U.S. Bank Pledges $150,000 to Support Dogs, Inc. of St. Louis

  U.S. Bank Pledges $150,000 to Support Dogs, Inc. of St. Louis

Business Wire

ST. LOUIS -- January 23, 2013

U.S. Bank has made a pledge to contribute $150,000 to Support Dogs, Inc.
(SDI), a St. Louis-based non-profit organization that provides service dogs to
individuals with physical and psychiatric disabilities. SDI's most recent
program, Psychiatric Service Dogs, provides dogs to support individuals,
including military veterans, with post traumatic stress disorder.

U.S. Bank’s gift, which will be made over the next two years, will support
SDI’s “Building Opportunities” capital campaign and will help SDI fund its
programs.

“U.S. Bank is honored to help SDI fund its capital campaign and assistance dog
program,” said Joseph Imbs, president of U.S. Bank in St. Louis. “This is one
way that U.S. Bank can say ‘thank you’ to military veterans who, along with
the men and women who are serving on active duty or in the National Guard and
Reserves, we owe our freedom to.”

“Support Dogs, Inc., is very grateful to U.S. Bank for this generous
contribution,” said Bill Dahlkamp, executive director of Support dogs, Inc.
“The new facility will not only benefit the disability community, but will
also serve the entire St. Louis metropolitan community through our programs,
including help us increase the number of trained assistance dogs that will
benefit military veterans and help us train more volunteers in our pet therapy
program.”

To find out more about Support Dogs, Inc., visit www.supportdogs.org.

U.S. Bank is nationally recognized top corporate sponsor of the military and
military families. Now in its fifth year, U.S. Bank's Proud to Serve military
program focuses on hiring and supporting veterans, employees who are veterans
and their families. To assist the company in its efforts to hire more
veterans, the company has launched a military-specific recruiting website,
http://proudtoserve.usbank.com, which helps service members identify areas at
U.S. Bank where their skills and interests might be a match.

U.S. Bank operates 108 branches and employs more than 4,000 people in the St.
Louis metropolitan area. U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB), with $354 billion in assets
as of December 31, 2012, is the parent company of U.S. Bank National
Association, the 5th largest commercial bank in the United States. The Company
operates 3,084 banking offices in 25 states and 5,065 ATMs and provides a
comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage,
trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions.
U.S. Bancorp and its employees are dedicated to improving the communities they
serve, for which the company earned the 2011 Spirit of America Award, the
highest honor bestowed on a company by United Way. Visit U.S. Bancorp on the
web at www.usbank.com.

Contact:

U.S. Bancorp
Nicole Garrison-Sprenger
Corporate Public Relations
(612) 303-0731, nicole.sprenger@usbank.com