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Photo: Representatives from The Bristol County Savings Bank Charitable Foundation present The Schwartz Center with a grant in the amount of $12,500 for early intervention education. From left to right: Elizabeth Pimental, BCSB Dartmouth Branch Manager; Koreen Santos, BCSB Foundation’s Southcoast Advisory Board member and President; Beatriz Oliveira, The Schwartz Center Manager of Development; Brenda Motta, The Schwartz Center Chief Administrative Officer; Patrick Murray, President and CEO of BCSB and the BCSB Foundation; Dennis Leahy, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, BCSB and the BSCB Foundation; and Michele Roberts, Community Relations Officer, BCSB, and board member Meeting Street.
Bristol County Savings Bank (BCSB), through its charitable foundation, recently awarded a $12,500 grant to The Schwartz Center. Funds from the grant will be used to support The Schwartz Center’s Early Intervention (EI) professionals to conduct outreach to parents of children born with substance exposure.
Aligned with Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation’s philosophy to improve the lives of lower income families through education, Early Intervention enhances the development and learning of infants and toddlers through individualized, developmentally appropriate interventions.
“We are so grateful to Bristol County Savings Bank for their continuing generosity and value our shared commitment to children and their families in our community,” said The Schwartz Center president John M. Kelly.
About The Schwartz Center
The Schwartz Center, located in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, provides services for children with special educational and developmental needs. In July of 2014, The Schwartz Center joined forces with Meeting Street in Providence, Rhode Island, to strengthen its ability to serve families in Southeastern New England. Both organizations were established nearly 70 years ago and now serve over 4,000 families annually. For more information, visit www.schwartzcenter.org.
