Customers Bank urges seniors to seek information and advice at 12th Annual Customers Bank Senior Expo

WYOMISSING, Pa., Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Customers Bank, a leading regional community bank, is encouraging area senior citizens to attend the upcoming "12^th Annual Customers Bank Senior Expo."  The event will take place Tuesday, October 23, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at The Body Zone Sports and Wellness Complex, 3103 Paper Mill Road, Wyomissing.

"We take our commitment to the community very seriously, so we are especially pleased to be able to lend support to a program that provides such an important array of services that benefit our community's older adults," explained Warren Taylor, president of community banking for Customers Bank. The 12^th Annual Customers Bank Senior Expo benefits Berks Encore, a local nonprofit whose mission is to enable older adults to achieve a better quality of life by providing a comprehensive array of services, referrals, education and advocacy.

"While we are particularly attuned to the financial needs and concerns of our senior customers, we also recognize that there are other issues that they must deal with on a day to day basis – that can directly impact their health and their overall well-being," Taylor said. "Programs such as this are designed to provide our senior citizens with the information and support they need to maintain healthy, secure lifestyles. That's a goal we can all believe in."

The Customers Bank Senior Expo is expected to include more than 120 vendors who will demonstrate a range of products, services and informational presentations. Among the topics to be featured:

• Healthy cooking demonstrations
• Smart shopping
• Health screenings
• Flu shots
• Medicare informational sessions
• Maximizing personal safety for seniors
• A special lunchtime fashion show
• Live entertainment, and more.

Last year's event drew more than 4,000 people. For additional information about the event, contact Berks Encore at:  (610) 374-3195, ext. 206.

About Customers Bank   
Customers Bank is a community-based, full-service bank headquartered in Phoenixville, Pa., with assets of about $2.3 billion.  A member of the Federal Reserve System and deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"), Customers Bank provides a full range of banking services to small and medium-sized businesses, professionals, individuals and families through branch locations in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. Committed to fostering customer loyalty, Customers Bank uses a High Tech/High Touch strategy that includes use of industry-leading technology to provide customers better access to their money, as well as a continually expanding portfolio of loans to small businesses, multi-family projects, mortgage companies and consumers. Customers Bank is a subsidiary of Customers Bancorp, Inc., a bank holding company based in Wyomissing, Pa.

SOURCE Customers Bank