In the Community

On Saturday, June 10, several members of the South Shore Bank team laced up their sneakers to walk to support South Shore Health's cancer care that takes place right on the South Shore. By the end of the weekend, over $200,00 were raised, and every dollar raised during this walk funds their cancer services including prevention, screening, and education efforts. 

South Shore Bank hosted a booth at the event where walk participants spun the wheel to win some South Shore Bank swag. There was an impressive turnout of participants, and everyone who approached the booth was happy to walk away with some new swag! 

The weather held out long enough, so we were able to participate in the 1.5-mile walk with the sun shining. The energy of the walk was amazing, and it was a great end to the morning. Thank you to all who participated as we joined together in a sea of blue shirts to support this great cause. 

Neighborworks Housing Solutions is an organization committed to finding and maintaining safe, affordable, high-quality housing and growing financial skills and resources for individuals who need it. They promote safe and affordable homes by developing housing, and by providing housing resources and education.

The organization is hosting their annual Mulligan Golf Tournament on June 9, which is raising money for a fund supporting veterans and their families who are living in their housing, or who receive supportive services from them.

The South Shore Bank Team volunteered on Wednesday, May 31 by putting together prizes and swag bags for the tournament. It was a successful morning, with around 200 bags assembled, and other gifts and tournament games put together. We look forward to continuing to support and volunteer with NeighborWorks Housing Solutions!

During Patriot Week, members of the South Shore Bank team volunteered in support of Massachusetts Fallen Heroes in Seaport, building a sea of flags in honor of each of our Fallen Heroes. These flags remain standing through the Rededication Ceremony, held on Memorial Day Weekend, where Gold Star Family members, elected officials, distinguished guests, and the public gather in Boston’s Seaport District to reveal updated glass panels with the names of the most recent Fallen Heroes. 

Massachusetts Fallen Heroes is a group of Combat Veterans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan committed to memorializing their fellow service members who did not return home to their families. They have raised funds, created a first-of-its-kind memorial, developed the Veteran’s Edge program to assist Veterans, and created a network of support and programs for our families of Fallen Heroes, coined their “Gold Star Families.”

We are appreciative of the opportunity to help honor those who have served our nation and are looking forward to staying committed to volunteering at this event in the future.

With 1 in 9 residents struggling to afford food, the Weymouth Food Pantry receives about 1,000 visits per month. To help as many residents as possible, the Weymouth Food Pantry distributes more than 500,000 pounds of food per year to those in need.

The importance of volunteering and donating is evident in the amount of food that leaves this facility yearly. Due to this need, South Shore Bank has volunteers go to the food pantry every Tuesday to help.

The Weymouth Food Pantry is always in need of volunteers and donations, if you are interested in supporting their efforts, visit their website: weymouthfoodpantry.org.

South Shore Bank has attended the “Credit for Life Fair” at several local high schools, such as: Braintree, Quincy, Cohasset, Brockton, Marshfield, BC High, and Hingham. At these fairs students learn the real-life budgeting and money management skills they will use throughout their lifetime.

Each student selects a career choice, which includes their financial profile. Their financial profile lists income and expenses, like loans and credit card balances. During the fair, students live “a-day-in-the-life” where they are called upon to make financial decisions.

South Shore Bank employees had the opportunity to discuss financial situations and helped balance their budget sheet at the credit and lending booth.  We love the opportunity to help students learn financial literacy and budgeting skills!

On a typical week at The Angelo School in Brockton, Mass., Kaitlyn Mazzilli, a dance movement therapist and volunteer music teacher, walks into a kindergarten classroom singing and banging a large drum. The students in the classroom aren’t surprised or skeptical, but react with excitement. Throughout Mazzilli’s lesson, with surprising consistency for a kindergarten class, they sit rapt with attention. And by the time she leaves, one 45-minute period later, they’re usually asking her to stay to do another song.

“I have to tear myself away because I’d love to stay longer,” Mazzilli says. “But of course we have to move on to the next classroom.”

The instruction the kids get in that brief period once a week is not just a source of joy for those students. Within the field of education, it’s increasingly understood that integrating the arts into core curriculum subjects, such as literacy and math, improves students’ ability to grasp these areas of study. But asking teachers to take on this additional, interdisciplinary skill all on their own can be a major challenge.

That’s where Mazzilli comes in. She’s an instructor for ImagineARTS, a program by the South Shore Conservatory that supports literacy in schools across the city of Brockton through arts integration. The lessons provided by Mazzilli, and other instructors in the program, help students grow as learners, help teachers in providing lessons day-to-day, and even help the families of those students to bring more music into their lives. Read more here.