Area residents awarded for Innovation Challenge

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ANGOLA (04/23/2018) Two area residents were honored at the fifth annual Innovation Challenge hosted by Trine University's Innovation One and Fifth Third Bank on April 20.

The awards were presented by John Milner, assistant vice president and regional manager at Fifth Third Bank. Awards and scholarships for the challenge are funded by a $100,000 gift from Fifth Third Bank, Greater Indiana.

Peyton Schrock, a student at Westview High School in Emma, won third place in the competition's business division, receiving a $500 prize. Schrock developed a concept for a mobile butchering and processing business.

Shannon Tew of Kendallville received the top community award for her Community Health Interventions Project, an original health care delivery concept. Tew is a student in Trine's College of Graduate and Professional Studies majoring in health care management.

About Fifth Third Bank

Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Company has $141 billion in assets and operates 1,254 full-service Banking Centers, including 95 Bank Mart® locations, most open seven days a week, inside select grocery stores and 2,639 ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Georgia and North Carolina. Fifth Third operates four main businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending, and Investment Advisors. Fifth Third also has a 18.3% interest in Vantiv Holding, LLC. Fifth Third is among the largest money managers in the Midwest and, as of December 30, 2015, had $297 billion in assets under care, of which it managed $26 billion for individuals, corporations and not-for-profit organizations. Investor information and press releases can be viewed at www.53.com. Fifth Third's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ® Global Select Market under the symbol "FITB." Fifth Third Bank was established in 1858. Member FDIC.