Provident Bank Vice President and Market Manager Michael Petrucci, left, presents South Orange Rescue Squad Capt. Dan Cohen with a grant in front of the squad’s new building on Sloan Street.
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Provident Bank Foundation recently awarded the South Orange Rescue Squad with a $2,500 community grant to support the construction of the new training room in their headquarters. The state-of-the-art facility features an ambulance bay for three ambulances and a first-responder vehicle, training and meeting rooms, a kitchen and bunk rooms.
“The Provident Bank Foundation understands that a vibrant community is the cornerstone of a high quality life,” foundation Executive Director Jane Kurek said in a press release. “It is because of this that the foundation invests in those institutions — such as South Orange Volunteer Rescue Squad — that contribute to a sense of community and offer a diversity of organizations that make people healthier, happier and safer.”
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