BAR HARBOR — Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, with a branch in Topsham, in partnership with its employees and directors donated $11,296 through the bank’s Community Commitment program during 2016.
The nonprofit organizations receiving these funds included: Maine Veterans Project, Girls State/Boys State, SPCA of Hancock County, Milbridge Playground Committee, St. Andrew and St. John Church, Lubec Elementary School Music Program, Conners/Emerson Backpack Program through the Bar Harbor Congo Church, Simmering Pot, Downeast Community Walk to Stop Diabetes, town of Gouldsboro (Power Fund), town of Winter Harbor (Neighbor Helping Neighbor Fund), Peninsula School (Principals Discretionary Fund), Hampden Neighborhood Food Cupboard, Knox County Homeless Coalition, and Pope Memorial Humane Society.
Each week, bank directors and employees, in exchange for being able to dress casually on Fridays, voluntarily contribute to a fund that disburses gifts monthly to local charitable organizations.
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