The Communicators Club of Worcester presented a $1,000 Elaine Cencak Memorial Scholarship to Isabella Sansone, a Nichols College student who will be a senior in the fall. She is majoring in business administration with concentrations in marketing and psychology.
Shrewsbury-based Central One Federal Credit Union is donating a $750,000 naming sponsorship gift toward the Shrewsbury High School synthetic turf field project. It is the largest gift in the school’s history. The improved field will benefit local youth sports programs.
Electric provider Unitil awarded six $5,000 scholarships to New England students in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM), for their first year of college. This year’s recipients included Laura Jenny of Lunenburg, a Leominister High School student who will study biological sciences at Harvard University in Cambridge; and Bradford Remse of Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School, who is headed off to study computer science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.
Members of the REALTOR Association of Central Massachusetts in Auburn held a shoe drive for the month of May, in collaboration with the Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Worcester, which runs a shelter in the city for those that don’t qualify for state funding. Nearly new footwear was dropped off at participating realty offices around the region.
Hudson-based Avidia Bank donated $1,000 to the Court Appointed Special Advocates Project of Worcester County (CASA).
