Vermont Business Magazine Community Bank N.A. recently presented a $1,000 donation to Pathways Vermont to support its fourth annual Community Table Dinner, held on Oct. 23 at Pathways Vermont Community Center in Burlington. More than 70 guests, including those in need, attended the free dinner, which featured farm-to-table produce and local products from Vermont farms and businesses.
Photo (left to right): Pathways Vermont Executive Director Hilary Melton, Community Bank N.A. Commercial Banking Officer David Blow and Pathways Vermont Development Director Patrick Gallagher.
“Community Bank N.A. is a longtime supporter of Pathways Vermont because we believe strongly in the work they do in our community,” Commercial Banking Officer David Blow said. “We’re proud to support this year’s Community Table Dinner and encourage our fellow community members to get involved, as well.”
Pathways Vermont was founded in 2009 with funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to implement a Housing First program, the first of its kind in a rural setting. Since then, it’s expanded its services for Vermonters experiencing homelessness by launching its Supportive Services for Veteran Families program and creating community mental health initiatives, including the Pathways Vermont Support Line and the Pathways Vermont Community Center. Its mission is to transform the lives of Vermonters experiencing mental health and other life challenges by supporting self-directed roads to recovery and wellness in an atmosphere of dignity, respect, choice and hope.
"I am so grateful for the incredible generosity Community Bank N.A. showed by sponsoring our Fourth Annual Community Table Dinner,” Pathways Vermont Executive Director Hilary Melton. “It means the world to have their support in our mission to end homelessness in Vermont and provide innovative mental health alternatives."
For more information on Pathways Vermont or to donate, visit pathwaysvermont.org. For more information about Community Bank N.A., visitcbnanews.com.
Community Bank N.A. is a Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender.
About Community Bank System Inc.
Community Bank System Inc. operates more than 240 customer facilities across Upstate New York, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Vermont and Western Massachusetts through its banking subsidiary, Community Bank N.A. and has been serving its communities for more than 150 years. With more than $11 billion in assets, the DeWitt, New York-headquartered company is among the country’s 100 largest financial institutions. Community Bank, N.A. has consistently been ranked among the top 15 best banks in America by Forbes magazine for the past eight years running, and was most recently ranked third in 2019. In addition to a full range of retail and business banking services, the company offers comprehensive financial planning, insurance and wealth management services. Community Bank System Inc. subsidiaries/business units include OneGroup NY Inc., which provides risk management and commercial insurance, employee benefits and personal lines insurance; Community Bank Wealth Management, which provides investment advisory, personal trust and financial planning services, as well as personal, business and nonprofit portfolio design; and Benefit Plans Administrative Services Inc., which provides actuarial, retirement and VEBA/HRA plan administration, and collective investment fund, employee benefit trust and transfer agency services.
Community Bank System Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the company’s stock trades under the symbol “CBU.” For more information about Community Bank, visit cbna.com or ir.communitybanksystem.com.