Peabody — Kevin M. Tierney, Sr., chief executive officer of North Shore Bank announced that the bank’s Neighbors Helping Neighbors campaign raised $16,500 for the 11 local food pantries that participated in the inaugural fundraising drive.
The Neighbors Helping Neighbors appeal is part of the bank’s charitable giving program, The Giving Tree, which reflects the bank’s commitment to making a difference in the neighborhoods it serves. Throughout November, the bank invited customers, employees, and members of the community to donate at North Shore Bank branches. All donations received were matched, dollar-for-dollar, by the bank and the total divided among food pantries in the North Shore and Southern New Hampshire communities the bank serves.
Each of the participating food pantries received $1,500:
Beverly Bootstraps
People To People, Danvers
Haven From Hunger, Peabody
Merrimac Senior Center
Middleton Food Pantry
Newton NH Food Pantry
No Child Goes Hungry in Peabody
Our Neighbors Table, Amesbury
Reading Food Pantry
Saugus United Parish Food Pantry
The Salem Pantry
“On behalf of North Shore Bank, I’d like to thank all those who generously donated to our Neighbors Helping Neighbors fundraiser to help fight food insecurity in our communities,” said Tierney. “We’re pleased to host this appeal and that so much was raised to help families this past holiday season and into the new year.”
In the Photo: Simone Payment, director of the Reading Food Pantry receives a $1,500 check from Tom Seyffert, manager of North Shore Bank’s Reading branch, one of 11 pantries receiving donations from the bank’s Neighbors Helping Neighbors fundraising campaign to help fight food insecurity.
