May 25, 2015
Photo Finish - May 25, 2015
Hudson-based Avidia Bank donated $10,000 to Shrewsbury Public Library. Pictured from left: Gargi Dutta Roy, Shrewsbury assistant branch manager, Avidia; Ellen Dolan, executive director, Shrewsbury Public Library; and Mark R. O'Connell, bank president and CEO.
Webster Five donated $1,000 to VNA Care Network & Hospice for a fall prevention program for seniors. Pictured, from left: Richard Leahy, CEO and president, Webster Five; Mary Ann O'Connor, executive director, VNA Care Network & Hospice; and Sam Bitar, business analyst, Webster Five. The VNA has locations throughout Central Massachusetts.
Worcester-based Bay State Savings Bank donated $16,000 to nine local nonprofits, including a $1,000 contribution to YOU Inc/YouthConnect Summer. Pictured, from left: Peter Alden, bank president and CEO; Tony Poti, executive director, YouthConnect Summer; and Diane Giampa of the bank's human resources and marketing department.
United Bank, with branches in Central Massachusetts, donated $10,000 to the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester to support the Isaiah Thomas, Patriot Printer educational program for Worcester fifth graders. Pictured, from left: Jane Loranger and Tom McGregor of United Bank; and Ellen Dunlap and James Moran of the antiquarian society.
Lamoureux Ford of East Brookfield donated $4,000 to the Exchange Club of Spencer's Spring Golf Tournament, for community programs. Pictured, from left: Derek M. Bachand, online sales manager, Lamoureux Ford; Marc Lamoureux, vice president, Lamoureux Ford; and James Sandagato and Kevin Grace, Spencer Exchange Club.
Unitil, an energy firm serving Fitchburg, Ashby, Lunenburg and Townsend, has designed an electricity-based science program for fifth graders preparing for MCAS. Pictured, from left: Fitchburg Memorial Middle School students Ashley Echevarria and Anmerai Nolasco with Unitil consultant Neil Clark.
Patrick Subaru of Shrewsbury donated $18,239 to the Buddy Dog Humane Society in Sudbury. Pictured, from left: Jason Patrick, general manager, Patrick Subaru; Erin Stelmach of Buddy Dog; James Patrick, owner, Patrick Subaru; and Joe Altavilla, district sales manager, Subaru of New England.
Bay State Savings Bank employees, Worcester Sharks players and Habitat for Humanity teamed up to build a SpongeBob SquarePants-themed playhouse for children of military members returning from deployment. Pictured from left: David Peréz, Lemonia Mironidis, Karen Mulcahy, Diane Giampa and Nate Pratt of Bay State Savings Bank.
SpencerBANK employees raised $315 for The Jimmy Fund and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, with each donating $5 to wear Red Sox apparel to work. Pictured from left: Employees Cheryl Orne, Lucille Newton, Alison Welman, Nancy Wilbur, Kyle Bourque, Wendy Coran, Lynne Esposito, Deborah Decoste and Susan LaCroix.
OF NOTE
- Country Bank, with branches in Central Massachusetts, ran a supply drive for military troops overseas, collecting such items as toothpaste, snack foods and sunglasses.
- Clark University group Clarkies Against Cancer raised $16,000 with its Relay for Life event on campus.
- MutualOne Bank of Framingham donated $5,000 to St. Bridget School in Framingham so it could upgrade its technology infrastructure.
- Leominster Credit Union donated $500 to Leominster Youth Soccer to assist with rebuilding the Samoset Soccer Field concession booth after it had been vandalized.
- MutualOne Bank also donated $250 for supplies for Natick Green-Up Week and $500 for the Creature Teacher exhibit at Natick Earth Day Festival, both Lake Cochituate Watershed Council initiatives.
- Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School’s FIRST Robotics team, the AZTECHS, has been awarded a $5,000 grant by Staples Inc. of Framingham.
- Commerce Bank was the corporate sponsor for the Worcester Public Schools' Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony on May 1 at Wachusett Country Club in West Boylston.
- Westborough-based PENTA Communications Inc. donated $1,000 to benefit Westborough Veterans during this Military Appreciation Month. The funds will go toward a planned expansion of VFW Post 9013.
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