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Legacy Banks Announces Contributions - August 05, 2007
The Legacy Banks Foundation Board of Directors approved grants totaling $85,755 to area non-profit organizations during its Second Quarter 2007 meeting. These grants included several major gifts to a variety of organizations such as Berkshire Health Systems, Festival Latino of the Berkshires, Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity, Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity, the Pittsfield City Jazz Festival, the Northern Berkshire YMCA, and Shakespeare & Company.
Additionally, the Foundation voted to once again serve as the major sponsor of the Berkshire Museum’s Festival of Trees annual holiday program. The Foundation Board further voted, for the second consecutive year, to provide a dollar-for-dollar match of contributions by Legacy Banks’ associates to The Berkshire United Way.
“The Legacy Banks Foundation is pleased to continue its strong support to the area non-profit organizations performing important work in our community,” commented Richard Sullivan, Foundation president. “We look forward to a long future of assisting community-based initiatives throughout Berkshire County,” he added.
In addition to major gifts, The Foundation ratified grants to numerous other organizations during the Second Quarter including:
Adlib Center for Independent Living
Berkshire Children and Families
Berkshire Community Action Council
Berkshire County 4-H Association
Berkshire County Head Start Child Development Program
Berkshire Hatchery Foundation
Berkshire Theatre Festival
The Christian Center
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Dalton CRA
Elder Services of Berkshire County
Friends of Wild Acres
Great Josh Billings RunAground
Hillcrest Educational Centers
Lenox High School Scholarship Program
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
National Alliance on Mental Illness of Berkshire County
Pittsfield Citizen’s Scholarship Foundation
Pittsfield Community Tennis Association
The Pittsfield Garden Tour
Pittsfield Family YMCA
Rally for a Cure (Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation)
Rudolf Steiner School
Scholarship America of Lanesboro/New Ashford
Take and Eat
Westside Neighborhood Resource Center
Women’s Fund of Western Mass.
Established in 2005, The Legacy Banks Foundation focuses its support in five major areas - affordable housing, economic development, education, health and human services, and arts & culture. |
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