Each year all six branches and the corporate office of Essex Savings Bank hold a holiday contest designed to help those less fortunate in the local communities. The goal of this year's event was to collect food and non-perishables for the Shoreline Soup Kitchen as well as the food pantries in Chester and Madison. The festive displays at each office location centered on a particular food course, and the entries ranged from breakfast selections to desserts. Although this contest adds to the fun of the season, the deeper goal for all of the bank employees is to help those in need as that is the true spirit of the season. All donations were at the employees' expense and generated by their goodwill. As a result of everyone's efforts, on, December 23rd, Essex Savings Bank employees delivered 845 pounds of food to the Shoreline Soup Kitchen! Additional donations were made to the pantries in Chester and Madison. Branch manager/AVP Marla Bogaert serves on the board of directors for the Shoreline Soup Kitchen and a team of bank employees volunteer to prepare and serve dinner throughout the year. The ingredients for these meals are collected through the generous donations from bank employees.
Essex Savings Bank is a FDIC insured, state chartered, mutual savings bank established in 1851. The Bank serves the Connecticut River Valley and shoreline with six offices in Essex (2), Chester, Madison, Old Lyme and Old Saybrook. Financial, estate, insurance and retirement planning are offered throughout the state by the Bank's Trust Department and subsidiary, Essex Financial Services, Inc, Member FINRA, SIPC. Investments in stocks, bonds, mutual funds and annuities are not FDIC insured, may lose value and are not a deposit, have no Bank guarantee and are not insured by any Federal Government Agency.