Bristol County Savings Awards $85,000+ to 15 RI Nonprofits

Bristol County Savings Bank (BCSB), through its charitable foundation, awarded $85,100 to 15 non-profit organizations in the greater Pawtucket, Rhode Island area at a ceremony which recently took place at the Holiday Inn Taunton.  All total, the Bank presented $353,600 in grants to 44 organizations in the greater Pawtucket, Rhode Island region, the Taunton/Attleboro region, the New Bedford/Dartmouth region and the Fall River region and surpassed $22 million in total charitable commitments given since the Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation’s (BCSCF) inception in 1996.

The organizations in the greater Pawtucket, Rhode Island region that received grants from the Foundation are as follows: Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England ($2,000); HopeHealth ($5,000); Local Area Initiatives Support Corporation ($15,000); Old Slater Mill Association ($5,000); Pawtucket Central Falls Development Corp. ($15,000); Providence Children’s Museum ($4,000); Reach Out and Read Rhode Island ($4,000); RI Nurses Institute Middle College Charter High School ($5,000); St. Cecilia’s School ($2,500); Shri Service Corps. ($2,500); Sojourner House, Inc. ($3,500); The Learning Community Charter School ($4,000); The Arc of Blackstone Valley ($2,600); The Providence Center ($5,000); and the YMCA of Pawtucket ($10,000).  Patrick J. Murray, Jr., President of the BCSCF and President & CEO of BCSB, awarded the grants to the organizations.  Also participating were representatives from the BCSCF Pawtucket Advisory Board and the Bank’s area branches.

“Our mission is to support the communities we serve by making them a better place to live and work,” said Murray.  “Though our investments in local charitable organizations, combined with our community partnerships and volunteer activities, we do our best to fulfill that purpose.”

Bristol County Savings Bank is an active supporter in the communities in which it serves. The Foundation was established in 1996 as part of the Bank’s 150^th Anniversary celebration.  Its purpose is to fund needs that contribute to the economic and the social well-being of the people and institutions located in the greater Taunton/Attleboro region, the greater New Bedford/Dartmouth region, the Fall River region and the greater Pawtucket, Rhode Island region, with particular emphasis in the areas of education and literacy, economic development and housing for the low- to moderate-income population.

Bristol County Savings Bank Background Information:

Bristol County Savings Bank, founded in 1846, is a full-service financial institution offering commercial lending, personal and business banking, and mortgage services.  The Bank’s Bristol Wealth Group, which enjoys an affiliation agreement with one of the leading brokerage firms in North America, Raymond James Financial Services (Raymond James), provides businesses, municipalities, non-profits and individuals with a wide range of investment solutions.  In addition, the Bank also offers quality property and casualty insurance options for its customers through its majority-owned insurance partner, FBinsure.

The Bank’s steady growth and expansion has resulted in $2.3 billion in assets and over 400 employees in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  The key words at Bristol County Savings Bank are: “Commitment, Stability, and Community,” values that are combined with state-of-the-art technology to meet the needs of its customers.  A dedicated local community bank for over 170 years, Bristol County Savings Bank is actively involved in giving back to all the communities it serves both through financial support and the volunteerism of its people.

The Main Office and Corporate Headquarters of Bristol County Savings Bank are located on Broadway in Taunton, Massachusetts. For additional information, please call 508-824-6626 or visit www.bristolcountysavings.com.