Jul 1, 2010 -
The Claremont Savings Bank Foundation announced today it has awarded grants totaling nearly $76,000 to 25 different nonprofits and charitable initiatives operating in the Upper Valley for 2010.
“We want to help those who help make the great Claremont area a better place,” said Candace Crawford, senior vice president of finance for Claremont Savings Bank. “As a community bank, we find that the difference we can make in our communities is with the grants we make through the Claremont Savings Bank Foundation. These grant support the numerous non-profit organizations that do valuable work every day. Without a CSB Foundation grant, many of these fine projects would not be as effective or would not move forward.”
The recipients represent a wide range of targeted needs throughout Claremont, Newport, Charlestown, and surrounding towns. The grants range in value from $360 to $5,000. This is the eighth year the CSB Foundation has pledged money to deserving organizations. Since 2003, it has donated nearly $500,000.
Among the largest grants awarded were $5,000 for replenishing food shelves for free meals at His Helping Hands in Claremont, $5,000 to install handicap accessible doors at the Claremont Senior Center, and $5,000 to the Claremont Conservation District to renovate a rail trail that runs through Claremont.
Some of the other projects the 2010 grants will partially fund include refurbishing the floor at the Claremont Soup Kitchen, purchasing an oven and a refrigerator/freezer for the Fall Mt. Emergency Foodshelf, and expanding the Children with Disabilities Program at Claremont Big Brothers Big Sisters. Other nonprofit programs which received funding from the Claremont Savings Bank Foundation include the Library Arts Center in Newport, West Central Behavioral Health, the Plainfield Historical Society, the NH Association for the Blind, and the Boy Scouts.
According to Crawford, the CSB Foundation grants are not the only way Claremont Savings Bank gives back to the community. “Each year, CSB gives up to $35,000 to smaller programs. We also offer free financial and retirement seminars to the public. And CSB employees roll up their sleeves at several community outreach projects, including the Claremont ‘Regeneration Day.’”
| Organization |
Location |
Award |
To Support |
| Claremont Senior Center Inc |
Claremont |
5000.00 |
Install Handicap Accessible Doors |
His Helping Hands
of Claremont |
Claremont |
5000.00 |
Replenish food shelves for free breakfast & lunch |
| Parents as Teachers |
Claremont |
5000.00 |
Sponsorship of 15-parent class program for Kindergarten Readiness |
| Claremont Conservation District |
Claremont |
5000.00 |
Renovate and improve city-owned rail trail between Pleasant St and the Sugar River |
| Family School Connections (21C) |
Claremont |
5000.00 |
Support for Leadership & Resiliency Program |
| Turning Points Network |
Claremont |
4750.00 |
Funds for emergency support, support group materials, car seats |
| Claremont Soup Kitchen |
Claremont |
4000.00 |
Sand and refinish hardwood floor at Soup Kitchen |
| Connecticut Valley Homecare and Hospice |
Newport |
4000.00 |
Continuation of clinics, testing strips, blood pressure screening and educational clinics etc. |
| West Central Behavioral Health |
Claremont |
4000.00 |
Purchase of Razor's Edge software to aid in fundraising efforts |
| Fall Mt. Emergency Foodshelf |
Charlestown,
Claremont |
3950.00 |
Purchase new/used oven for meal preparation |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters |
Claremont |
3500.00 |
Expand Children with Disabilities Program |
| Performers' Playground |
Newport |
3000.00 |
Sullivan Co. Prevention Theater Festival: Lighting and Sound for Festival |
| Sullivan County Hospice |
Claremont |
3000.00 |
Operating Expenses |
| Library Arts Center |
Newport |
2500.00 |
Summer Arts Enrichment Program |
| Claremont School District HS Softball Program |
Claremont |
2200.00 |
Athletics: move scoreboard, purchase batting cage and pitching machine and shed for housing them |
| Arrowhead Recreation Club |
Claremont |
2100.00 |
Purchase portable PA |
| Community Alliance of Human Services, Transportation |
Charlestown |
2000.00 |
system20% funding for new position of Volunteer bus driver coordinator |
| New London Hospital Tiger Treatment Center |
Newport |
2000.00 |
Funding for Tiger Treatment Center @ Newport Middle School |
| NH Association of the Blind |
Claremont, Cornish, Charlestown |
2000.00 |
Vision rehabilitation services @ $800/client |
| Boy Scouts of America, Daniel Webster Council |
Claremont |
1800.00 |
Purchase 6 Eureka Tents and related equipment for Troop |
| Stevens High School Alumni Association |
Claremont |
1500.00 |
38Purchase new computer and printer for Alumni Association |
| Fall Mt. Emergency Foodshelf |
Claremont, Charlestown |
1280.00 |
Purchase refrigerator/freezer |
| Plainfield Historical Society |
Plainfield |
1000.00 |
Foundation repairs for Plainfield Historical Society Clubhouse |
| Union Episcopal Church |
Claremont |
1000.00 |
Union Church's Summer Concert Series, non-religious classical performers, will cover cost of advertising, printing programs and refreshments |
| Springfield Family Center |
Springfield VT area |
1000.00 |
Prepare and deliver lunch and PM snack during summer for low-income children |
| Stevens High School |
Claremont |
360.00 |
Fund State Scholars luncheon for 37 recipients |