CONTACT: Elizabeth Eckel, SVP Marketing, 401-348-1309
DATE: September 28, 2005
Washington Trust Helps Clean Up the Beach
Westerly, Rhode Island... On Friday, September 16, The Washington Trust Company participated in the 21st Annual Coastal Cleanup by holding one of its Washington Trust Dare to Care Days at Napatree Point in Watch Hill.Although the actual date for the Coastal Cleanup was Saturday, September 17, the bank arranged with the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, who coordinates the event in Rhode Island, to set up its own cleanup day on the 16th as one of the Bank's Dare to Care Days. Washington Trust holds several Dare to Care Day projects - group volunteer projects held on weekdays for officers of the Bank to participate in - several times throughout the year as part of its employee volunteer program, Reach for the Stars.
Fourteen of the Bank's officers helped clean up Napatree Point and picked up trash ranging from cigarette butts, to plastic and Styrofoam cups, to lobster pots and buoys.
The Watch Hill Fire Department also helped with the clean up efforts
by donating the use of their all terrain vehicle to remove the trash
that was collected.
Officers from Washington Trust helped clean up Napatree Point
as part of the 21st Annual Coastal Cleanup for Audubon Society
of RI. Pictured left to right: Gloria J. Miner, Rogean B. Makowski,
Mary M. McGoldrick, Larry W. Orlando, Stephanie Blanchette, Robert
A. Peacock, Dawne M. Gray, Kristine S. deMello, Dagmar V. Falcone,
Paula H. Ahern, Betsy Flanagan, Heidi C. Thompson, and Elizabeth
B. Eckel (kneeling). Paul D. Nunes, not seen in the photo, also
participated.
The Washington Trust Company is the largest independent bank headquartered in Rhode Island. A state-chartered bank, Washington Trust offers a full range of financial services, including trust and investment management, through its 16 branch offices located in Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut. Founded in 1800, 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.
