February 16, 2009

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State Rep. Vincent Pedone, D-Worcester, recently visited Plumley Village Health Services in Worcester and read to a group of young children as a way of emphasizing the importance of parents reading out loud to their children. Plumley Village Health Services is an active participant in Reach Out and Read, a national literacy program aimed at children that are at risk of entering school unprepared to learn. Pictured is Pedone with a group of children at the Worcester health center.

KidSplash, a recent fundraiser held at the CoCo Key Water Resort in Fitchburg, raised more than $13,000 for Diversified Home Services in Leominster. The funds will benefit the nonprofit agency's Healthy Families Program, which assists more than 200 families each year and aims to provide aid and services to young parents. Pictured are some of the more than 550 attendees at the fundraising event.

Rollstone Bank & Trust of Fitchburg recently donated $1,500 to the Department of Children and Families (DCF), specifically its Children and Family Fund. The donation will help the DCF purchase clothing, toys, books, and other items for the children in its care. Pictured, from left to right, are: Amy Banville, teller at Rollstone Bank & Trust; Jennifer Greene, area program manager of DCF; and Diane Charest, assistant vice president and branch manager of Rollstone Bank & Trust's Townsend office.

Worcester resident Jeffrey DeCell recently won a voucher good for a free course at Anna Maria College in Paxton thanks to a radio contest sponsored by WXLO of Worcester. DeCell's name was randomly selected from the pool of applicants. Spencer resident, Lisa Graves, was the second place finisher and received a new laptop computer courtesy of WXLO. Pictured, from left to right, are: Jeffrey DeCell and Stephen Neun, academic dean at Anna Maria College.

At a recent series of youth basketball games, The Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest in Marlborough recognized Marlborough Savings Bank for its $10,000 sponsorship of the clubs' 2008-2009 Youth Basketball League. Pictured with a group of players, from left to right, are: Jim Hickey, vice president of business development at Marlborough Savings Bank; Dawn Melanson, senior vice president of operations at Marlborough Savings Bank; Ellen Dorian, senior vice president of marketing and human resources at Marlborough Savings Bank; and Fran Hurley, president of the Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest.