Community Update

Dime Bank Foundation Awards $64,500 to 28 Local Non-Profits
Dime Bank Foundation has awarded $64,500 to 28 non-profit organizations located in New London County and Westerly/Pawcatuck areas in May 2013 under the direction of its new administrator, Dee Sullivan.
Grant recipients include: Stonington Community Center, Inc. (COMO); Our Piece of the Pie®, Inc. (OPP); FRESH New London; New England Science & Sailing; Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana/College Access Program (CAP); Waterford Country School; Norwich Housing Authority; Mystic Area Shelter & Hospitality, Inc. (MASH); Mystic River Homes/Mystic River Congregate; Special Olympics Connecticut, Inc.; Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board, Inc.; Connecticut Community Care, Inc. (CCCI); Thames Area Citizen Advocacy Program, Inc.; The Jonnycake Center of Westerly; Adult Day Center of Westerly; Fairview Odd Fellows Home of CT, Inc.; United Cerebral Palsy of Eastern Connecticut; Carenet Pregnancy Resource Center of SE Connecticut; Central Baptist Church Soup Kitchen; Safe Futures, Inc.; Madonna Place; High Hopes Therapeutic Riding, Inc.; Reliance House, Inc.; United Way of Southeastern CT/Gemma Moran Food Center; Catholic Charities/Diocese of Norwich; Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency; Bethsaida Community, Inc.; and, Operation Fuel.
Dime Bank established the Dime Bank Foundation in 1998; enabling the bank to sup¬port and give back to the communities it serves. The Foundation provides funding for charitable, cultural, literary, scientific and educational non-profit organizations. The Foundation supports 40+ non-profit organizations and awards an average of $155,000 a year in grants. Since its inception, the Foundation has awarded over $1.4 million to organizations in the surrounding community. The Foundation’s focus is on programs and activities that provide, strengthen, or enhance services to members of our communities that are most at-risk.

The Foundation accepts applications on a year-round basis; and awards grants three times per year. For more information and a grant application, visit https://dime-bank.com/dime-foundation.php.

Should you have any questions, please contact Dime Bank Foundation Administrator Dee Sullivan at 860.859.4300.

About Dime Bank Foundation
In 1998, Dime Bank established the Dime Foundation enabling the bank to support and give back to the communities it serves. The foundation provides funding for charitable, cultural, literary, scientific, and educational non-profit organizations. The foundation accepts applications on a year-round basis. For more information about the Dime Bank Foundation, visit https://dime-bank.com/dime-foundation.php.

About Dime Bank
Established in 1869, Dime Bank is a mutual bank with nearly $730 million in assets and 11 convenient branch locations throughout southeastern/shoreline Connecticut and Westerly, Rhode Island. As a full-service financial institution, Dime offers consumer and commercial banking, home mortgages, trust services and through Dime Investment Services (a subsidiary of Dime Bank) – insurance and investments – all delivered with a personal touch. BauerFinancial, Inc., a national bank rating firm, recognized Dime Bank, as one of the strongest banks in the nation. For more information about Dime Bank, visit dime-bank.com.