Saint Vincent’s Home benefits from local bank support

OFFICIALS CELEBRATE a $10,000 gift from Bristol County Savings Bank to Saint Vincent's Home to support its life-skills program. Back row, from left, Dennis Kelly, chairman of the board, BCSB, and chairman, Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation; Joseph Nauman, board member, BCSCF-Southcoast Advisory Board and BCSB; Dr. Jean MacCormack, chairperson, BCSCF-Southcoast Advisory Board, and BCSB board member; Nelson Braga, senior vice president, BCSB, and SVH board member; Dennis Leahy, executive vice president, treasurer and chief financial officer, BCSB, and treasurer, BCSCF; and Patrick Murray, president and CEO, BCSB, and president, BCSCF. In front, holding the check, is Jenny Reis, SVH director of development. / COURTESY BRISTOL COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
OFFICIALS CELEBRATE a $10,000 gift from Bristol County Savings Bank to Saint Vincent's Home to support its life-skills program. Back row, from left, Dennis Kelly, chairman of the board, BCSB, and chairman, Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation; Joseph Nauman, board member, BCSCF-Southcoast Advisory Board and BCSB; Dr. Jean MacCormack, chairperson, BCSCF-Southcoast Advisory Board, and BCSB board member; Nelson Braga, senior vice president, BCSB, and SVH board member; Dennis Leahy, executive vice president, treasurer and chief financial officer, BCSB, and treasurer, BCSCF; and Patrick Murray, president and CEO, BCSB, and president, BCSCF. In front, holding the check, is Jenny Reis, SVH director of development. / COURTESY BRISTOL COUNTY SAVINGS BANK

FALL RIVER – A $10,000 award was given by Bristol County Savings Bank in support of Saint Vincent’s Home’s life-skills program, which serves young adults aged 14-21 living in southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the islands.

Through their Fall River-based campus, Saint Vincent’s Home’s life-skills program aids youth in preparing for a successful future career and to live as independently as possible as adults. Services include education completion, vocational training and work experience.

Those enrolled in the life-skills program come from low-income households and often lack family or community support systems. Many are waiting to be adopted or placed in a foster home, but all have histories inclusive of abuse, neglect, poverty, addiction, mental illness as well as serious emotional and behavioral disorders.

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