Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Awards $447,500 in Grants to 48 Non-Profits in Communities the Bank Serves
The organizations that received grants from the Foundation are as follows:
Taunton/Attleboro area, $176,500 – Applause Academy ($5,000); Associates for Human Services ($25,000); Attleboro Area School to Career ($7,500); Franklin Food Pantry Incorporated ($10,000); Girls Incorporated of Taunton ($7,500); Hockomock Area YMCA ($25,000); Junior Achievement of Southern MA ($10,000); Old Colony Habitat for Humanity ($10,000); Old Colony YMCA ($50,000); Pave Your Path, Inc ($5,000); Pride, Inc. ($7,500); Reach Out and Read, Inc. ($7,500); Southeastern Massachusetts Arts Collaborative ($2,000); and Taunton River Watershed Alliance, Inc. ($4,500).
New Bedford-Dartmouth/Fall River area, $162,500 – AHA! New Bedford ($2,500); Argosy Collegiate Charter School ($10,000); Camp Ellie Mae ($2,500); Children’s Advocacy Center of Bristol County ($15,000); Dennison Memorial Community Center ($5,000); Horizons for Homeless Children ($5,000); Nativity Preparatory School of New Bedford ($10,000); New Bedford Festival Theatre ($7,500); New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center, Inc. ($5,000); New Bedford Whaling Museum ($5,000); Our Sisters’ School, Inc. ($10,000); RI Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School ($5,000); School on Wheels of Massachusetts ($5,000); Seven Hills Behavioral Health ($5,000); Southcoast Coalition for Early Childhood Education ($25,000); The Family Pantry-Damiens Place Corp ($5,000); The Whitney Academy ($15,000); uAspire ($5,000); Veterans Transition House ($10,000); and YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts ($10,000).
Northern Rhode Island area, $108,500 – Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket ($16,000); Camp Ruggles Inc. ($3,000); Children’s Friend & Service ($5,000); Crossroads Rhode Island ($5,000); Cumberland School Volunteers, Inc. ($2,000); Junior Achievement of Rhode Island ($5,000); LISC ($12,500); Mae Organization, Inc. ($5,000); Pawtucket Central Falls Development Corp. ($25,000); Rhode Island Community Food Bank ($7,500); St. Teresa School ($5,000); Tides Family Service ($5,000); The Arc of Blackstone Valley ($7,500); and The Empowerment Factory ($5,000).
Patrick J. Murray, Jr., President of the BCSCF and President & CEO of BCSB, awarded the grants to the organizations. Also participating in the event were: Paul Coogan, Mayor, City of Fall River; Shaunna O’Connell, Mayor, City of Taunton; Don Grebien, Mayor, City of Pawtucket; Janet Barbosa, Director of Special Projects & Programs, Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office, City of New Bedford; and Kaylyn Lockyer, Community Engagement Manager, Mayor Cathleen DeSimone’s Office, City of Attleboro and representatives from the BCSCF advisory boards and the Bank’s area branches.
“Each non-profit here today should feel extremely proud to have been chosen for these grants from a pool of worthy applicants,” said Murray. “We anticipate this support will help you continue to make a difference in the lives of those most vulnerable in the local community and make our neighborhoods a better place to live and work.”
Bristol County Savings Bank is an active supporter in the communities in which it serves. The Foundation was established in 1996 as part of the Bank’s 150th Anniversary celebration. Its purpose is to fund needs that contribute to the economic and the social well-being of the people and institutions located in the greater Taunton/Attleboro region, the greater New Bedford/Dartmouth region, the greater Fall River region and the northern Rhode Island region, with particular emphasis in the areas of education and literacy, economic development and housing for the low- to moderate-income population. In 2020, the Foundation added an additional area of focus supporting organizations that are on the frontlines of the pandemic or experiencing hardship as a result.
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