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(Hays, Kansas, May 31, 2007) – Commerce Bank announces that Trevor McKee, of Abilene, Kansas, has won a $500 Commerce Bank Visa® Gift Card in the Commerce Bank “Real Life Takes Real Money” Sweepstakes. The 21-year old McKee is a freshman at Fort Hays State University, where he is majoring in psychology.
Participants in the sweepstakes were entered to win each time they used their Commerce Bank Visa Check Card to make purchases during the months of March and April. McKee made his winning purchase at a local Chinese restaurant. The winner was drawn on May 9, 2007.
“Commerce Bank sponsored this promotion to help students learn the benefits of using a Visa® Check Card to pay for their purchases,” said Tom Thomas, President of Commerce Bank, Hays. “College students like Trevor find that it’s easy and convenient and makes record-keeping simple. We are happy to award Trevor the $500 Visa Gift Card.”
“The check card is all I use to buy things,” said McKee who says he is very excited about his win. “I’ve called everyone I know to tell them about it.” McKee plans to use some of the money to buy a gift for his girlfriend.
The Commerce Bank branch on the campus of Fort Hays State University, which originally opened in 1995, is newly renovated and re-opened on March 5, 2007 and is located on the main floor of the Memorial Union. It is a full-service branch serving the students, staff and faculty of Fort Hays State University.
Fort Hays State University Freshman Trevor McKee accepted a $500 Visa® Gift Card from Tom Thomas, Commerce Bank President – Hays, for winning Commerce Bank’s “Real Life Takes Real Money” Sweepstakes. Participants in the sweepstakes were entered to win each time they used their Commerce Bank Visa® Check Card to make purchases during the months of March and April. Trevor won by using his Commerce Bank Visa® Check Card to make a purchase at a local Chinese restaurant.
About Commerce Bank
Commerce Bank is the principal subsidiary of Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBSH), a $15.2 billion regional bank holding company. For more than 140 years, Commerce has been meeting the financial services needs of individuals and businesses. Commerce provides a diversified line of financial services, including business and personal banking, wealth management and estate planning and investments through its affiliated companies. Commerce currently operates in approximately 360 locations in Missouri, Illinois, Kansas and Oklahoma. Commerce also has operating subsidiaries involved in mortgage banking, leasing, credit-related insurance, venture capital and real estate activities.
For additional information, please visit www.commercebank.com or email mymoney@commercebank.com.
For more information, please contact:
Deborah Harding, Regional Marketing Manager
(316) 261-4717 or Deborah.Harding@commercebank.com
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