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HISTORY ALIVE Southbridge Credit Union recently donated $1,000 to Old Sturbridge Village. The donation is part of the credit union's annual recognition of four local nonprofits. Pictured, from left to right, are: Paul D. Raffa, business development manager for Southbridge CU, Thomas J. Smalarz, president and CEO of Southbridge CU, James Donahue, executive director of OSV and Aaron McGarry, director of development at OSV.
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HISTORY ALIVE Southbridge Credit Union recently donated $1,000 to Old Sturbridge Village. The donation is part of the credit union's annual recognition of four local nonprofits. Pictured, from left to right, are: Paul D. Raffa, business development manager for Southbridge CU, Thomas J. Smalarz, president and CEO of Southbridge CU, James Donahue, executive director of OSV and Aaron McGarry, director of development at OSV.

Research For Hope The Tara Bean Foundation awarded $125,000 to the UMass Memorial Foundation to fund brain tumor research. Pictured, from left to right, are: Margery L. Piercey of the Tara Bean Foundation, Dr. Oguz Cataltepe of UMass, whose research will benefit from the funding, and Karen L. Bean of the Tara Bean Foundation. The foundation was named for Karen's daughter Tara, who died in 2000 at the age of 9 from complications related to a brain tumor.

Fore! EMC Corp. of Hopkinton was the title sponsor the 22nd Annual School/Business Partnership Golf Tournament organized by the Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce. The tournament supports education within the region through scholastic awards and donations to local schools. Pictured, from left to right, are: Ben Colonero, executive director, The Willows of Westborough & chairman of golf tournament; Lisa Ferdenzi, EMC's director of global facilities planning and North American real estate; Corridor Nine Chairman Dave Bagdon of Community Advocate; Karen Chapman and Barbara Clifford of Corridor Nine and Dan Fitzgerald, EMC's vice president global facilities and real estate.

Jump Start Career Planning Over 95 high school students from 67 schools participated in the START youth leadership conference held at Nichols College in Dudley on June 8 and 9. The program is designed to promote leadership, goal setting, and identity building among Massachusetts' adolescents. Speakers included state Rep. Karen Polito, Lisa Wong, mayor of Fitchburg and Worcester District Attorney Joe Early Jr.

Education Investment The Southbridge Savings Bank recently awarded the Tantasqua Education Foundation a three-year, $5,000 grant. The community-based foundation assists students and teachers in the five towns of Brimfield, Brookfield, Holland, Sturbridge and Wales. Members of the TED board of directors accepted the donation. Pictured, from left to right, are: Brian Galonek of Allstar Incentive in Sturbridge; Tantasqua Regional School Superintendent Daniel G. Durgin; Jeff Tasse of Tasse Fuel of Southbridge; Phil Pettinelli, president and CEO of Southbridge Savings and Kate Alexander, Southbridge Savings Bank.

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Of note…

The Franklin Red Brick School Association was granted $1,000 by the Benjamin Franklin Bank Charitable Foundation at the school’s 175th anniversary celebration on May 29.

The Rollstone Bank & Trust recently awarded Robert A. Alario of Luneburg with a $1,500 scholarship to attend Boston College in the fall.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. recently awarded five Massachusetts cities and towns with grants totaling $40,000 to encourage corporate investment.

        

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