Bristol County Savings Bank, through its foundation, recently committed a $250,000 grant to Sturdy Health, a community-based not-for-profit health system serving the greater Attleboro region. The donation is supporting the construction of Sturdy’s new Cancer and Specialty Care Medical Office Building and the development of a new Hospital Emergency Department with an embedded Behavioral Health Unit.
Since the Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation was formed in 1996, more than $33.6 million has been committed to hundreds of different non-profits in the communities the bank serves. In 2024, the foundation awarded a record $2.9 million to various 501(c)(3) organizations.
“The projects that Sturdy has initiated are essential to meeting the growing healthcare needs of one of the regions the Bank serves, greater Attleboro,” said John Silva, president and CEO at Bristol County Savings Bank. “The completion of these initiatives will help elevate and expand the care delivered in the area and ensure that people in the community have timely access to the highest quality of healthcare.”
Silva added that Patrick Murray, chair on the banks’ board of directors, and Jeff Bradley, senior vice president/community relations at the bank, are members of the Sturdy Memorial Foundation and Dennis Leahy, first executive vice president and COO of the bank, is on the board of directors for Sturdy Memorial Hospital.
In 2022, Sturdy Health began a comprehensive strategic planning process—assessing health needs; reviewing patient access, quality and experience; and analyzing financials, staffing and the healthcare needs of the community. As a result, Sturdy identified these two crucial capital initiatives for a total cost of $160 million. The projects address the needs that emerged from the strategic plan —prioritizing patient access to care and improving clinical outcomes and the patient experience.
