Washington Trust Invests in South County Hospital Healthcare System
- Pledge will support The Campaign for South County Hospital -

December 12, 2007, Westerly, R.I.... The Washington Trust Charitable Foundation has made a 5-year, $125,000 commitment to support the South County Hospital Healthcare Systems’ “The Campaign for South County Hospital” fund. The hospital will use the fund to complete the newly built inpatient care facility, to relocate and expand clinical laboratories, to renovate to accommodate the new orthopedics inpatient wing, and expand and modernize the Intensive Care Unit.

The hospital will name the second floor Welcome Desk and a patient room in the Orthopedic Center in honor of Washington Trust.

“Washington Trust is happy to support South County Hospital’s capital campaign,” said John C. Warren, chairman and chief executive officer of Washington Trust. “Our community members need to have the necessary and most modern health facilities available to them in South County.”

The Washington Trust Company is a subsidiary of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., a $2.4 billion corporation headquartered in Westerly, Rhode Island. Founded in 1800, Washington Trust is the largest independent bank and the oldest community bank in the nation, headquartered in Rhode Island. A state-chartered bank, Washington Trust offers a full range of financial services, including business banking, personal banking, and wealth management and trust services, through its offices located in Rhode Island, southeastern Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Corporation’s common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol WASH. Web site address: www.washtrust.com.