CONTACT: Elizabeth Eckel, SVP Marketing, 401-348-1309
DATE: December 5, 2005
Washington Trust Wealth Management Teaches Students About Stock Market
Westerly, Rhode Island... Members of Washington Trust Wealth Management have been visiting schools throughout Rhode Island to speak to students about investing and financial markets. The school visits are part of the Bank's sponsorship of the Stock Market Game for the 2004 - 2005 school year in Rhode Island. In Rhode Island, the Stock Market Game is coordinated by the Providence Journal and is part of their Newspaper in Education program.The Stock Market Game, an online educational program, takes place
at schools throughout the country. In Rhode Island more than 900
students in grades four through college are participating. Washington
Trust Wealth Management's staff will speak to 13 of the participating
classes (355 students) during the fall Game, which ends December
9. The spring game will begin on February 6, 2006.
Gary J. Friedmann, vice president and investment officer, Washington Trust Wealth Management, recently spoke to 8th grade students at Monsignor Clarke Regional Catholic School in Wakefield about investing and the financial markets.
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 wealth
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.
