Kevin C. Merchant, president of the Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation, announced today that grants totaling $16,650 were awarded recently to community organizations dedicated to health and wellness in the communities served by the Bank. Included in the most recent grants was a $5,000 award to the Day Kimball Hospital’s Care in a Heartbeat campaign [...]

Kevin C. Merchant, president of the Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation, announced that grants totaling $6,250 were awarded recently to community organizations including four area libraries. Jewett City’s Slater Library received $2,000 from the Foundation to purchase 13 computers to meet the increased usage and needs of library patrons. The Library also received $1,000 in [...]

Twenty-five area fire and ambulance companies received a total of $16,400 in funding recently from the Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation, according to Kevin C. Merchant, president. In Jewett City, the A.A. Young Jr. Hose & Ladder Co. #1 received $1,000 from the Foundation to purchase a rescue jack system for extricating victims from vehicles [...]

According to Kevin C. Merchant, president of the Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation, $13,000 was awarded to five area food pantries in the Foundation’s most recent round of funding. Nearly all of the recipients accepted their Foundation awards at a reception held in early December. One exception was the St. Mary Food Pantry in Jewett [...]

In light of  recent power outages and other disruptions related to Hurricane Irene, we have extended the deadline for submitting applications for grant funding from the Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation until Friday, September 9th. Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation grants benefit local 501(c)(3), 170(c)(1) organizations, and other qualified non-profits whose work benefits the population [...]

The Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation is now accepting 2011 grant applications from local 501(c)(3), 170(c)(1) organizations, and other qualified non-profits whose work benefits the population of those communities where Jewett City Savings Bank has a major presence. Guidelines and grant applications are available online, and at all offices of Jewett City Savings Bank. Completed [...]

Kevin C. Merchant, president, announced today that the Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation has awarded a total of $3,300 in support of existing and emerging charitable causes in the community. The Foundation awarded the sum of $2,000 to United Community & Family Services to help offset the costs of care for uninsured local women accessing [...]

Major chimney repairs will be made at Jewett City’s Slater Library, thanks in part to a recent $2,000 grant from the Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation. According to Kevin C. Merchant, president, the award was one of three made to area libraries by the Foundation in its most recent round of funding. The Preston Public [...]

Nine area fire and ambulance companies will share equally in the $9,000 in grants awarded recently by the Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation, according to Kevin C. Merchant, president. The funding will be used in a variety of ways, all designed to support the delivery of services to local residents and businesses. The Oneco Fire [...]

Kevin C. Merchant, president and CEO of Jewett City Savings Bank, announced today that the Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation awarded a total of $10,500 to area food pantries in its most recent round of funding. The Foundation awarded $5,000 to St. Mary Food Pantry in Jewett City, which serves needy families in the Jewett [...]