"𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆. 𝑬𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒔."

David J Toby, Senior VP FCB Banks and CEO board member, shared an inspirational message with our group of young entrepreneurs this week.

With over 22 years of banking experience in Edwardsville, Dave has a strong understanding of community. He stressed how special and unique our Edwardsville/Glen Carbon community truly is, due to the PEOPLE that live here.

"𝑾𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕, 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆."

Dave's journey, like many of our speakers, included a major bend in the road when he pivoted career pursuits from radio broadcasting, to retail, to banking! Your connections and relationships and your ability to work hard and be open to opportunities, will get you through any storm in life. He encouraged our students to get involved in whichever community the plant roots, as your community (and the people that live and work there) are a huge factor in leading a fulfilling life.

Dave, thank you for your continued donations of time, talent and resources to our program and community!!