LEWISTON – In continuing the MainStreet Foundation’s mission, Androscoggin Bank’s Sabattus Street branch sponsored the “Hillview Hardcash” program.

The branch invited students from the Hillview Resource Program to visit and learn about the financial industry.

As part of their program, the girls had to deliver a two-minute speech about Hillview’s banking program and how it has helped them learn about the financial industry and saving money. At the end of the presentation, the girls were presented a certificate of completion and gifts from the bank.

Hillview Resource Center’s Youth Enrichment Opportunity Program is dedicated to the promotion of the arts for youth ages 5 to 18 who live in the Lewiston Housing Authority’s public housing buildings, with the intent of building self-esteem through learning, performing and exhibiting.

The program includes music lessons, arts and crafts classes, Girl Scouts, a computer lab, Lots to Gardens, homework help with Bates College students and the Aspirations Club.