June 22, 2015

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The MetroWest Chamber of Commerce awarded $13,000 in scholarships to 13 high school seniors. Pictured from left: Robert Oliver III; Danya Gaudet; Cameron Wilson; My-Linh DeBonis; Kendra Melanson; Bonnie Biocchi, chamber president and CEO; Tristen Perez; Lemonia Mironidis, assistant vice president, Bay State Savings Bank; Chris Kostiw, chair, educational foundation scholarship committee; Jenna Kennally; Kelley Rivers and Jailene Alonzo.

Fitchburg-based Rollstone Bank & Trust committed $5,000 to the Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust for its Muddy Pond Conservation project. The project consists of 70 acres in Westminster. Pictured from left: Linda Racine, executive vice president, Rollstone Bank & Trust; and Leigh Youngblood, executive director, Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust.

The Worcester Regional Association of Realtors (WRAR) awarded grants to nonprofits Horizons for Homeless Children of Worcester; Project Just Because of Hopkinton; and Veterans Inc. of Worcester. Pictured from left: Diane DeCiccio, Mass. Association of Realtors' Charitable Foundation; Kris Koliss, WRAR Community Action Committee chair; Lisa Quintiliani-Bousbouras of Veterans Inc.; and Brad Roberts, president, WRAR.

Bay State Savings Bank, based in Worcester, awarded six scholarships to Worcester students. Pictured from left: Diane Giampa, human resources and marketing, Bay State Savings Bank; Styven Colon, Worcester Technical High School; Favio Velasquez, North High School; Alexandrea Davis, University Park Campus; Rebecca Gow, Doherty High School; and Peter Alden, bank president.