In La Conner, there's always one thing you can bank on.

Tami Mason can be counted upon to pitch in and help when a community need arises.

Mason, customer service supervisor at WaFd Bank's La Conner branch, volunteers for several organizations – from the Skagit County Historical Museum and La Conner Sunrise Food Bank boards of directors to the Chamber of Commerce and La Conner Volunteer Firefighters Association.

"I love giving back to others," Mason told the Weekly News on Friday, as she wrapped up another Christmas Giving Tree campaign at the bank.

"The end results," she stressed, "are always...