KeyBank will open the a branch in its Puget Sound expansion program Oct. 18 at 23928-225th Way S.E in Maple Valley.

This will be the second branch in Maple Valley for the Cleveland-based corporation.

When the branch opens, it will be Key’s 158th office in Washington. It is part of an effort by Key to expand and enhance its presence in the South Puget Sound District, which now comprises a network of branches stretching from south King County throughout Southwest Washington.

In honor of the opening, Key will donate $1,000 to the youth programs of the Greater Maple Valley Community Center.

Grand opening festivities will take place at the branch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13. Customers and visitors are invited to enjoy lunch by Applebee’s and fun family activities including face painting and a balloon twister.

Assistant vice president and manager Kirk Lantier is a 10-year KeyBank veteran, having managed its Four Corners branch in Maple Valley since 2002.

The branch will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fridays; and 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays.

Cleveland-based KeyCorp is one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services

companies, with assets of $98 billion.