Dime Bank Foundation recently awarded $2,500 to the Shoreline Soup Kitchen for the purchase of wholesale food for distribution at the Old Lyme Food Pantry and Meal Site and the East Lyme Food Pantry. In 2016, the two pantries served 2,263 people in need from New London County.

Founded in 1989, Shoreline Soup Kitchens and Pantries serves eleven CT shoreline towns, providing food and fellowship to people in need and educates the community about hunger and poverty. Meal sites are located in Centerbrook, Essex, Deep River, Chester, Old Saybrook, Clinton, Old Lyme and Westbrook.

About Dime Bank Foundation:

In 1998, Dime Bank established the Dime Foundation enabling the bank to support and give back to the communities it serves. The foundation provides funding for charitable, cultural, literary, scientific, and educational non-profit organizations. For more information about Dime Bank Foundation, visit www.dime-bank.com/About-Us/In-The-Community/Dime-Foundation.

About Dime Bank:

Established in 1869, Dime Bank is a mutual bank with over $800 million in assets and 12 convenient branch locations throughout southeastern and shoreline Connecticut and Westerly, Rhode Island. As a full-service financial institution, Dime offers consumer and commercial banking, home mortgages, trust services, and through Dime Investment Services, a subsidiary of Dime Bank, insurance and investment services – all delivered with a personal touch. For more information about Dime Bank, visit https://dime-bank.com.

For more information, contact:

Amber Martin, Assistant Vice President, Associate Director of Marketing

P: 860.859.4347
C: 860.978.4116
F: 860.823.1787
E: [email protected]