Fleetwood Bank thanked members of the agricultural community during its Agricultural Appreciation Dinner held at the Oley Fair Centre on March 26.
The dinner opened with the invocation provided by Jaclyn Martin, Chaplain of the PA State FFA Officer Team. Volunteers of the Oley Fire Company and Oley Fair cooked and served a buffet dinner to nearly 140 local agriculture professionals.
Volunteers of the Oley Fire Company and Oley Fair served food to nearly 140 attendees during Fleetwood Bank’s Agricultural Appreciation Dinner held at the Oley Fair Centre on March 26. (Photo courtesy of Fleetwood Bank)
“Seeing a room full of so many hardworking, local ag industry professionals alongside five Berks County FFA chapters (Brandywine Heights FFA, Kutztown FFA, Oley Valley FFA, Schuylkill Valley FFA, and Tulpehocken FFA) representing the future of the industry was impactful,” event organizer Kevin D. Bieber, commercial lender and relationship manager at Fleetwood Bank, stated in the release.
Bieber has been a board member of the Pennsylvania State Fair Association since 1998, as well as president of the Oley Fair since 2003.
“Nationally, community banks are responsible for 80% of all agricultural lending, and as the only bank headquartered in Berks County, we consider it our responsibility to host events like this to properly recognize the efforts of our local ag leaders who make up the number one industry in our state,” said Bieber.
Pa. Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding greets Tulpehocken FFA advisor Amy Garber and FFA student Hannah Piempel at Fleetwood Bank’s Agricultural Appreciation Dinner held at the Oley Fair Centre on March 26. (Photo courtesy of Fleetwood Bank)
From left: Pa. Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding; Ava Immel, 2025 PA State Fair Queen; and Kevin Bieber, commercial lender and relationship manager at Fleetwood Bank at Fleetwood Bank’s Agricultural Dinner held at the Oley Fair Centre on March 26. (Photo courtesy of Fleetwood Bank)
From left: Pa. Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, Jaclyn Martin, Chaplain of the Pennsylvania FFA Officer Team; Chloe Bomgardner, president of the State FFA Officer Team; and Kevin Bieber, commercial lender and relationship manager at Fleetwood Bank at Fleetwood Bank’s Agricultural Appreciation Dinner held at the Oley Fair Centre on March 26. (Photo courtesy of Fleetwood Bank)
From left: Kevin Guldin, president of Oley Valley Feed, Inc., Harleysville Feed, Inc., and the Mill in Germansville; Pa. Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding; Berks County Commissioner Christian Y. Leinbach; Kevin Bieber, commercial lender and relationship manager at Fleetwood Bank; and Timothy Snyder, Fleetwood Bank president and CEO at Fleetwood Bank’s Agricultural Dinner held at the Oley Fair Centre on March 26. (Photo courtesy of Fleetwood Bank)
Pa. Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding takes a photo with the advisors and students of Brandywine Heights FFA, Kutztown FFA, Oley Valley FFA, Schuylkill Valley FFA and Tulpehocken FFA during Fleetwood Bank’s Agricultural Appreciation Dinner held at the Oley Fair Centre on March 26. (Photo courtesy of Fleetwood Bank)
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Pa. Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding greets Tulpehocken FFA advisor Amy Garber and FFA student Hannah Piempel at Fleetwood Bank’s Agricultural Appreciation Dinner held at the Oley Fair Centre on March 26. (Photo courtesy of Fleetwood Bank)
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding broke bread with attendees and enjoyed meeting the FFA students who attended the event. Redding reminded the crowd how lucky we are to “live in a state that leads the nation in farmland preservation and has more young people under the age of 35 in agriculture than any other state in the United States.”
Pa. Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding broke bread with attendees during Fleetwood Bank’s Agricultural Appreciation Dinner held at the Oley Fair Centre on March 26. (Photo courtesy of Fleetwood Bank)Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding addresses the crowd during Fleetwood Bank’s Agricultural Dinner held at the Oley Fair Centre on March 26. (Photo courtesy of Fleetwood Bank)
Berks County Commissioner Christian Leinbach reminded those gathered how “strong and bright the future of Berks County Ag business economy thanks to the young people sitting in the room.”
In his speech, Leinbach credited the parents and grandparents who “instilled in them the value of the land and values unique to the industry of agriculture.”
State FFA Officer Team President Chloe Bomgardner and Pennsylvania State Fair Queen Ava Immel also addressed the crowd with encouraging words of gratitude.
Kevin Guldin, president of Oley Valley Feed Inc., Harleysville Feed Inc. and the Mill in Germansville, was the keynote speaker at Fleetwood Bank’s Agricultural Dinner held at the Oley Fair Centre on March 26. (Photo courtesy of Fleetwood Bank)Kevin Guldin, president of Oley Valley Feed Inc., Harleysville Feed Inc. and the Mill in Germansville, was the keynote speaker at Fleetwood Bank’s Agricultural Dinner held at the Oley Fair Centre on March 26. (Photo courtesy of Fleetwood Bank)
The night concluded with a speech entitled “Know Your Numbers” presented by keynote speaker Kevin Guldin, president of Oley Valley Feed Inc., Harleysville Feed, and The Mill in Germansville.
Founded in 1907, Fleetwood Bank has seven branches located in Blandon, Fleetwood, Kutztown, Lyons, Oley, Shoemakersville, and Wyomissing.
