During this challenging period, it can often feel like “Life is Cancelled.” Weddings, fundraisers, and birthday parties are a few of the events that have suffered. At this point, the plans for high school and college graduations remain mostly unknown.

So, what is a company to do when their lifeblood is events? 185年晋升 and Apparel, a woman-owned business in Carmel, Indiana has not let all the cancellations stop them from doing what they do best. Their work revolves around helping large and small companies, 学校, and nonprofit organizations maximize their branding and promotions. Their products include logo wear and premium swag items for organizations to share with their customers, 客户, 球迷, 员工, 和学生.

Since Indiana had its first case of COVID-19 in Early March, 凯利安德森, Owner and Director of Possibilities for 185年晋升 & Apparel, has had to switch gears drastically, like so many small business owners. With the major slowdown in her incoming business and orders, Anderson and her husband Brent thought they might even need to furlough their small staff. That was until they learned about government aid for payroll and expenses through the Small 业务 Administration, known as the Paycheck Protection Program.

185年晋升 & Apparel submitted one of the many applications received by 元素 for PPP 贷款. According to Scott Meyer, Assistant Vice President of Commercial Lending, the credit union was able “to compile, 验证, and get all of our member applications approved prior to the first wave of government funding expiring.”

“I cannot say enough good things about working with the entire 元素 team on our PPP Loan,” Anderson said about her experience. “I heard horror stories about large SBA lenders from my friends with small businesses, but the communication from 元素 just blew me away and really put my mind at ease about the entire process. We’re moving all our personal accounts to 元素 now, too.”