Middlesex Savings Bank Awards $10,000 Grants To 33 Different Food Pantries
NATICK – Middlesex Savings Bank announced today, December 16, additional funding from its charitable foundation’s $1 million COVID-19 relief fund. In this fourth wave of grant distribution, the Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation is providing 33 local food pantries each with a $10,000 contribution to support their response to the pandemic.
The local food pantries receiving funding are:
| Town | Food Pantry |
| Acton and Boxborough | Community Supper – Acton Food Pantry |
| Ashland | Ashland Emergency Fund/Food Pantry |
| Bedford | Bedford Community Table/ Pantry |
| Bellingham | Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry |
| Concord | The Open Table, Inc. |
| Framingham | SMOC – Community Meals Program |
| Hope Worldwide | |
| St. Bridget’s Food Pantry | |
| Daniel’s Table | |
| Pearl Street Cupboard & Café | |
Franklin | Franklin Food Pantry |
| Groton and Littleton | Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry |
| Holliston | Holliston Pantry Shelf |
| Hopkinton | Project Just Because |
| Hudson | Hudson Community Food Pantry |
| Maynard | Maynard Food Pantry |
| Medfield | Medfield Food Cupboard |
| Medway | Medway Food Pantry |
| Medway Village Food Pantry | |
| Millis | Millis Ecumenical Food Pantry |
| Natick | A Place To Turn |
| Natick Service Council | |
| Needham | Needham Community Council |
| Sherborn | Sherborn Widows and Orphans Benevolent Society |
| Southborough | United Parishes of Southborough |
| Sudbury | Sudbury Community Food Pantry |
| Walpole | Walpole Community Food Pantry |
| Waltham | KIDS Feast – Salvation Army Waltham |
| Wayland | My Brother’s Table |
| Celebration International Church Food Pantry | |
| Wellesley | Wellesley Food Pantry |
| Westborough | Westborough Food Pantry |
| Westford | Westford Food Pantry |
“In our forty-first year of service, we at A Place To Turn remain committed to the mission of our founders: to help make our neighbors’ lives better,” said Joanne Barry, executive director of A Place To Turn. “Because of donors like Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation, we are able to continue to provide emergency food, diapers and personal care items to those in need while maintaining virus prevention practices of mask wearing, social distancing, and sanitizing, and have moved our distribution into the fresh air of the outdoors. The support that Middlesex provides for our community is appreciated.”
To date, the Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation has distributed $760,000 from the relief fund to 73 non-profits in the community.
The Foundation was established in 2000 to carry out further the philanthropic mission of Middlesex Savings Bank. The Foundation has provided more than $10 million in grants to local nonprofit organizations, supporting services and programs in a wide variety of fields, including education and basic human services. Since the inception of the Foundation, Middlesex Savings Bank has funded the endowment with over $25 million in contributions.
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Middlesex Savings Bank, founded in 1835 and headquartered in Natick, is a mutual savings bank. As the largest independent bank in Massachusetts with over $5 billion in assets, the bank has been committed to providing outstanding value in consumer banking and business banking products for more than 180 years. The FDIC and DIF insured bank has 31 branch offices located in 26 communities – Acton, Ashland, Bedford, Bellingham, Boxborough, Concord, Framingham, Franklin, Groton, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Littleton, Maynard, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Natick, Needham, Sherborn, Southborough, Sudbury, Walpole, Wayland, Wellesley, and Westford.
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