Submitted by Joan Fox
(June 1, 2026) — Essex Winter Series is grateful to once again be one of the area’s local non-profit recipients of funding from the Essex Bank Community Investment Program (CIP). As Bank President and CEO Diane Arnold and Vice President Elizabeth Kuhns noted their congratulatory comments, “We are delighted to provide you with some good news and monetary support for your non-profit’s contributions to the community.”
The CIP represents Essex Bank’s commitment to community banking, providing donations to local non-profits since 1995. This year, the ballot portion of the CIP allowed each Bank customer to select three out of 96 local organizations to receive a portion of the $120,000 allotment based on the voting percentages for each nonprofit.
With a thank-you to both Essex Bank and to the customers who included Essex Winter Series in their votes, this year’s amount of $420 awarded to EWS will help to support our season programming, which each year touches the lives of so many who attend our world-class classical and jazz concerts as well as our outreach performances
Essex Winter Series in a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to bring the finest music, in live performance, during the winter months to the widest and most culturally, economically, and socially diverse audience possible in the Connecticut River Valley and Shoreline Region for purposes of cultivating its appreciation through concerts and educational outreach. For more information, visit essexwinterseries.com.
Essex Bank is an FDIC-insured, state-chartered, mutual savings bank established in 1851. The Bank serves the Connecticut River Valley and shoreline with six offices in Essex, Chester, Madison, Old Lyme, and Old Saybrook providing a full complement of personal and business banking. For more information on the Community Investment Program, the annual ballot and Essex Bank, please visit www.essexsavings.com.
