2024 Marked Bank's 24th Annual
Peanut Butter Drive
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.
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.
"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."
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.
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.
ABOUT WASHINGTON
TRUST®
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 on NASDAQ: WASH. For more
information, visit the Bank's website
at www.washtrust.com or the Corporation's website
at ir.washtrust.com.
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