Furthering its longstanding commitment to ensuring those most in need do not go hungry, Citizens Bank has donated $10,000 to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania to support its annual Thanksgiving dinner distribution program. The donation will provide Thanksgiving dinner boxes to 396 families in Erie, Crawford and Venango counties, helping hundreds of local families enjoy the holiday season.
“More and more people depend on food bank programs to help them put food on the table, and the holiday season can be particularly difficult for families facing food insecurity,” said Daniel K. Fitzpatrick, president of Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. “Citizens is proud to once again team up with the Second Harvest Food Bank for our sixth year of providing traditional Thanksgiving meals to those in need.”
Food vouchers were distributed to needy families through the member agencies of Second Harvest. Each box will be filled with traditional holiday food items including: a turkey, corn, green beans, instant potatoes, sweet potatoes, turkey stuffing, turkey gravy, rolls, cranberry sauce, applesauce, crackers, cranberry juice, grape juice, chocolate-covered strawberries and a frozen pie.
“Citizens Bank has once again embraced the spirit of giving back during the holiday season,” said Karen S. Seggi, executive director of Second Harvest. “Because of their generosity, hundreds of families will be able to sit down for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. We are so grateful for their continued support.”
Food truck distributions will take place Friday, Nov. 18t, through Monday, Nov. 21, at various locations in Oil City, Meadville and Erie. Citizens Bank colleagues will volunteer at three sites to distribute the Thanksgiving dinner boxes to individuals and families in need who have a food voucher. Pre-registered individuals will be receiving the dinner boxes at the following sites and times:
Friday, Nov. 18 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Citizen Bank, 24 State St., Oil City, Pa
Saturday, Nov. 19 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Giant Eagle Parking Lot, 18511 Smock Highway, Meadville, Pa
Monday, Nov. 21 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. St. John’s Lutheran Church, Erie – 2216 Peach Street – Use the
2nd Street parking lot (north side of the building)
About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest financial institutions, with $147 billion in assets as of September 30, 2016. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, Citizens offers a broad range of retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions. In Consumer Banking, Citizens helps its retail customers “bank better” with mobile and online banking, a 24/7 customer contact center and the convenience of approximately 3,200 ATMs and approximately 1,200 Citizens Bank branches in 11 states in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Citizens also provides wealth management, mortgage lending, auto lending, student lending and commercial banking services in select markets nationwide. In Commercial Banking, Citizens offers corporate, institutional and not-for-profit clients a full range of wholesale banking products and services including lending and deposits, capital markets, treasury services, foreign exchange and interest hedging, leasing and asset finance, specialty finance and trade finance.
Citizens operates through its subsidiaries Citizens Bank, N.A., and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania as Citizens Bank, Citizens Commercial Banking and Citizens One. Additional information about Citizens and its full line of products and services can be found at www.citizensbank.com.
