CIBC Algonquin celebrates golden anniversary

Customers and employees of CIBC celebrated 50th anniversary at Algonquin & Hwy 17 in North Bay Thursday by presenting One Kids Place with a $20,000 cheque to help fund the new single point of access for kids with special needs and their families.

Branch manager Annette Phillips says CIBC is a true believer in youth and education and that the vision of One Kids Place was a perfect match.



Loyal customer John Oberemok says the donation to One Kids Place is just one more example of why he is a customer at the branch.



"This donation is helping us create a facility that offers the best treatment close to home for kids with special needs and their families," added Corbett. "It will be a single point of access offering a full range of critically needed health services and the right space to take us well into the future," notes said Jason Corbett, Manager of Development and Community Relations at One Kids Place.

In 1959 when the former Imperial Bank of Canada opened the doors of this branch, John Diefenbaker presided over the largest majority government in Canadian history. Barbie Dolls hit the shelves for the first time and Rawhide was on TV. It was also the year the St. Lawrence Seaway was opened linking Great Lakes ports with the Atlantic Ocean.

The branch was re-branded the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) in June 1961