TD Banknorth Donates $79,000 to Maine Charities

PORTLAND, Maine - TD Banknorth, through the TD Banknorth Charitable Foundation, recently donated $79,000 to several charitable organizations in Maine. The funding will help strengthen Maine communities through support of health services, human services, youth development and elder services initiatives.

TD Banknorth awarded grants to the following organizations, among others:

• Jobs for Maine’s Graduates (JMG)
• March of Dimes
• Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland
• Compass Project
• Maine Oral Health Solutions
• Bicycle Coalition of Maine

Since 2002, the TD Banknorth Charitable Foundation has made more than $22 million in grants focused on economic empowerment, youth development and community support. For more information about TD Banknorth’s community support, visit www.TDBanknorth.com.

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.

TD Banknorth Inc. is a leading banking and financial services company headquartered in Portland, Maine, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of TD Bank Financial Group headquartered in Toronto, Canada. TD Banknorth is one of the 25 largest commercial banking organizations in the United States, with over $58 billion in assets. TD Banknorth's banking subsidiaries include TD Banknorth, N.A., which operates banking divisions in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont, and TD Bank USA, N.A. TD Banknorth and TD Banknorth, N.A. also operate subsidiaries and divisions in insurance, wealth management, merchant services, mortgage banking, government banking, private label credit cards, insurance premium financing and other financial services and offers investment products in association with PrimeVest Financial Services, Inc. For more information, visit www.TDBanknorth.com.

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