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St. Mary’s Donates $2,500 to New Hampshire Association for the Blind |
Check was presented at The New Hampshire Association for the Blind 6th Annual Blind Awareness Walk-A-Thon held on May 30, 2009. Left to Right, Tom Champagne, St. Mary's Bank Director of Community Outreach and Joyce Meisel, Chair of the Board, New Hampshire Association for the Blind. |
Manchester, NH - St. Mary’s Bank announced they recently gave $2,500 to the New Hampshire Association for the Blind to support the organization’s Technology Center client services program.
Through newly developed assistive technology, this program gives school-age, working-age and newly retired blind people the ability to access information and communicate on par with fully sighted family, friends and colleagues.
“St. Mary’s is dedicated to the credit union mission of ‘people helping people’,” said Tom Champagne, Director of Community Outreach at St. Mary’s Bank. “Our communities are enriched by organizations such as the New Hampshire Association for the Blind, and we’re pleased to be able to support their programs and services.”
Headquartered at the McGreal Sight Center in Concord, the New Hampshire Association for the Blind provides vision rehabilitation services for New Hampshire residents of all ages who are blind and visually impaired. Founded in 1912, it delivers assistance in virtually every community statewide, including social work, rehabilitation teaching, orientation and mobility instruction, low vision services, adaptive technology support and public education.
“Technology services are an essential component for people maintaining or regaining independence following loss of sight,” said George F. Theriault, association President and CEO. “We’re grateful to St. Mary’s Bank for their donation, which will be used to provide these specialized services to clients across New Hampshire including over 1,300 clients living in the Greater Manchester area.”
For more information on the NH Association for the Blind’s programs and services, call 603- 224-4039 or visit their Website at http://www.sightcenter.org.
About St. Mary’s Bank
Founded in Manchester, New Hampshire in 1908, St. Mary’s Bank is the nation’s first credit union. As a not-for-profit, member-owned credit union, St. Mary’s Bank makes progressive financial products and services available and affordable to consumers and businesses. Members enjoy excellent service, competitive rates, low fees, and state-of-the-art banking services. Headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire, St. Mary’s Bank has branches in Manchester, Hudson, Londonderry, Milford and Nashua. Call 1-888-786-2791 or visit www.stmarysbank.com for more information |
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