For Immediate Release (January 27, 2017)

ULSTER SAVINGS BANK

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release (January 27, 2017):

Contact: Patrick Hickey

Marketing Coordinator

Ulster Savings Bank

180 Schwenk Drive, Kingston, NY 12401

(866) 440-0391, ext. 3237

www.ulstersavings.com

Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation Applications
Now Available For 2017 Scholarship Program

(Kingston, NY) The Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation would like to announce to local students that applications for their 2017 Scholarship are now available via download from their website – www.ulstersavings.com.

The Scholarship Awards Program is available to residents of Ulster, Dutchess or Orange counties who are attending or will be attending an accredited college located in one of these counties as an undergraduate student. Fifteen (15) scholarships of $2,000 will be awarded for the 2017-2018 academic year. (Twelve (12) general scholarships will be awarded and three (3) scholarships for those pursuing business/finance careers.) Completed Scholarship applications and transcripts must be submitted by March 31, 2017.

The Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation was formed in 2003 to assist the local community in areas of housing, education, and human services.

For more information about the Foundation’s Scholarship Program, please contact Bernadette Feltz at or call her at (866) 440-0391, ext. 3284.

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Headquartered in Kingston, New York, Ulster Savings Bank is a mutual Savings Bank with assets of $796 million. Ulster Savings Bank has 14 branches located in Kingston, Lake Katrine, Gardiner, New Paltz, Newburgh, Phoenicia, Poughkeepsie, Red Hook, Saugerties, Stone Ridge, Wappingers Falls and Woodstock. Additional mortgage lending offices are located in Orange, Dutchess and Westchester counties, as well as Riverhead, Long Island.