Established in 1992, the South Shore Savings Bank Citizenship Award is a $500 cash award. Award recipients are chosen primarily because they:

• have made each of their schools a better place because they were part of it;

• have demonstrated a commitment and concern for the community;

• have displayed personal qualities of sincerity, responsibility and conscientiousness; and

• are residents of Braintree, East Bridgewater, Hanover, Norwell, Pembroke, Quincy, Stoughton or Weymouth.

The winners of the 2010 South Shore Savings Bank Citizenship Award and their schools are:

Keegan Allahyarian of Norwell, Norwell High School; Richard Ash of Quincy, Quincy High School; Julianne Atwater of Weymouth, South Shore Christian Academy; Raymond Burke of Braintree, Braintree High School; Kayla Feeney of East Bridgewater, East Bridgewater High School; Lindsey Gallagher of Stoughton, Stoughton High School; Daniel Gessner of Weymouth, Weymouth High School; Laura Hartshorn of Weymouth, Weymouth Evening High School; Theresa Pallotta of Hanover, Hanover High School; Michael Salvucci of Braintree, Weymouth Evening High School; and Erin Scroggins of Pembroke, Pembroke High School.

"South Shore Savings Bank is pleased to present our Citizenship Award to these outstanding members of the Class of 2010," said John C. Boucher, President and Chief Executive Officer of South Shore Savings Bank. "Throughout their high school years they have proved themselves to be active and involved citizens of their schools and communities, and we are proud to recognize their achievements."

Originally chartered in 1833, South Shore Savings Bank is a full-service community bank with assets of approximately $950 million and 14 branches. All deposits are insured in full. The FDIC insures all deposits up to $250,000 per depositor and up to $250,000 per depositor for Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs); all deposits above this amount are insured by the Depositors Insurance Fund (DIF).