The nonprofit organizations receiving these funds included: Friends of the Lubec Playground, Bar Harbor Food Pantry, Tree of Life Food Pantry, Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center, Dorcas Library, Winter Harbor Public Library, Bangor Area Homeless Shelter, Coastal Children’s Museum, Pope Memorial Humane Society, Somesville Library Association, Deer Isle Playground Committee, Healthy Acadia, Seeds of Independence, and the MDI Community Campfire Coalition.
Each week, bank directors and employees, in exchange for being able to dress casually on Fridays, voluntarily contribute to a charitable fund that disburses gifts monthly to local charitable organizations. The bank matches the employee donations, doubling the amount given to the chosen organization. Each month the employees at a different bank location get to choose the recipient of these contributions.
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, founded in 1887, offers a full range of financial services for individuals, businesses and nonprofit organizations throughout Maine with 15 branch locations, including one in Topsham.
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