WESTERLY, R.I., Dec. 23,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Washington Trust
Company ("Washington Trust") recently announced that it has
made charitable contributions and in-kind donations to 40 local
nonprofit organizations to support their outreach efforts this
holiday season.
"Washington Trust truly values our local communities and is
committed to supporting organizations that provide basic needs and
family services to our neighbors in need," said Edward O. "Ned"
Handy III, Washington Trust Chairman & CEO. "Especially during
the season of giving, our entire team is proud to support the
organizations that are the cornerstones of our communities as they
work to ensure no one goes hungry, and everyone has the opportunity
to experience the joy of the season."
Ahead of the holidays, the Washington Trust Charitable
Foundation made grants totaling $18,000 to assist hunger relief agencies
located throughout Rhode Island to
support food distribution efforts.
The $1,000 grants were made to the
following 18 organizations:
Barrington,
RI: TAP-IN
Block Island, RI: Helping
Hands of Block Island
Coventry, RI; Coventry
Community Food Bank
Cranston, RI: Comprehensive
Community Action Program
Cumberland, RI: Northern
Rhode Island Food Pantry
East Greenwich, RI: East
Greenwich Interfaith Food Cupboard
Hope Valley, RI: RI Center
Assisting Those in Need
Johnston, RI: Tri-County
Community Action Agency
North Kingstown, RI: North
Kingstown Food Pantry
North Providence, RI: Saint
Anthony Kitchen Ministry
Peace Dale, RI: Jonnycake
Center of Peace Dale
Providence, RI: Better
Lives Rhode Island and Federal Hill House
Rumford, RI: Bread of Life
Food Pantry
Smithfield, RI: Saint
Vincent De Paul Food Pantry
Warwick, RI: City of
Warwick Department of Human Services
Westerly, RI: W.A.R.M.
Center and the Jonnycake Center of Westerly
Additionally, employees at each Washington Trust branch
location, as well as back-office departments, worked with a local
organization to support their holiday gift giving programs. In
total, the team supported 22 different nonprofits and community
efforts, providing toys, gifts, gift cards and more to help fill
family wish lists.
Partner organizations included:
Block Island,
RI: The Mary D Fund
Coventry, RI: Coventry
Housing Authority
Cranston, RI: Comprehensive
Community Action Program
East Providence, RI: St.
Francis Xavier Church
East Providence, RI: East
Bay Community Action
North Kingstown, RI:
Beechwood Community Center
North Providence, RI: Moms
of Marieville
Providence, RI: Adoption
RI, Children's Friend, Jesucristo Fuente de Vida Church, Mount Hope
Community Center, and Sojourner House
Richmond, RI: Matthew's
Wish
Smithfield, RI: St. Vincent
De Paul Food Pantry
South Kingstown, RI:
Jonnycake Center of Peace Dale
Wakefield, RI: Domestic
Violence Resource Center of South County
Warwick, RI: Tides Family
Services
Westerly, RI: W.A.R.M.
Center, Pleasant Street Baptist Church, The Frank Olean Center, and
the Jonnycake Center of Westerly
Woonsocket, RI: Woonsocket
Adopt A Family, Inc.
ABOUT WASHINGTON
TRUST®
Founded in 1800, Washington Trust is recognized as the
oldest community bank in the nation, the largest state-chartered
bank headquartered in Rhode
Island, and one of the Northeast's premier financial
services companies. Washington Trust values its role as a community
bank and is committed to helping the people, businesses, and
organizations of New England improve their financial lives. The
Bank offers a wide range of commercial banking, mortgage
banking, personal banking and wealth
management services through its offices in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts and a full
suite of convenient digital tools. Washington Trust is a member of
the FDIC and an equal housing lender. Washington Trust is a
subsidiary of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., a publicly-owned
holding company which trades on NASDAQ: WASH. For more
information, visit the Bank's website
at www.washtrust.com or the Corporation's website
at ir.washtrust.com.
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