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The Lake Wales Youth Leadership group was totally present at the Citizen's Bank & Trust holiday breakfast with the Chamber of Commerce.

PHOTO BY KATHY LEIGH BERKOWITZ


These three visit a little before the program begins, and stop for a quick photo of their smiling faces. From left: Johnsie McAlister (Good Shepherd Hospice), Georgia Davis (Private Banking, Citizens Bank & Trust), and Cheryl Bossarte (Keller Williams.)

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Business breakfasts are a good opportunity to network. From left: Richard Shapiro (United Way), Sherry Kelley (Citizen's Bank Branch Manager), Greg Littleton (President of Citizen's Bank and Trust, Lake Wales.)

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Brian Marbutt, president of the Lake Wales Chamber of Commerce, welcomes the guests.

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The Citizen's Bank Holiday Breakfast with the Chamber is always one to please with its variety of exquisite breakfast offerings, this year from the International House of Pancakes.

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Santa's Elves are deep in conversation. Observe Robbie Shields of Florida's Natural Growers with his Tampa Bay Buccaneers hat. From left: Kevin Respress of C12, Paul Gerrard of CenterState Bank.

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Behold, the Christmas tree at Citizen's Bank welcomes those who attended the early morning breakfast, where admission was a toy or book for a young child, to be distributed through the Lake Wales Care Center.