contained marketing collateral that featured a fake mustache contest. the marketing depart-ment forgot that the branches give 100% to everything that they do – customer service, serving the community and having fun!

Manhattanmanhattan employees took it one step further and had a real mustache contest. the contest was held at triangle Park in manhattan. the public was able to vote on their favorite mustache with non-perishable food items, and the event raised over 250 pounds of food for the Flint Hills Breadbasket!

I Mustache You…

Go i n g d o o r -to-door

collecting food and fill-ing vehicles with canned goods, the Sunflower Bank team in Hays supported the local community assistance center during trick or treat So others Can eat.

Hays Cares

If t h e r e i s a chamber of commerce event in one of our markets,

you’ll most likely find some of Sunflower Bank’s smil-ing faces there. Chambers of commerce play a vital role in our communities by promoting local businesses and celebrating their successes and achieve-ments. Sunflower Bank is a proud member of every market’s chamber of commerce.

Supporting our Chambers

In Liberal, Ashley Davis accepts the Friendliest Employee of the Month award from the Liberal chamber.

The Wichita team participated in the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce Exposure event.

Sunflower Bank in Junction City recently hosted Business After Hours.

Don Stroh (right) at Longmont’s Unity in the Community chamber event.

Sunflower Bank’s Becca Maxwell goofing around with Ellinwood chamber’s J. Basil Dannebohm.

Ellinwood employees celebrated at the After Harvest Festival with a mustache-themed cart.

The bank’s giant mustache float at Dodge City Days, where the theme was ‘Stache Bash.

bac k fo r another year of Hays Humane Society’s Soup-

r-Bowl, the Hays team of Sandy Jacobs, wanda Karlin, Judy Parks, tiffanie dinkel, Kayla

lonnon, Holly nondorf, maggie leiker, dianne Briney and deb Hoffman competed for the golden ladle, but were gracious in defeat. they vow to return and serve up a win in 2014.

Soup-R-Bowl

Jill Gordon and Teb Grubb delivering food to Flint Hills Breadbasket. Manhattan employees at the contest.

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Su n f low e r Bank’s ryan Valencia was

the campaign chair for the Seward County united way’s recent campaign. Sunflower Bank’s elizabeth Contreras, ashley davis and Valencia accepted the 100% participation united way plaque for the liberal branch.

Ne a r i n g Halloween, the ghouls and goblins

were roaming Junction City

for all treats day. marilyn Smith, Kasey Connor, Caitlyn armstrong and her firefighter son took part in the event.

All Treats Day

United in Liberal

Su n f low e r Bank in Pueblo promised Calvin

a birthday cake and celebration on his 80th birthday. well, Calvin turned 80 and Sunflower Bank was there to help him commemorate the event. Congratulations, Calvin.

Hooray, Calvin!

Su n f low e r Bank’s Salina employees decorated miniature

Christmas trees for the patients of Salina regional Health Center. employees take a tree

home, decorate it however they’d like and return it. then, bank personnel deliver the trees to the patients of Salina regional Health Center prior to Christmas.

Making Seasons Bright

Ou r b r a n c h e s and staff relish the opportunity to teach

our youth about money and how

a bank operates. Several of our branches host these wonder-ful young minds throughout the year as they visit Sunflower

Bank on field trips. the unanimous choice for the “coolest thing ever”? the coin-counting machine!

Best Field Trip Ever!

Pueblo

Cañon City

Liberal

Cañon City

Liberal

Lawrence

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At Sunflower Bank, it’s always the season of giving,

but even more so during the holiday season. Parades bring communities together to share the joy of the season, and dedicated Sunflower Bank employees ensure they do their part to make the holidays a little brighter.

Holiday Season

Em p loy e e s in russell truly are a team, volunteering

almost everywhere together. over the past several months, Cassie Coleman, Becky deatherage, tammy mitchell and linda walton have assisted the russell High School Booster Club, the historic dream theatre and at trinity united methodist Church thrift Shop.

Team Russell

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CAñON CITYClub members arrived at the winery at Holy Cross abbey for their annual holiday luncheon. the entertainment of Cañon City High School’s madrigal Choir exceeded expectations for the 150+ ladies in attendance.

COLBYCity limits Convention Center hosted Sunflower Bank’s First ladies and Club Vogue. the holiday luncheon was a merry time, as Sunflower Bank employee Sheila Krehbiel’s husband had a chance to play Santa Claus while the real Santa was at the north Pole preparing for his journey.

HAYSlast autumn, First ladies of Hays enjoyed an excursion to Canada, highlighted by stays in Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia.

JUNCTION CITYlast autumn, Junction City’s First ladies enjoyed Sunflower days, which provided lunch and entertainment from the performance of ‘annie’ that was play-ing at the C.l. Hoover opera House. as always, the holiday luncheon was enjoyed by all in attendance at the geary County Convention Center.

Russell

Junction City

Pueblo

O u r L e e to n branch gets plenty of snow and ice

throughout the winter – some-times too much! as the salt supply decreased this winter, the leeton staff’s ingenuity increased. wood ashes – which

have a surprisingly high salt content and offer easy clean up – were used to melt the ice. Since the leeton branch lacks a fireplace, the dedicated leeton employees transported their own ash to the branch to ensure customer safety.

Winter in Leeton

Hays Ladies touring British Columbia.

Junction City holiday luncheon.

Cañon City’s Ladies enjoying the choir.

Santa’s appearance at Colby’s holiday luncheon.

Junction City Sunflower Days.

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LEETONin September, leeton’s First ladies toured the ravenswood mansion in Bunceton, mo and jour-neyed on to Boonville, mo. there, they visited warm Springs ranch, home of the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales. in december, the holiday party included a catered barbe-cue lunch and an ornament exchange.

OSBORNEthe holiday dinner was held at St. aloysius Parish Center and featured fine vocals from women of grace, a quar-tet from grace Brethren Church in Portis.

PUEBLOPueblo’s rich history came to life as the ladies toured the historic arkansas river on an amazing boat ride, followed by a delectable lunch at rio Bistro. the holiday luncheon was held at elmwood golf Course and featured the chorus from Pueblo South High School that gave a breathtaking a cappella performance.

SALINAin october, Salina’s First ladies visited new york and enjoyed the shop-ping, exquisite dining and the Broadway shows. Salina’s First ladies enjoyed their holi-day luncheon, held annually at Salina Country Club.

WICHITAmagician Sean reida dazzled and amazed at wichita’s First ladies holiday luncheon held at the Holiday inn.

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Leeton Ladies visiting Boonville.

Leeton First Ladies holiday party.

Osborne First Ladies holiday dinner.

Holiday luncheon at Salina Country Club.

First Ladies in New York.

Wichita First Ladies holiday luncheon.

Salina holiday luncheon greeters.

Pueblo’s Arkansas River tour.

Pueblo holiday luncheon.