Vermont Business Magazine ThePeople’s United Community Foundation, the philanthropic arm of People’s United Bank, announced that it has awarded $20,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of Burlington for their Early Promise program.
The Early Promise program encompasses a wide range of academic components that help Club members be successful in school and prepare them for education beyond high school. The program serves 175 young people each day through a total of ten different learning opportunities.
“We have been a supporter of the Boys & Girls Club Early Promise program for 10 years,” saidMichael Seaver, Officer, People’s United Community Foundation and President, People's United Bank Vermont. “It is something we support because we are seeing results. Kids coming through the Club have dreams of going to college and the staff makes sure they get there.”
“People’s United Bank was the very first investor in our Early Promise program. At that time, we had no Club members consistently launching into education beyond high school. The program has now launched four college graduates and will soon have twenty-five students who are enrolled in a degree program. We’re grateful to People’s for supporting the success of our Club members” said Mary Alice McKenzie, Executive Director, Boys & Girls Club of Burlington.
Established in 2007, People’s United Community Foundation was formed to help support programs and activities that enhance the quality of life for citizens in the communities that People’s United Bank serves.People's United Bank is a subsidiary of People's United Financial, Inc., a diversified financial services company with over $40 billion in assets. People’s United Bank, founded in 1842, is a premier, community-based, regional bank in the Northeast offering commercial and retail banking, as well as wealth management services through a network of nearly 400 retail locations in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.