FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Brenda D. Farrell, Corporate Communications Manager, 401-348-1363
DATE: March 8, 2004
Washington Trust Grants More Than $336,000 to Rhode Island Non-Profits
Westerly, Rhode Island... The Washington Trust Charitable Foundation announces that it has made charitable grants totaling $336,750, to 57 Rhode Island-based non-profit organizations.
"Rhode Island's desirable quality of life rests, in part, on the success of our community groups," said John C. Warren, Chairman and CEO of The Washington Trust Company. "We are pleased to support organizations whose work means so much to our customers, employees and neighbors."
Dennis L. Algiere, the Bank's Senior Vice President, Director of Community Affairs, added, "The 2004 recipients represent a wide range of services, from education and children's issues to health and human services, business and the arts. And the organizations span the Bank's market area, from Providence to Westerly." The recipients of the Washington Trust Charitable Foundation's 2004 grants are:
Providence, Kent and Newport Counties:
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Warwick
- Bryant College.
- Children's Friend & Service of Rhode Island
- Community College of Rhode Island
- Comprehensive Community Action Program
- Girl Scouts of Rhode Island, Inc
- Heritage Harbor Museum
- Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island� Kent Hospital Foundation
- Local Initiatives Support Corporation
- Meeting Street
- Narragansett Council of Boy Scouts
- The Nature Conservancy
- Providence College
- Providence In-Town Churches Association
- Providence Public Library
- Rhode Island Children's Crusade
- Rhode Island Community Food Bank.
- The Saint Elizabeth Community
- Salve Regina University
- The Samaritans
- Save the Bay
- Traveler's Aid Society
- United Way of Rhode Island
- Westbay Community Action, Inc.
- YMCA of Greater Providence
Washington County:
- Block Island Conservancy
- Block Island Economic Development Foundation
- Block Island School
- Bradley Hospital Foundation
- Camp JORI
- Chorus of Westerly
- Community 2000 Education Foundation
- Courthouse Center for the Arts
- Davisville Free Library
- Exeter Public Library
- Family Service of Rhode Island
- Granite Theatre
- Greater Westerly-Pawcatuck Area Chamber of Commerce
- Hope Valley Ambulance Squad, Inc.
- Literacy Volunteers of Washington County, Inc.
- Narragansett Tribal Heritage Council
- Orlando R. Smith Trust
- Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program
- South County Hospital Healthcare System
- South Kingstown Chamber of Commerce
- Washington Trust Charitable Foundation
- South Kingstown Senior Services Center
- South Shore Mental Health Center
- Stand Up For Animals
- University of Rhode Island Building Fund
- University of Rhode Island Foundation
- Westerly Adult Day Services, Inc.
- Westerly Ambulance Corps
- Westerly Armory Restoration, Inc.
- Westerly Education Endowment Fund
- Westerly Hospital Foundation
- Westerly Memorial & Public Library
Founded in 1800, The Washington Trust Company is a state-chartered bank and offers a full range of financial services, including trust and investment management, through its branch offices in Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut. The Bank is a subsidiary of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. whose common stock trades on The Nasdaq Stock Market® under the symbol WASH. Web site address: www.washtrust.com.
