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Adams Bank & Trust Donates $10,000 to Catamount Institute

Colorado Springs, CO. May 27, 2010 - Catamount Institute announced that it has received $10,000 from Adams Bank & Trust in support of youth education and its efforts of building a sustainable community through the Pikes Peak Sustainable Business Network.

Callen Borgias, Regional President of Adams Bank & Trust, awarded the sponsorship to Catamount Institute's Executive Director, Eric Cefus, and Board Director, Michael Callicrate. "Adams Bank & Trust's sponsorship will allow Catamount to provide our community with programs we may not have had access to before. We are proud to partner with a leader like Catamount Institute." said Borgias. The funds will be used to support the advancement of innovative science education and sustainable business events in classrooms and boardrooms throughout the entire region," Cefus says.

Catamount Institute has experienced unprecedented growth in the past two years due to increased awareness and client demands. Cefus stated, "Our constituents now understand that the prosperity of our region is measured by the well considered efforts of a diverse community taking responsibility for tomorrow by making sustainable choices today."

Adams Bank & Trust is taking responsibility - as a dedicated member of Catamount's Pikes Peak Sustainable Business Network and as Catamount's Silver Sponsor.

"Part of our mission as a community bank is to strive for community improvement. I can think of no better way for us to fulfill this mission than supporting Catamount's leadership in building an environmentally healthy, economically thriving, and socially responsible Pikes Peak region," said Borgias.

About Adams Bank & Trust is a growing full service financial institution located in Nebraska and Colorado. Founded in 1916, the bank has grown to $500 million in assets with 15 locations, 10 in Nebraska and 5 in Colorado.

"Just like our commitment to Catamount, we are serious about putting our capital to work in the business community with a consultative and partnership approach to financial goals. We are consistently ranked among the strongest regional banks. This allows us to be innovative in response to customer requests, particularly now with the difficult economy. Unique, custom tailored solutions is the competitive advantage that differentiates Adams Bank & Trust from it's peers. You will find our level of customer service to be unrivaled in today's banking world. A family owned bank, we remain independent with strong capitalization to ensure we can serve our customers for years to come."  For more information, visit www.abtbank.com

Catamount Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring a sense of wonder and pride through an experiential understanding of nature. Founded in 1998, Catamount Institute has established itself as the premiere nature-based environmental education organization in the Pikes Peak region focusing on a K-12 experiential science curriculum and the Pikes Peak Sustainable Business Network. Catamount is effecting dynamic and systemic change through education, advocacy and leadership in our efforts to build a sustainable community that Inspires Ecological Stewardship. For more information, visit www.catamountinstitute.org