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July 30, 2003
Kennebunk Savings Bank Delivers
Surprise Check for $2,670 to Biddeford Free Clinic
BIDDEFORD, Maine – Dr. Francis Kleeman, founder and president of
Biddeford Free Clinic, and Joan Gordon, director of Biddeford Free
Clinic, received a welcome surprise when Rick Rouillard, business
development officer of Kennebunk Savings Bank presented them with an
unsolicited check for $2,670.
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check was a strong show of support from the customers of Kennebunk
Savings Bank and its subsidiary, Morris Insurance, who voted for the
clinic on the bank’s annual Community Investment Ballot.
Each spring, Kennebunk Savings and Morris Insurance sends a ballot
listing over 100 area non-profit and charitable organizations to their
customers asking them to cast their vote. The returned ballots are
tabulated and Kennebunk Savings Bank and its foundation allocate a
substantial portion of their Community Investment Program dollars
based on the votes for each organization. This year, $114,000 in
unsolicited funds are being distributed to 147 non-profit and
charitable organizations through votes received on the Community
Investment Ballot. The average grant amount is almost $800 and, this
year over forty organizations will be receiving grants in excess of
$1,000.
“This check is a tribute to all the volunteers who devote their time
to the clinic,” said Rouillard. “Our customers know they are a
valuable community resource and I’m very happy we can contribute so
significantly to the clinic this year through the ballot.”
Other of this year’s top award recipients include Hospice of York
with $4,086; Senior Needs Committee of Wells and Ogunquit with $3,578;
York County Chapter of American Red Cross with $2,777 and York County
Habitat for Humanity with $2,377
The ballot is just one part of the Kennebunk Savings Bank’s
Community Investment Program which also features volunteer awards and
community grants. Begun in 1994, Kennebunk Savings Bank returns 10% of
its annual earnings to non-profit and charitable groups throughout
York County. In 2002, Kennebunk Savings Bank took the program to a new
level by funding the Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation to ensure the
continuity of the Community Investment Program in the years to come.
By year end 2003, the bank’s Community Investment Program will have
contributed over $3 million to charitable and non-profit organizations
throughout York County.
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 and has twice earned the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME)
Bank of the Year Award and is a Small Business Administration (SBA)
Preferred Lender.
For more information contact:
Heather Harris
Community Relations Officer
Kennebunk Savings Bank
1-800-339-6573
Learn more about Kennebunk Savings Bank's Community
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