2026 Signature Sponsor: Brattleboro Savings & Loan
September 10, 2026
Event sponsorship is a valuable partnership Winston Prouty builds with local businesses. Starting this year, we are sharing in-depth, featured content to uplift our Signature and Legacy Level Sponsors. Our hope is that each featured article will contain a kernel of insight that appeals to you, our community, and give our sponsors a platform to share about their business and why they choose to support the Winston Prouty Center.
We are grateful to Brattleboro Savings & Loan, a 2026 Signature Sponsor, for their generous support of our mission to promote the success of children and families.
More Than Just a Bank
Banks are essential to our community because they offer financial services to individuals and businesses. For over 100 years, Brattleboro Savings & Loan has strived to be more than this. “[BS&L] was founded on the premise that a bank’s job is to serve its community,” says Carmen Derby, BS&L Benefit Director & Board Chair.
Beyond the role of offering financial services, BS&L sees their role as a driver and servant of local prosperity.
BS&L is a mutual savings bank, which means they are owned by their depositors, and that has made all the difference in their focus on creating growth and prosperity in our community. In fact, mutuals were the earliest forms of banks in the US, beginning in the early 1800s, and were started explicitly to provide benefit to a group of people – the local community. “Like any true community bank, we are a reflection of the people and values we serve,” says Melanie Condon, VP of Operations.
One way they demonstrate their commitment to community is through volunteering and sponsorships. BS&L encourages everyone at the bank to volunteer in ways that feel authentic and meaningful to them. We have an incredibly rich and diverse community of organizations striving to make life better for us, and the bank supports those goals because they’re a shared vision.
This is why BS&L chooses to sponsor the Winston Prouty Center, year after year. They’ve been a generous sponsor of WPC events since 2015. This year, they are one of the Center’s most generous supporters as a Signature Sponsor, supporting all 5 major community events throughout the year. BS&L has made a major impact on the Winston Prouty Center’s mission to support local children and families. In addition to WPC, they sponsored 69 local organizations in 2025.
An uncommon approach to banking, BS&L is also a Certified B Corporation™. B Corp™ status is a rigorous verification of a commitment to doing business in a way that is ethical and generative. BS&L is just one of sixteen certified B Corp banks in the United States. By broadening their context of responsibility, BS&L has created deeper and more meaningful impact for their clients, employees, communities and the environment. To earn this B Corp certification required a rigorous, yearlong evaluation to ensure that they met the highest of ethical practices in five primary areas:
- Workers
- Customers
- Environment
- Governance
- Community
According to Robert Sims, President and CEO, you can help contribute to local prosperity too. “The single best thing that we individuals can do to grow the resilience and vibrancy of our local economy is to bank locally. The money that you keep with us stays in this community; buying houses for neighbors, helping pay for college, building a sense of home and community.”
Find out more about Brattleboro Savings & Loan at brattbank.com
