Kay Geiger received the 20th Metropolitan Award at a sold-out dinner event held at The Metropolitan Club.
Geiger is regional president of PNC Bank.
She joins previous recipients of The Metropolitan Award including Kathryn Merchant, Chuck and Julie Geisen Scheper, Victoria Buyniski Gluckman, William T. Robinson III, Dr. James and Rachel Votruba, Robert Sathe, Robert Castellini, William Burleigh, Judge Nathanial Jones, A.G. Lafley, Wayne Carlisle, William Keating, Patricia Corbett, Otto Budig, Jr., Ed and Carole Rigaud, William P. Butler, Joseph Head, Joseph Hayden and Oliver Waddell.
With the generous support of Event Sponsor Western & Southern Financial and Presenting Sponsors Miami University, North American Properties and Standard Textile, along with contributions from numerous patron sponsors, the event raised a total of $120,000 which will be distributed equally to the event’s charitable partners – Be Concerned and Life Learning Center.
In his introduction, Bill Butler, Chairman and CEO of Corporex, said that “Kay Geiger advances a challenge about who we, as a community and region, ought to be in our future. Her thought process is always deeply rooted in a core caring for no other reason than making a difference for the good of the whole. This is what distinguishes her.”
Upon receiving the award, Geiger said “I want to challenge each of us to continue in our everyday actions to really work to be focused on uniting together so that others want to call us home”. She also shared “Fredrik Nael said it takes both sides to build a bridge…so I’m going to ask, how many bridges have you built? We will do more than talk, we will act because we are stronger together than divided. It is our time”.
ABOUT BE CONCERNED: Be Concerned operates the largest free food pantry in Northern Kentucky and is deeply committed to honoring the dignity and humanity of all persons. Its purpose is to assist low-income people of Northern Kentucky in obtaining basic necessities for life.
ABOUT LIFE LEARNING CENTER Life Learning Center is a Covington non-profit organization that delivers a holistic, integrated continuum of learning and care to help our ‘at-risk’ citizens reach their highest potential.
ABOUT THE METROPOLITAN CLUB: The Metropolitan Club is a private business and social club located on the 19th floor of the RiverCenter complex in Covington, Kentucky. The Club’s charitable mission is to give a majority of its profits back to the community. Since 1992, over $1 million has been given to nonprofit organizations through The Metropolitan Award Dinner and other Club charitable activities
For more information about The Metropolitan Award or The Metropolitan Club, call Dan Bockrath, Club President, at 859-491-2400 or visit the website: www.metropolitanclub.net.