Windham Hospital will provide an added element of safety for employees and visitors in the future, thanks to a recent award of $1,500 to the Windham Hospital Foundation from the Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation.

Pictured at right - Mona Friedland, executive director of the Windham Hospital Foundation; Kevin Merchant, president & CEO of Jewett City Savings Bank, and
Tom Birkenholz, Windham Hospital.

According to Mona Friedland, executive director of the Windham Hospital Foundation, a defibrillator will be purchased for the offsite Windham Mammography Center in Mansfield.

Kevin C. Merchant, president of the Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation, explained that the award to Windham Hospital reinforces the Bank’s recent emphasis on making automated external defibrillators generally available for use by the community in emergency situations.

Over the past several months, Jewett City Savings Bank has funded the purchase of four portable defibrillators, most recently for the activities of the Plainfield Youth Football Association and the Plainfield Youth Panthers. Earlier donations were made to the Moosup Little League, the Plainfield Public School system for use at the Plainfield Early Childhood Center, and the Griswold Public Schools.

“Jewett City Savings Bank is proud to be a leader in a campaign to make portable defibrillators available throughout our communities, to keep all our neighbors safe,” said Merchant.

The award to Windham Hospital was announced at a morning reception in Griswold, where representatives from 18 local non-profit civic and charitable organizations were present to receive a combined total of $25,350 in grants from the Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation during the most recent funding period.

The Foundation, established in 2003 to reinforce, encourage, and support the Bank’s ongoing commitment to the well being of the communities it serves, has awarded over $225,000 since its founding. Click here for more information about the Foundation or visit any of the offices of Jewett City Savings Bank.

Jewett City Savings Bank is a mutual savings bank operating full-service offices in Jewett City, Brooklyn, Dayville, Central Village and Preston. Established in 1873, the Bank is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).