Kim C. Liddell, center, president and chief executive officer of Lake Shore Savings Bank, presents a $12,000 sponsorship check to Jefferson Westwood, right, Director of the Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center and Tim Murphy, Director of Development for the Fredonia College Foundation. The 2023-24 season marks the 17th consecutive year Lake Shore Savings has been the season-wide sponsor for Rockefeller Arts Center.

Lake Shore Savings Bank has renewed its support for the performing arts at the State University of New York at Fredonia by returning as the season-wide sponsor for the Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center.

The Dunkirk-based financial institution has made a $12,000 commitment to support programming for the 2023-24 season. Lake Shore Savings Bank was the first-ever corporate sponsor Rockefeller Arts Center and has long set the standard for corporate sponsorship in the local community. This is the 17th consecutive year the bank is serving as the RAC season-wide sponsor.

Originally chartered in 1891, Lake Shore Savings has grown to include 11 branches through Chautauqua and Erie counties. Its corporate headquarters are located at 131 East Fourth St. in Dunkirk.

Lake Shore’s 2023-24 commitment will support programs in the DFT Communication Pops Series, the Kaleidoscope Family Series, the Walter Gloor Mainstage Series by the Department of Theatre and Dance, the Hillman Opera and the Western New York Chamber Orchestra Classics Series. More information on these programs can be found at www.fredonia.edu/rac.