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| (l. - r.): Tara Williams, Vice President, Public Affairs, Mid-Atlantic Division, TD Banknorth; Bob Jones, Ph.D., president & CEO of Children's Aid and Family Services; and Melissa Blount, Vice President, Community Development for Mid-Atlantic Region, TD Banknorth. |
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(Paramus, NJ) July 23, 2007 - TD Banknorth, through its charitable giving arm the TD Banknorth Charitable Foundation, has bestowed a generous $5,000 grant to Children's Aid and Family Services to help provide funding for the medical and clinical needs of the foster children in the agency's care. These children usually come to the agency after having gone through multiple placements, and after having experienced severe neglect and trauma. Consequently, they often have serious gaps in their health needs, as well as untreated medical conditions.
At any given time, there are more than 100 children living in the agency's five group homes, two of which are in Paramus. The others are located in Bogota, Park Ridge and Ridgewood. With the assistance of organizations such as TD Banknorth, Children's Aid and Family Services is able to help these children heal from traumatic pasts and go on to lead productive lives. Without this support, these vital services wouldn't be possible.
"We're tremendously grateful for TD Banknorth's support," says Bob Jones, Ph.D., president & CEO of Children's Aid and Family Services. "This wonderful donation will help us to continue to provide medical intervention and a wealth of clinical support, under the direction of a professional treatment team, to the children in the agency's care."
TD Banknorth's Mid-Atlantic Division, headquartered in Mahwah, New Jersey, is part of TD Banknorth, N.A., the banking subsidiary of TD Banknorth, Inc., a $40 billion asset banking and financial services company headquartered in Portland, Maine. The organization is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TD Bank Financial Group of Toronto, Canada.
TD Banknorth's Mid-Atlantic Division provides a full line of retail, commercial and small business banking products and services, as well as insurance, wealth management, merchant services, mortgage banking, government banking, private label credit cards and insurance premium financing to businesses and individuals in New Jersey, the metropolitan New York area, and Pennsylvania.
As a corporate citizen of the community, TD Banknorth is committed to making a meaningful and positive contribution to individuals, families, businesses and communities. The organization reinforces its community commitment through local sponsorship support, grants through its charitable giving arm, the TD Banknorth Charitable Foundation, and through employee volunteer initiatives.
The TD Banknorth Charitable Foundation is the charitable giving arm of TD Banknorth Inc., a leading banking and financial services company headquartered in Portland, Maine. The Foundation's mission is to serve the individuals, families and businesses in all the communities where TD Banknorth operates, having made over $22 million in charitable donations since its inception in 2002. The efforts of the Foundation are coordinated locally through TD Banknorth's community development department and are focused on the areas of economic empowerment, youth development and community support. More information on the TD Banknorth Charitable Foundation including an online grant application is available at www.TDBanknorth.com.
Children's Aid and Family Services is one of the largest regional, nonprofit human services organizations serving northern New Jersey. The agency is fully accredited and has served our community for more than 100 years. Our mission is to preserve, protect and, when needed, provide families. Motivated by compassion for vulnerable children, young adults, frail elderly and their families, we provide high-quality and innovative services that meet their social, educational and emotional needs. For more information, call Lyn Rumage at 201.261.2800 or visit www.cafsnj.org.
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