WALTHAM, Mass.—The RTN Federal Credit Union Employees Community Outreach Committee sponsored and served dinner to close to 55 men and women at the Bristol Lodge Soup Kitchen in Waltham. The Lodge is one of the non-profit organizations and charities in local communities that the Committee supports annually through personal donations and contributions of their free time.
“We look forward to sponsoring dinner at Bristol Lodge a couple of times of year because we know the need that exists in our own backyard,” said RTN Assistant Regional Branch Manager Robin Hartnett and committee chair. “It is a privilege to serve the people and experience the appreciation they have for such a simple act of kindness.”
Bristol Lodge is a program of the Middlesex Human Services Agency, a long-time RTN employer group. The soup kitchen, located at Immanuel United Methodist Church on Moody Street, serves daily hot meals for local residents in need.
Separately, the Community Day Center in Waltham received a donation of winter clothing from RTN Federal Credit. The Iota-Theta Chapter of Sigma Pi Fraternity at Bentley University collected several bags of hats, sweaters, shirts, pants, and socks as one of its community projects and as a collaborative effort with RTN. Simon Levenson, a junior at Bentley who is currently a Business Development Intern at RTN and serves as Sergeant at Arms of the Fraternity, helped organized the clothing drive. “It’s great to be able to give back to a great cause in the local community through a combination of my student involvement with my Fraternity Brothers and RTN, the internship workplace that I love,” says Levenson. “It’s truly exciting to see the good that can be accomplished in such a short period of time. Our Fraternity is always looking for philanthropy and community service opportunities, so hopefully we can help out again.”
The Community Day Center in Waltham, which provides day services for the homeless and people in need in Waltham, is an RTN Select Employee Group (SEG).
Below, from left, RTN Business Development Officer Patty Orsogna, Community Day Center Executive Director Carolyn Monalto, and RTN Intern and Bentley University Student Simon Levenson.