manager Ben Peter.
First County Bank teamed up with Connoisseur Media Connecticut”™s WEBE108 radio station before the holidays for their third annual Warmth Drive. Donation boxes were set up in all the bank branches for two weeks before WEBE108”™s live broadcast Thursday Dec. 16, with its street teams onsite at the bank branches in Stamford, Norwalk and Fairfield. A huge success, the drive produced hundreds of winter coats, hats, scarves and gloves, for men, women and children ”“ benefitting the Bridgeport Rescue Mission.
“As a local bank it”™s not just about being in your neighborhood, but about supporting your neighbor and with our annual warmth drive the community came together once again for just that,” said Robert Granata, chairman and CEO of First County Bank.
“One of the most important things we can do as a local radio station is to help people in our community when they need it the most,” said Connoisseur Media”™s Vice President of Programming Keith Dakin,
Connoisseur Media Connecticut believes in the power of radio”™s unique ability to fulfill the
timeless need for human touch and local awareness that connects people to people.
First County Bank, which has been headquartered in Stamford for 170 years, is an independent mutual community bank with 16 branches, more than 220 employees, and assets in excess of $1.9 billion.
