Popular with employees: During the summer months, employees from the human resources department deliver fresh fruit and ice cream to employees working at the bank's 16 locations.

Popular among employees: "Power meetings" ensure that each week has a focus at Chesapeake Bank. Small gifts and prizes are given for winning ideas expressed at the meetings. In addition, employees share success stories to inspire one another.

Popular with employees: Fundraiser activities include a dunk tank where a $5 donation gives people a chance to send their favorite Choice employee into the water. Over the last two years, Choice has raised $38,654 for United Way of Cass-Clay.

Popular with employees: Ice breakers during meetings include employees submitting something about themselves in advance, like a favorite song or movie, and then guessing whose is whose.

Activity to relieve stress/promote fun: Employees participated in a six-week cooking class hosted at one Kentucky Farmers Bank location that has a full kitchen. The cost was minimal for employees to participate, and the instructor showed attendees how to prepare dishes in a healthier way.

Activity to relieve stress/promote fun: 1st National offers free 20-minute on-site chair massages every other week at its main location.

Popular among employees: Four times a year, 1st Summit hosts outings partly to recognize employees for jobs well done, but also to give them a chance to socialize with each other. The biggest of these events is a summer picnic, held every August. It includes a softball game and other outdoor activities and is followed by an awards ceremony.

Fitness/wellness program: An annual wellness fair provides biometric screenings, health risk assessments, massages, yoga instruction and healthy eating tips.

Popular with employees: Birthdays mean a day off from work with pay.

Origin, No. 29 in the overall ranking, is No. 4 in the category for banks with $3 billion to $10 billion of assets.

Popular with employees: Employees can get interest-free loans to buy computers and fitness equipment.

Fitness/wellness program: The annual "Freeze" campaign encourages employees to avoid weight gain during the holidays. Those who are successful receive a cash bonus.

Activity to relieve stress/promote fun: To foster team-building, Civista sends employees who work in the same department out together after hours for dinner or bowling.

Popular with employees: Employees team up by branches and departments to develop a theme for the Halloween costume contest.

Popular with employees: Evergreen provides employees with standing desks, which allows them to change positions from sitting to standing and back again as they like throughout the day.

First Horizon, No. 35 in the overall ranking, is No. 1 in the category for banks with more than $10 billion of assets.

Popular among employees: Favorite perks include a stock ownership program, clothing allowance, and tuition reimbursement for undergraduate classes.

Popular with employees: Employees look forward to wearing jeans on Fridays.

Popular with employees: Employees have the option to take their families to a minor league baseball game and sit in the BankPlus suite.

Community service initiative: Employee fundraisers last year helped create the HomeTown Community Fund, and going forward employees will be able to direct contributions from the fund to local charities of their choice.