The 2025 – 2026 Kinetic Credit Union Golden Apple Awards kick off this week with a high school art teacher from St. Anne – Pacelli Catholic School. Clint Perkins from Kinetic Credit Union presented the award to Allison Wilbanks.
Wilbanks has been teaching for 24 years and is a Columbus State University graduate. She was cheered on by her students, nominator, and daughter. She loves art, sharing it with her students, and the light bulb moments that happen in class.
Her nominator wrote, “Mrs. Wilbanks has been teaching for many years now and has never seemed to lose her joy for helping her students bring their artistic visions to life. Outside of the classroom, Mrs. Wilbanks is an active member of the Columbus community, leading a Girl Scout troop, volunteering yearly for the Feeding the Valley Empty Bowl event, and participating in parades held by the city. She also organizes volunteering events for her art students, which many of them participate in. She works hard to do whatever she can to help us become better as artists and community members, and I believe she deserves to be recognized for that.”…