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2018 Award
as Small
Community
Lender of the Attorneys Keith Coughlin, Steven Haas, and Cathy Burns Quencer
Year, an award from Schwerzmann and Wise, P.C. presented a framed historic
Watertown map to Watertown Savings Bank in recognition of the bank’s 125 th
Savings Bank Anniversary. Shwerzmann and Wise has been the bank’s counsel Northern New York Community Foundation Philanthropy Council
has won in 2002, and a trusted partner for many years.
2003. 2004,
2006, 2007 and
2017. WSB Supported Scholarships
For many years, Watertown Savings Bank
The U.S. Small Business Administration has has partnered with the Northern New York
recognized WSB as “Small Community Lender of Community Foundation to provide scholarships
the Year” for the organization’s Syracuse District. for local high school students. WSB established
The Bank has received the honor numerous times the Watertown High School Cup, an annual
as a top commercial lender. scholarship awarded to graduates of Watertown

“We understand our local economy, and the diverse High School, along with a scholarship in the
needs of the business community,” Mr. Lavarnway name of late WSB president Ralph Brouty,
said. awarded each year to a student enrolling in First Ralph Brouty Scholarship Award recipients in 2013
Jefferson Community College.
Watertown Savings Bank officials are proud of
The bank also provides support for other
how the bank has kept up with the ever changing scholarships administered by the foundation,
banking technology. The bank offers all the latest including the Rotary Purple Heart Scholarship,
services, including internet banking, mobile the Garrett W. Loomis Memorial Scholarship,
deposit and online bill pay, to meet the changing and the Jefferson Leadership Institute
needs of its customers. Scholarship. WSB is also a major sponsor of the
But while many banks are downsizing staff as a NNYCF’s Youth Philanthropy Council. Finally,
result of new technology, WSB has continued to the bank awards separate scholarships to one
expand its workforce and make customer service a male and one female graduating senior from
top priority. South Jefferson Central School each year.
Watertown High School Cup recipients

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