WALTHAM, Mass.—The RTN GoodWorks Foundation presented a $2,100 check to ABCD’s (Action for Boston Community Development, Inc.) Winter Emergency Campaign and Fuel Assistance Program. The funds will help heat three households in Dorchester and Brookline. Donations throughout the year continue to assist families seeking assistance with heating and fuel expenses incurred during the winter season.
“Having a warm home is a basic necessity of life,” comments Peter Cole, Board Member of RTN Federal Credit Union (RTNFCU), Board Chair of RTN GoodWorks Foundation, and Quality Review Specialist, Quality & Patient Safety at Lawrence General Hospital. “We are delighted to support ABCD in its important mission of ensuring thousands of families in need of fuel assistance don’t go without.”
The check presentation at ABCD headquarters in Boston was attended by Joan Kuhn, Board Member, RTNFCU, and RTN GoodWorks Foundation Board Member; Nicole James, Senior Vice President, RTNFCU, and Treasurer, RTN GoodWorks Foundation; and Sarita Ledani, Assistant Vice President of Business Development, RTNFCU, and Executive Director, RTN GoodWorks Foundation.
The Foundation’s activities and community giving are focused in communities where RTN Credit Union branches are located, including Dorchester and Brookline, with fuel assistance an area of interest.