Woburn, Massachusetts, June 5, 2023 – Northern Bank employees recently helped a displaced family move into permanent housing through nonprofit Heading Home’s “Up & Out” program.

Employee volunteers moved the family of three into its new home in Dorchester, Massachusetts and outfitted it with a variety of household essentials donated by their bank colleagues.

The benefiting family – a single mom with two kids ages 13 and 11– was ecstatic when the home was revealed to them on Thursday, June 1, 2023.

Fourteen Northern Bank employees supported the effort, including: Joanne Fishlin, Brian Knibbs, Sean Mahoney, Teresa Evangelista, Shabeli Polanco, Brandon Belanger, Drew Finn, Charles Robinson, Ryan Millerick, Kate Budukiewicz, Meg DiMascio, Jon Josselyn, Rosanna Rodriguez and Yomaira Rosario.

For over 60 years, community giving has been part of Northern Bank. Today, working through the bank’s charitable foundation, it focuses specifically on providing food, shelter and housing to local families.

A non-profit organization, Heading Home's mission is to end homelessness in Greater Boston by providing a supported pathway to self-sufficiency that begins with a home, together with critical services such as life skills, financial literacy, and job training.

About Heading Home

Heading Home is one of Boston’s leading providers of emergency shelter, transitional and permanent housing for extremely low-income families and individuals experiencing homelessness. Heading Home is committed to a housing-plus-services approach, setting clients on a pathway to self-sufficiency. A young mother leads 90% of Heading Home’s single-parent families, and 83% of clients identify as non-white and/or Hispanic/Latinx. For more information, visit: www.headinghomeinc.org.

About Northern Bank

Northern Bank is a full-service bank dedicated to providing practical, common sense financial solutions to help our customers’ lives and businesses grow. From deposit products to loans to payment and collections services, we work hands on with our entrepreneurial customers, both locally and across the country, to provide the financial support they need to realize their personal and business goals. Founded in 1960, Northern Bank has 13 locations serving communities throughout Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Northern Bank is a Member of the FDIC, and an Equal Housing Lender.