The Hometown Bank Community Foundation announced their contribution to the first Southbridge Family Fun Day that took place on August 25, 2018.<\/p>\n
As a major sponsor of the event, bankHometown worked closely with The Salvation Army, who put on the event,\u00a0Southbridge Community Connections, Tradewinds Clubhouse and KIVA Wellness Center. The event served around 500 meals, much of which was donated, and provided free fun activities such as face painting, raffles donated from local businesses, two bounce houses and a live DJ.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to do something for the community that was fun and free \u2013 a \u2018get away\u2019 from everyday life, even if it was only for a few hours,\u201d said Sabrina Grillo, Branch Manager of the bankHometown Sturbridge branch.<\/p>\n
This was the first ever Family Fun Day in Southbridge, and due to the event\u2019s success, sponsors are looking into making this event happen annually.<\/p>\n
Hometown Bank Community Foundation, Inc. was formed in early 2016 by bankHometown, a state-chartered cooperative bank headquartered in Oxford, Massachusetts with $750 million in assets.<\/p>\n
bankHometown has served its communities since 1889 with offices in Massachusetts (Athol, Auburn, Leominster, Oxford, Lancaster, Sturbridge and Webster) and Connecticut (Putnam, Brooklyn, Killingly, Thompson and Woodstock). Depositors of bankHometown have their deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for amounts up to $250,000 with amounts in excess of $250,000 insured in full by the Share Insurance Fund, a private excel insurer.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Hometown Bank Community Foundation announced their contribution to the first Southbridge Family Fun Day that took place on August 25, 2018. As a major sponsor of the event, bankHometown worked closely with The Salvation Army, who put on the event,\u00a0Southbridge Community Connections, Tradewinds Clubhouse and KIVA Wellness Center. The event served around 500 meals, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-member-news"],"yoast_head":"\n