Westfield Bank funds Future Leaders with $2,500 Donation to YMCA of Greater Hartford’s Y-Bell Power

Westfield Bank funds Future Leaders with $2,500 Donation to YMCA of Greater Hartford’s Y-Bell Power Scholars Academy



Westfield, MA—Westfield Bank is pleased to announce a $2,500 donation to the YMCA of Greater Hartford in support of the Y-BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) Power Scholars Academy, a partnership between the Y and the national nonprofit BellXcel. This initiative empowers students from the Hartford region with academic enrichment, confidence-building experiences, and the readiness to excel in school and beyond.

The funds will help sustain high-quality summer programming that addresses learning loss and ensures underserved youth become Power Scholars, maintaining vital gains in literacy and mathematics while also engaging in hands-on activities like STEM, arts, music, and fitness.

“The West Hartford YMCA is thankful to receive a $2,500 grant from Westfield Bank. The grant will help support the Y’s BELL Power Scholars Academy, which focuses on eliminating the summer opportunity gap and accelerating students’ academic achievement,” said Donelle Daigle, Executive Director of the Wheeler Regional Family YMCA and West Hartford YMCA. “Thank you, Westfield Bank!”

“Westfield Bank’s involvement in our communities extends well beyond banking,” said James C. Hagan, President & CEO of Westfield Bank. “We believe in investing in young people who will shape the future. We’re proud to partner with the YMCA of Greater Hartford and support their efforts to develop tomorrow’s leaders today.”

To learn more about the YMCA of Greater Hartford and the Y-BELL Power Scholars Academy and how to get involved, visit ghymca.org/y-bell-power-scholars-academy

About Westfield Bank
Westfield Bank, headquartered in Westfield, Massachusetts, is a federally chartered savings bank organized in 1853 and is the largest publicly traded bank headquartered in Western Massachusetts. The Bank is a full-service community-oriented financial institution offering a complete range of commercial and retail products and services. Currently, the Bank has twenty-five branch offices, forty-nine ATMs, and an additional thirty seasonal ATMs and serves Hampden and Hampshire counties in Western Massachusetts and Hartford County in Northern Connecticut. The Bank’s middle market and commercial real estate lending team is based in Springfield, Massachusetts and West Hartford, Connecticut and has a general regulatory limit on loans to one borrower of $41.2 million. As of September 30, 2025, the Bank employed 340 full- and part-time employees, had $2.7 billion in total assets, $2.1 billion in its loan portfolio, and $2.3 billion in total deposits. The Bank is regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. As a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Bank’s deposits are insured up to the maximum FDIC insurance coverage limits. To learn more, visit the bank’s website at www.westfieldbank.com

Photo: Pictured from left to right: Matt Cuddy, Vice President/Regional Manager, Westfield Bank; Patrice Taffe, Retail Banking Officer/Branch Manager, Westfield Bank; and Donelle Daigle, Executive Director of the Wheeler Regional Family YMCA and West Hartford YMCA.