Name: JoDell Ralston Occupation: Although JoDell is actually employed by M&T Bank, for the past 11 years— since the bank opened a branch location at The Inn—she has been a regular member of the Brookline family. Every Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., as a teller and customer service representative for M&T, JoDell offers residents the convenience of on-site banking with nearly all of the services offered at the bank’s larger locations, such as check cashing, account deposits and withdraws, and opening new accounts. M&T was founded more than 150 years ago and is considered one of the country’s most highly-regarded regional banks. Brookline houses one of the bank’s four State College branches. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, JoDell can be found at the nearby South Atherton Street location. She has been employed with M&T on-and-off since 1980. Hometown: Bellefonte, PA Family: Husband of 27 years, Ralph; daughter, Haley 20; and son Grant, 15 Hobbies: cooking, shopping and home decorating What makes your job worth coming to each day? Looking forward to Tuesdays and Thursdays because, “I love seeing the residents and I enjoy listening to and learning from their amazing stories.” In fact, you can find JoDell serving coffee and chatting with Inn residents twice a week over the lunch hour. “I also enjoy the employee comradery at Brookline. The staff and residents have become like family.” In fact, JoDell’s late grandmother, Betty Moore, was a resident of The “We like her. She is Inn, where JoDell would visit her before and after bank hours. “She loved Brookline and especially always so nice and loved walking around the facility and the gardens,” we love to visit.” JoDell says, “She was a very happy, positive person.” Blanche Lovell, It looks as if some things run in the family.
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