Washington Trust Collects 2.5 Tons of Peanut Butter
Washington Trust Collects 2.5 Tons of Peanut Butter
2024 Marked Bank's 24th Annual Peanut Butter Drive
2024 Marked Bank's 24第四 年度花生醬活動
WESTERLY, R.I., April 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Washington Trust Company ("the Bank") today announced the 24th Annual Washington Trust Peanut Butter Drive (the "Drive") resulted in collecting approximately 2.5 tons of peanut butter to benefit the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, Connecticut Foodshare, the Greater Boston Food Bank, and various local food pantries across the Bank's footprint in RI, MA and CT. This year's drive included the collection of more than 2,700 jars of peanut butter and monetary donations of approximately $4,000, which is the equivalent of approximately 2,300 jars of peanut butter. Since launching the drive in 2001, Washington Trust has collected more than 161 tons of peanut butter.
羅得島州韋斯特利，2024年4月25日 /PRNewswire/ — 華盛頓信託公司（“銀行”）今天宣佈了24家公司第四 華盛頓信託基金每年一次的花生醬募捐活動（“募捐活動”）收集了大約2.5噸花生醬，用於羅德島社區食品銀行、康涅狄格州食品共享銀行、大波士頓食品銀行以及該銀行在羅得島、馬薩諸塞州和康涅狄格州的各個當地食品儲藏室。今年的活動包括收集超過2700罐花生醬和大約4,000美元的捐款，相當於大約2300罐花生醬。自2001年啓動這項活動以來，華盛頓信託基金已經收集了超過161噸的花生醬。
The Drive kicked off in late February with Washington Trust employees donating peanut butter at the Bank's annual employee appreciation celebration. Customers and community members then supported the Drive throughout March by bringing jars to Washington Trust's 27 branch locations. Donors also made online monetary contributions directly to the food banks websites and the Washington Trust Charitable Foundation matched, dollar-for-dollar, all online contributions.
該活動於2月下旬拉開序幕，華盛頓信託基金的員工在該銀行的年度員工感謝慶典上捐贈了花生醬。然後，客戶和社區成員在整個三月份爲該活動提供了支持，他們將罐子帶到了華盛頓信託基金的27個分支機構。捐贈者還直接向食品銀行網站進行了在線貨幣捐款，華盛頓信託慈善基金會對所有在線捐款進行了逐美元匹配。
"Washington Trust is committed to supporting organizations that provide hunger relief to those facing food insecurity in our communities," said Edward O. "Ned" Handy III, Washington Trust Chairman & CEO and former President of the Board of Directors for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. "We're proud to spearhead this annual event that brings together our employees, customers, and community members in a united mission to help families struggling to make ends meet, especially during these challenging economic times."
華盛頓信託基金主席兼首席執行官兼羅德島社區食品銀行前董事會主席Edward O. “Ned” Handy III表示：“華盛頓信託基金致力於支持爲我們社區中面臨糧食不安全的人們提供飢餓救濟的組織。”“我們很自豪能夠帶頭舉辦這項年度活動，使我們的員工、客戶和社區成員齊聚一堂，共同履行使命，幫助難以維持生計的家庭，尤其是在這個充滿挑戰的經濟時期。”
Satellite collections were also hosted in partnership with local businesses, schools, and community organizations including, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners- RI Chapter (Providence, RI), B&B Dockside (Westerly, RI), Charlestown Mini-Super (Charlestown, RI), City of Cranston Parks & Recreation Department (Cranston, RI), Hendricken High School (Warwick, RI), JR Scallops (Mystic, CT), Literacy Volunteers of Washington County (Westerly, RI), North Providence High School (North Providence, RI), Pat's Power Equipment (Charlestown, RI), Pond View Raquet Club (Westerly, RI), the Providence Police Department (Providence, RI), Rippy's Liquor & Marketplace (Charlestown, RI), ServiceMaster by Mason (Pawcatuck, CT), South Shore Village (South Kingston, RI), St. Kevin School (Warwick, RI), State Street School (Westerly, RI), Subway (Seekonk, MA), The Cove Restaurant (Charlestown, RI), WattsNatural Tutoring (Providence, RI), and the Westerly Senior Center (Westerly, RI). East Providence-based Peanut Butter manufacturer Nuts-n-More also donated 400 jars of peanut butter to the effort.
還與當地企業、學校和社區組織合作舉辦了衛星館藏，包括註冊欺詐審查員協會羅得島州分會（羅得島州普羅維登斯）、B&B Dockside（羅得島州韋斯特利）、查爾斯敦迷你超級酒店（羅得島州查爾斯頓）、克蘭斯頓市公園和娛樂部（羅得島州克蘭斯頓）、亨德里肯高中（羅得島州沃裏克）、JR Scallops（康涅狄格州神祕主義））、華盛頓縣（羅得島州韋斯特利）、北普羅維登斯高中（羅得島州北普羅維登斯）、Pat's Power Equipment（羅得島州查爾斯敦）、Pond View Raquet Club 的掃盲志願者（羅得島州韋斯特利）、普羅維登斯警察局（羅得島州普羅維登斯）、Rippy's Liquor & Marketplace（羅得島州查爾斯頓）、ServiceMaster by Mason（康涅狄格州帕卡塔克）、南岸村（羅得島州沃裏克）、州立街學校（羅得島州韋斯特利）、Subway（馬薩諸塞州西康克）、海灣餐廳（羅得島州查爾斯敦），WattsNatural Tutoring（羅得島州普羅維登斯）和韋斯特利老年人中心（羅得島州韋斯特利）。總部位於東普羅維登斯的花生醬製造商Nuts-n-More也爲這項工作捐贈了400罐花生醬。
The Bank will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Drive next year; if your business or community organization would like to support the Washington Trust Peanut Butter Drive next year, click here.
世界銀行將慶祝25週年第四 明年是Drive週年紀念日；如果你的企業或社區組織想在明年支持華盛頓信託基金花生醬活動，請點擊這裏。
ABOUT WASHINGTON TRUST
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Founded in 1800, Washington Trust is recognized as the oldest community bank in the nation, the largest state-chartered bank headquartered in Rhode Island and one of the Northeast's premier financial services companies. Washington Trust values its role as a community bank and is committed to helping the people, businesses, and organizations of New England improve their financial lives. The Bank offers a wide range of commercial banking, mortgage banking, personal banking and wealth management services through its offices in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts and a full suite of convenient digital tools. Washington Trust is a member of the FDIC and an equal housing lender. Washington Trust is a subsidiary of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., a publicly-owned holding company which trades onNASDAQ: WASH. For more information, visit the Bank's website at or the Corporation's website at ir.washtrust.com.
華盛頓信託基金成立於1800年，被公認爲美國曆史最悠久的社區銀行，總部位於羅德島州的最大國有特許銀行，也是東北地區首屈一指的金融服務公司之一。華盛頓信託基金重視其作爲社區銀行的作用，並致力於幫助新英格蘭的人民、企業和組織改善他們的財務生活。該銀行通過其位於羅德島州、康涅狄格州和馬薩諸塞州的辦事處以及全套便捷的數字工具，提供廣泛的商業銀行、抵押貸款銀行、個人銀行和财富管理服務。華盛頓信託基金是聯邦存款保險公司的成員，也是一家平等的住房貸款機構。華盛頓信託基金是華盛頓信託銀行公司的子公司，該公司是一家上市控股公司，在納斯達克上市：WASH。欲了解更多信息，請訪問該銀行的網站或該公司的網站ir.washtrust.com。
SOURCE The Washington Trust Company
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