BankNewport collects 4,700 donations for local shelters

Nancy Lavin

10/04/2021

Crossroads Kind Heart Donation — BANKNEWPORT COLLECTED more than 4,700 items to donate to local shelters through its “Kind Heart Fresh Start” donation drive. Pictured outside Crossroads Rhode Island, one of the recipients, from left, are: Carmen Diaz-Jusino, vice president and community development officer for BankNewport; Tracey Mahoney, director of corporate relations and events for Crossroads Rhode Island; Ric Wild, community outreach and volunteer manager for Crossroads Rhode Island; and Laura Guillen, vice president, branch sales manager for BankNewport's Providence branch. / COURTESY BANK NEWPORT

NEWPORT – BankNewport collected more than 4,700 items to donate to local shelters through its “Kind Heart Fresh Start” donation drive, according to a news release. The monthlong campaign asked employees and community members to donate socks and toiletry items, collected across the bank’s 17 branches during August. Donations, which are estimated to help 1,000…