MIDDLEBURY — National Bank of Middlebury (NBM) is matching community donations to the Addison Home Fund, dollar for dollar, up to $5,000, through Friday, June 19, in support of a new, nonprofit residential care home that’s being installed in a former East Middlebury residence.

The Independent in January first reported on Addison County Home Health & Hospice’s (ACHHH) purchase of a 2,963-square-foot, five-bedroom home at 427 East Main St. in East Middlebury that’s being renovated into a level-three residential care home for up to eight medically frail adults.

ACHHH hired Salamander Construction to make an estimated $500,000 in improvements to the building in hopes of welcoming residents into the home this summer. Residents of the new facility will live in a home-like setting with 24-hour staffing, receiving nursing oversight, three nutritious meals each day and snacks, medication management, assistance with activities of daily living, laundry services and “opportunities for socialization and engagement.”

When residents need more support than living at home allows but do not require intensive nursing home care, local options are limited. This new ACHHH facility will allow community members to remain in Addison County, close to family, friends, and familiar surroundings.

NBM recently announced its plans to help ACHHH underwrite costs of the project.

“Addison County has needed something like this for a long time,” said National Bank of Middlebury President Caroline Carpenter. “Addison County Home Health and Hospice has been part of this community for decades, and this project is exactly the kind of thing neighbors do for neighbors. We’re glad to help it move forward.”

To donate, please click here: tinyurl.com/mppbyuee. To donate by check, make it payable to ACHHH and mail to P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753, with “Addison Home Fund–NBM” in the memo line.

John Flowers is at [email protected].