Claremont Savings Bank Foundation Donates
$79,000 in Grants to 34 Local Organizations
Recipients range from health care providers
to educational support
The Claremont Savings Bank Foundation announced that it has awarded grants totaling nearly $79,000 to 34 different nonprofits and charitable initiatives operating in the Upper Valley for 2009.
“We’re a community bank and we view the members of our community as our shareholders,” said Candace Crawford, senior vice president of finance for Claremont Savings Bank. “The CSB Foundation is a wonderful way to give back to that community by ensuring these great projects that serve so many will continue.”
The recipients represent a wide range of targeted needs throughout Claremont, Newport, Charlestown, and surrounding towns. The grants range in value from $200 to $5,000. This is the seventh year the CSB Foundation has pledged money to deserving organizations. Since 2003, it has donated more than $400,000.
Among the largest grants awarded were $5,000 to the Claremont Historical Society to upgrade their electrical system; $5,000 to the Claremont Dental Initiative, which will cover half the cost of a dental hygienist; and $5,000 to Girls Inc. for cyber safe programs in Claremont and Charlestown.
Some of the other projects the 2009 grants will partially fund include a new conveyor belt for the Claremont Soup Kitchen, classroom Junior Achievement programs in Claremont by Upper Valley Business and Education Partnership, and memory screening for at-risk seniors by Trusting Hands Home Health Care. Other programs to receive funding include Sullivan County Hospice, the Claremont Senior Center, Charlestown Senior Citizens Club, and the Boy Scouts.
“This is not the only way Claremont Savings Bank gives back to the community,” Crawford said. “Each year, CSB gives up to $35,000 to smaller programs. Our employees volunteer for several community outreach projects, including the Claremont ‘Regeneration Day.’”
CSB Foundation Grants Surpass $400,000 over the Past Six Years!
June 2009
The CSB Foundation has awarded grants to 34 community organizations for 2009. The recipients represent a wide range of targeted needs throughout Claremont, Newport, Charlestown, and surrounding towns.
2009 CSB Foundation grant recipients include:
• Arrowhead
• Boy Scouts of America
• Charlestown Historical Society
• Claremont Cool Cats
• Claremont Dental Initiative
• Claremont Historical Society
• Claremont School District
• Claremont Middle School PTO
• Claremont Senior Center
• Claremont Soup Kitchen
• Cold Pond Community Land Trust
• Community Alliance of Human Services
• Connecticut Valley Homecare and Hospice
• Cooper Cannon Camp
• Family School Connections (21C)
• Girls Inc. of NH
• Goodwin Community Center
• Montshire Museum of Science
• NH Association for the Blind
• Parents as Teachers
• Stevens High School State Scholars Initiative
• Sullivan County Hospice
• Supporting Kindred Involvement in Youth
• The Fells
• Trinity Episcopal Church
• Trusting Hands Home Health Care
• Turning Points Network
• Upper Valley Business and Education Partnership
• Vital Communities
• Weathersfield Proctor Library
• West Central Behavioral Health
• Willing Hands
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