CONTACT: Elizabeth B. Eckel, Senior Vice President, Marketing, 401-348-1309
DATE: February 6, 2009
Washington Trust's Charitable Contributions Top $400,000
February 6, 2009 (Westerly, RI). . .Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select; symbol: WASH), recently announced $400,000 in contributions to local nonprofit organizations through Washington Trust’s Charitable Foundation.
John C. Warren, Washington Trust chairman and CEO remarked, “Our Charitable Foundation strives to help these organizations provide the necessities for everyday living.”
“We truly believe in the mission of these agencies and recognize the challenges they are facing this year,” said Dennis L. Algiere, Washington Trust senior vice president, chief compliance officer, and director of community affairs. “Now more than ever they need the community’s assistance.”
One of the recipients was Meeting Street, a child development and educational facility, serving children with various needs at their state-of-the-art campus in Providence, R.I. John M. Kelly, president and CEO of Meeting Street added, “At Meeting Street, we are so thankful for the support of Washington Trust. From the leadership of John Warren and Jack Treanor, who is the Chairman of Meeting Street’s Board of Trustees, to the hundreds of employees from Washington Trust who volunteer their time and support our work, we are grateful for all that they do for Meeting Street and for the more than 3,000 children that we help every year.”Other recipients of the Washington Trust Charitable Foundation grants were:
- American Red Cross – RI Chapter
- Big Brothers of Rhode Island
- Community 2000 Education Foundation
- Cornerstone Adult Services, Inc.
- Courthouse Center for the Arts
- Crossroads Rhode Island
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center
- Domestic Violence Resource Center of South County
- Dorcas Place
- Family Service of Rhode Island
- Gilbert Stuart Birthplace and Museum
- Granite Theater Corporation
- Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island
- H.O.P.E., Inc.
- House of Hope
- IN-SIGHT
- Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence
- Junior Achievement of Rhode Island
- Kent Center
- Kent Hospital Foundation
- Lifespan
- Literacy Volunteers of Washington County
- Local Initiative Service Corporation
- Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
- Meeting Street
- Mystic Area Shelter and Hospitality, Inc.
- Narragansett Council of Boy Scouts
- Nature Conservancy
- North Kingstown Senior Association
- Ocean Community YMCA
- Rhode Island Community Food Bank
- Rhode Island for Community & Justice
- Rhode Island Free Clinic
- Richmond Senior Center
- St. Mary’s – St. James Community Food Pantry
- South County Habitat for Humanity
- South County Hospital
- South Shore Mental Health
- United Way of Rhode Island
- University of Rhode Island Scholarship
- West Broadway Neighborhood Association
- Westerly Area Rest & Meals
- Westerly Hospital Foundation
- Westerly Public Library
- Women’s & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
- WRNI
- Youth In Action
Charitable contributions are awarded annually to organizations and critical needs in the Rhode Island and Southeastern Connecticut market area. Primary consideration is given to programs or projects that directly benefit the communities in which Washington Trust operates.
The Washington Trust Charitable Foundation, is the philanthropic division of Washington Trust, the oldest community bank in the nation and the largest independent bank headquartered in Rhode Island. The Foundation provides grants to 501(C)3 organizations throughout the Bank’s market area of Rhode Island and Southeastern Connecticut. For more information, visit www.washtrust.com.
