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BAR HARBOR BANK & TRUST DONATES $10,334 THROUGH ‘COMMUNITY COMMITMENT’ PROGRAM IN 2015

January 14, 2016

Bar Harbor, Maine – Bar Harbor Bank & Trust in partnership with its employees and directors donated $10,334 through the Bank’s Community Commitment program during 2015. The non-profit organizations receiving these funds included: Friends of the Lubec Playground, Bar Harbor Food Pantry, Tree of Life Food Pantry, Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center, Dorcas Library, Winter Harbor Public Library, Bangor Area Homeless Shelter, Coastal Children’s Museum, Pope Memorial Humane Society, Somesville Library Association, Deer Isle Playground Committee, Healthy Acadia, Seeds of Independence, and the MDI Community Campfire Coalition.

Each week, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust directors and employees, in exchange for being able to dress casually on Fridays, voluntarily contribute to a charitable fund that disburses gifts monthly to local charitable organizations. This employee-driven donation program is called Community Commitment. The Bank matches the employee donations, doubling the amount given to the chosen organization. Each month the employees at a different bank location get to choose the recipient of these contributions.

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust is a true community bank with more than $1.5 billion in assets. Founded in 1887, the Bank offers a full range of financial services for individuals, businesses, and non-profit organizations throughout Maine with 15 branch locations, from Topsham to Lubec. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, Member FDIC, is a subsidiary of Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT:BHB) and was named one of the 2014 Best Places to Work in Maine and one of the 2015 Top 200 Publicly Traded Community Banks in the nation by American Banker magazine. For more information call 1-888-853-7100 or go to www.bhbt.com.