TD Banknorth Awards $25,000 in Scholarships to 10 Maine High School Seniors

Shining the Light for Maine Youth program

Ten Maine high school 2007graduates were awarded $2,500 each by TD Banknorth as part of the bank’s nationally recognized “TD Banknorth Promise” program created to help Maine youth.

Senior students receiving the $2,500 scholarships were: Hannah Breton of Greenville, Greenville High School; Caleb Byron of Benton, SDG Academy; Amber Duguay of Mexico, Mountain Valley High School; Danielle Fontaine of Bath, Morse High School; Justin Giroux of Fairfield, Lawrence High School; Leanne Hemingway of Ludlow, Hodgdon High School; Haili Muse of Norridgewock, Skowhegan High School; Christina Simonds of Springvale, Sanford High School; Rebekah Wakefield of Burlington, Mattanawcook High School, and Brooke Winchester of Calais, Calais High School.

The $25,000 annual scholarship program is aimed at rewarding Maine students for academic excellence and helping offset their higher education costs. Scholarship recipients also are offered an optional three-month paid internship position with TD Banknorth after their first year of post-secondary education. The scholarships are being administered by the MES Foundation.

The scholarship program is part of the TD Banknorth Promise: Shining the Light for Maine Youth program. The program, which has been recognized nationally by the America’s Promise Program as a significant “promise-maker,” helps provide Maine’s young people with access to the fundamental resources needed to lead healthy, happy lives.

As part of the TD Banknorth Promise: Shining the Light for Maine Youth program, TD Banknorth also partners with Junior Achievement in a school outreach program whereby bank employees volunteer in classrooms throughout the year to teach middle-school students about economic concepts. The company also supports the TD Banknorth Strike Out Cancer in Kids program, benefiting the Maine Children’s Cancer program; and the TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon Race, an annual 10K road race held in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The race draws internationally known competitors and benefits a different children’s charity each year.

In Maine, TD Banknorth operates more than 55 branches and more than 90 ATMs. It is the state’s largest bank and provides more than 207,000 Maine households with a full line of retail banking products and services including commercial and consumer products, trust and investment services, commercial and personal insurance and residential mortgages. The branches of TD Banknorth have served their customers and communities in Maine for more than 100 years and are recognized for a commitment to personalized service, long-term customer relationships, local decision-making, and community involvement. For more information visit www.TDBanknorth.com.

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