Community Good Works
J Barret & Company real estate agents rallied their community to collect bins of supplies for students and teachers at two Ipswich elementary schools. See who else gave back.
Community Good Works
Boston-based Shawmut Design and Construction’s cycling team completed the 19th annual Pan-Mass Challenge earlier this month. See who else gave back.
Community Good Works
Bristol County Savings Bank, based in Taunton, said it gave $50,000 to the Old Colony History Museum to renovate the museum’s grounds in Taunton. See who else gave back.
Community Good Works
Commonwealth Real Estate announced it raised $144,000 to support children diagnosed with cancer at an annual fundraiser. See who else gave back.
Community Good Works
Monson Savings Bank Gave $100,000 to support domestic violence shelter and advocacy, sexual assault counseling and a crisis hotline. See who else gave back.
Community Good Works
Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union raised $125,000 for local nonprofits at a recent fundraiser concert. See who else gave back.
Community Good Works
BankHometown and its employees collectively raised $17,500 for three United Way organizations in its coverage area. See who else gave back.
Community Good Works
Eastern Bank employees volunteered to stack shelves, pack grocery bags and unload a 13,650-pound shipment of produce at Catholic Charities South’s Brockton food pantry. See who else gave back.
When Food Stamps Stopped, Banks and CUs Stepped Up
When this fall’s government shutdown cut off federal food assistance and government workers’ pay, local lenders tried to bridge the gap, regardless of the political risk.
Community Good Works
Colonial Federal Savings Bank made a $100,000 unrestricted donation to NeighborWorks Housing Solutions, a South Shore affordable housing developer. See who else gave back.
Community Good Works
Fidelity Bank announced a $40,000 pledge to renovate a public library in Fitchburg and help build a new children’s library. See who else gave back.
Community Good Works
Employees at Clinton Savings Bank gathered 65 new and gently-used coats for Clinton residents in need as part of the bank’s annual coat drive. See who else gave back.
Community Good Works
Bristol County Savings Bank announced its foundation was making a $25,000 grant to support the “revival” of the library at New Bedford’s Alfred J. Gomes Elementary School. See who else gave back.
Community Good Works
Banks took the Trump administration’s cuts to federal food aid programs during the government shutdown as a signal to step up their giving to food pantries: $270,000 alone in direct response to the cuts. See who else gave back.
Community Good Works
The Sarkis Team, affiliated with residential brokerage Douglas Elliman, recently led a 40-person cleanup of Titus Sparrow Park in Boston’s South End in partnership with a community group. See who else gave back.
Community Good Works
Leominster-based Fidelity Bank announced it gave $15,000 to three local nonprofits “focused on food insecurity, personal hygiene and veterans outreach programs and services.” See who else gave back.
Community Good Works
Vantage Builders Raised $50,000 to a support center for military families receiving care in Boston. See who else gave back.
Community Good Works
Eastern Bank gave the Braintree Little League program a $10,000 gift to mark the first time in history its 12-year-old players made it to the Little League World Series during an epic series of wins this year. See who else gave back.
Community Good Works
GFA Federal Credit Union, based in Gardner, announced a $75,000, three-year gift to Heywood Hospital, also in Gardner, beginning with an initial $25,000 donation this year. See who else gave back.
Community Good Works
Boston-based Eastern Bank said its foundation has made a $10 million, three-year commitment to its new “Career-Focused English Proficiency Initiative.” See who else gave back.
