BANGOR — The 2016 Bangor Savings Bank Peanut Butter and Jelly Drive recently piled up a record-setting 12,645 jars of PB & J for food pantries throughout Maine.

Peanut butter and jelly donations were collected during the month of March at all 56 Bangor Savings Bank branches and exceeded the 2015 donation total by nearly 2,500 jars. Bangor Savings contributed an additional two jars of peanut butter for every "selfless selfie" taken by a contributor to mark their donation on social media.

The annual Peanut Butter and Jelly Drive started as a way to provide hunger prevention programs in Maine with a high-protein food item that is often in short supply and high demand.

"The generosity of our customers, local businesses, and Bangor Savings Bank employees made this year's Peanut Butter and Jelly Drive the best yet," said Bangor Savings Bank President and CEO Bob Montgomery-Rice in a news release. "Their unselfish act of giving a simple food item will have a great impact on Mainers throughout the state."

Media partners for the 2016 Peanut Butter and Jelly Drive were WLBZ-2, WCSH-6, and Maine Internet Radio, LLC.

About Bangor Savings Bank: Bangor Savings Bank, with more than $3 billion in assets, offers retail banking and investment management services to Maine consumers as well as comprehensive commercial, corporate, payroll administration, merchant services, insurance, and small business banking services to Maine businesses and organizations. The Bank, founded in 1852, is in its 163rd year of service to the people of Maine, with 56 branches and on the Web at www.bangor.com. The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation was created in 1997. Together the Bank and its Foundation invest more than $1 million per year into the community in the form of nonprofit sponsorships, grants and partnership initiatives.