Wednesday, September 09, 2015

Smith Named Pharr Rotary Club President

IBC Bank-McAllen is proud to announce Racheal Smith's appointment to president of the Pharr Rotary Club. Smith has been a member of the rotary for five years and has served the bank for 19 years, where she currently manages the "I" Road Branch.

As president of Rotary, Smith plans to work more closely with the club's main project organizations and events including Su Casa de Esperanza, a Pharr non-profit family life program, the Special Needs for Kids Christmas Party that reaches more than 500 area children and the Rio Bravo Ministries which is a local orphanage.

"Racheal embodies the Rotarian's ideal of service above self," IBC Bank President and CEO David Guerra said. "She is an outstanding member of the community, and we are proud she is a part of our IBC Bank family."

"I'm honored to be a part of Rotary and serve as president," Smith said. "The Pharr Rotary Club is a wonderful group of people that see the value of making a positive impact on the entire community, from supporting those starting a business to the less fortunate."

In addition to her Rotary service, Smith donates a great deal of time to the Basilica Shrine Our Lady of San Juan Del Valle where she is a community board member and past treasurer. As part of her involvement she chairs the Migrant Welcoming Festival, which brings in hundreds of people from Houston, San Antonio and Laredo.

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