BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Merchants Bank
proudly presented the 9th Annual Festival of Fools
celebration in Burlington, VT.,
from July 29th through
July 31st. Merchants
Bank's President and CEO, Geoffrey
Hesslink, along with Burlington Mayor Miro
Weinberger started off the weekend celebration on Friday,
leading the parade down Church Street.
Burlington City Arts hosted the fun-filled weekend long event.
BCA's mission is to make the arts accessible in Burlington and the Festival of Fools echoes
that mission by offering many free performances in the downtown
area over the weekend. The artists are astonishing international
street performers who provided entertainment for all ages.
Doreen Kraft, BCA's Executive
Director noted, "This year's Festival of Fools was as near to
perfect as a Festival can get. Great weather, huge crowds, and 75
different world-class performers putting on amazing shows that
totaled 28 hours of free entertainment over the three days.
"What made it really special was the generous support of
Merchants Bank. The resources Merchants Bank gave to the Festival
in time and people helped the Festival achieve the potential we
knew it had for all these years. When Merchants Bank puts its
support behind a community event, it creates a ripple out effect
that draws in more support from across the community. We are
forever grateful for the partnership and are already looking
forward to next year!"
Merchants Bank had over fifty employees in attendance at the
Festival of Fools celebration throughout the weekend. The
weekend concluded with Merchants Bank making a $5,000 donation to the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf.
Anita Bourgeois, Senior Vice
President at Merchants Bank stated "Merchants Bank and our
employees were ecstatic to be the presenting sponsor of the
Festival of Fools in Burlington.
The arts are critical to our community and with over 50,000
individuals in attendance the Festival rallied our community
together in fun and energetic way. We were overjoyed to complete
our weekend by making a $5,000
donation to the Chittenden
Emergency Food Shelf."
About Merchants Bank:
A Vermont-chartered commercial
bank established in 1849, Merchants Bank is the largest
Vermont-based bank. The bank's
business, municipal, consumer, and investment customers enjoy
personalized relationships, sophisticated online and mobile banking
options, with 31 branches in Vermont and 1 location in Massachusetts, operating as NUVO, A division
of Merchants Bank. American Banker ranks Merchants Bank a "Top 200"
in America among 851 peers. For more information, go to
www.mbvt.com. Where do you want to grow? (Member FDIC, Equal
Housing Lender, NASDAQ "MBVT")
Contact: Anita
Bourgeois
Merchants Bank, 275 Kennedy Drive, S. Burlington, VT 05403
802-865-1641, abourgeois@mbvt.com
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