Bank’s Fill-the-Basket food drive starts Monday

LAKEVILLE – As part of the ongoing commitment to help local food pantries feed those in need, Salisbury Bank is holding its 13th annual Fill-the-Basket food drive.

Starting Nov. 2, all 14 branches of the bank in Berkshire, Litchfield, Dutchess, Orange, and Ulster counties, are collecting donations of nonperishable food items and household supplies. Cash donations are also accepted. All donated items as well as the monetary contributions collected will be donated directly to local food pantries serving each area.

Local pantries are in need of a variety of donations including, but not limited to: canned goods, cereals, macaroni and cheese, cake mix, peanut butter, mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, and tomato sauce. Household necessities such as paper towels, diapers, shampoo, and soap are also appreciated.

The campaign continues until Dec. 18.

Fed joins Salisbury Bank

LAKEVILLE – H. Raymond Fed Jr. has joined Salisbury Bank and Trust Company as Senior Vice President, Senior Credit Officer.

“We are very pleased to welcome Ray to our Credit Team,” said Rick Cantele, President and Chief Executive Officer. “As SVP, Senior Credit Officer, Ray will be working closely with the Credit

Administration Department to ensure a quality assessment of commercial loans and will provide additional support and expertise to credit and lending partners as a resource.”

Fed comes to Salisbury with more than 20 years of diversified commercial credit and lending experience, including the last five years at Liberty Bank as their VP, Credit Officer and Sr. Portfolio Manager-Syndicated Lending. Before joining Salisbury

Bank, he worked as Commercial Credit Officer spanning multiple business types at TD Bank, N.A. and Credit Manager overseeing the underwriting process at United Bank. He holds a Bachelor of Finance and a Master of Business Administration Degrees from Wayne State University. He lives in Rocky Hill and is planning to relocate to the Litchfield County area.

Stop & Shop donates to Memorial Sloan

Kettering

Stop & Shop recently announced it is donating $1.75 million to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in support of pediatric cancer care and research. The donation is the culmination of Stop & Shop’s annual Help Cure Childhood Cancer campaign, which ran Sept. 1–30 at Stop & Shop stores in New York, New Jersey, Fairfield and New Haven County in Connecticut.

The campaign allowed customers to donate $1, $3 or $5 at checkout – or round-up to the nearest dollar at self-checkout. Customers shopping stopandshop.com for pickup and delivery could also add a $1, $3 or $5 donation to their cart when checking out. Stores also sold $0.99 reusable bags featuring artwork created by pediatric cancer patients, with $0.25 from the sale of each bag being donated. Stop & Shop’s customers raised $1.1M; Stop & Shop will be donating an additional $650,000 bringing the total to $1.75 million.

As part of Stop & Shop’s Help Cure Childhood Cancer campaign, the company highlighted the experiences of two MSK Kids patient ambassadors – local children who are currently being or have been treated at MSK and have benefited from donations from companies like Stop & Shop. The children, ranging in age from 5 to 18, were included on the in-store signage and were given various platforms to share their stories alongside their families.

MSK Kids, Memorial Sloan Kettering’s pediatric oncology program, is dedicated to all children, young adults, and families facing childhood cancer. With specialized expertise and care focused on the individual child, MSK Kids is the largest pediatric oncology program in the United States. As pioneers in pediatric research, MSK Kids physicians and scientists work hard to develop and deliver more effective strategies to prevent, treat, and ultimately cure childhood cancer—for patients at MSK Kids, and for those everywhere.

Stop & Shop’s Help Cure Childhood Cancer Campaign also ran in the company’s stores north of New Haven, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, supporting the DanaFarber Cancer Institute in the fight against pediatric cancer.