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| What's New |
| July
23, 2004 Animal Welfare Society Receives $13,867 Surprise Check from Community Investment Ballot. KENNEBUNK, Maine – Steve Morris, president of Morris Insurance, and Helene Plourde, manager of Kennebunk Savings Bank’s Main Street office made a special delivery to the Animal Welfare Society with an unsolicited check for $13,867. This year, $126,000 will be delivered to 148 charitable and non-profit organizations as part of the bank’s Community Investment Ballot program.  “We
are very grateful for this gift and all of the support we have
received from Kennebunk Savings Bank and Morris Insurance through
the years,” notes Steven Jacobsen, executive director of the
Animal Welfare Society. “As we continue to provide care for the
thousands of animals in need of housing in York County, every
contribution makes a big difference.”Each spring, Kennebunk Savings and Morris Insurance sends all their customers a Community Investment Ballot listing nearly 100 area non-profit and charitable organizations asking them to cast a vote for their choice. The returned ballots are tabulated and Kennebunk Savings Bank and the Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation allocate a substantial portion of their Community Investment Program dollars based on the votes for each organization. The average grant amount is $750 and, this year thirty-nine organizations will be receiving unsolicited grants over $1,000. The ballot is just one part of the Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation’s Community Investment Program. Beginning in 1994, Kennebunk Savings Bank pledged to return 10% of its annual earnings to non-profit and charitable groups throughout York County. By the end of this year, the Community Investment Program will have contributed a total of over $3.5 million to charitable and non-profit organizations throughout York County through the annual customer ballot, the Starfish volunteer awards, and community grants. Kennebunk Savings Bank, a winner of the Maine Businesses for Social Responsibility Eagle Feather Award, is York County’s leading financial institution. With eleven banking offices from Sanford to Kittery, Kennebunk Savings has a complete line of retail and business banking products and also offers personal and commercial insurance through its subsidiary, Morris Insurance Services, Inc. In addition, Kennebunk Savings has a strong commitment to York County’s business community, is a Small Business Administration (SBA) Preferred Lender, and has earned the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME) Bank of the Year Award three times in the last six years. |
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