Bangor Savings collects 12,645 jars of PB&J for food pantries

BANGOR — The 2016 Bangor Savings Bank peanut butter and jelly drive recently piled up a record-setting 12,645 jars of the sandwich contents for food pantries throughout Maine.

Peanut butter and jelly donations were collected during March at all 56 Bangor Savings Bank branches, including in Dexter, Dover-Foxcroft and Greenville, and exceeded the 2015 donation total by nearly 2,500 jars. Bangor Savings contributed an additional two jars of peanut butter for every “selfless selfie” taken by a contributor to mark their donation on social media.

The drive started as a way to provide hunger prevention programs in Maine with a high-protein food item that is often in short supply and high demand.

“The generosity of our customers, local businesses and Bangor Savings Bank employees made this year’s peanut butter and jelly drive the best yet,” said Bangor Savings Bank President and CEO Bob Montgomery-Rice. “Their unselfish act of giving a simple food item will have a great impact on Mainers throughout the state.”