Bank Gives $10,000 Grant At Grand Reopening

Hempstead Town Clerk Mark Bonilla (right, front row) presents an official Certificate of Recognition on the momentous occasion of the grand reopening of the Sovereign Bank Garden City Community Banking Office located at 998 Franklin Avenue in Garden City. In celebration of its grand reopening program, Sovereign Bank presented a grant for $10,000 to the Nassau County Children's Museum in Garden City. Suzanne LeBlanc (3rd right, front row), the organization's Executive Director, who stated that the funding would be used to support the museum's "Juntos Al Kinder/Together to Kindergarten" program, accepted the grant. Also pictured are New York Market Community Banking President Michael Raimonde, Maude Vincent, Community Bank Manager Jennifer Anthony, Metro New York Vice-President*NJ Market CRA Officer Nia Rock, SVP Regional Executive Joseph Caglioti, Vice-Present and Area Manager Kenneth Krieger, New York State Assemblyman Tom McKevitt and Nassau County Comptroller Howard Weitzman.