KITCHEN WINNERS
Isador’s Organics in Oxford raised $670 for its Hand Fruit Program – bringing fresh fruits to area schools – with its annual Chili Cookoff. Pictured, left to right, are: Debra Horan, Webster-Dudley Business Alliance president; Debra Rousseau, WDBA treasurer; Justin Szostakowski, owner, Isador’s Organics; State Sen. Richard T. Moore; Shereen Fahey, Webster branch manager, Commerce Bank; and Donald Bourque, WDBA director. Commerce sponsored the event; the WDBA co-hosted.
HEALTHY CONTRIBUTION
Commerce Bank in Webster donated $10,000 to Harrington HealthCare’s Webster emergency department rebuilding. Pictured, from left to right, are: Sean Mitchell, development director, Harrington HealthCare; Shereen Fahey, Webster branch manager, Commerce Bank; Edward H. Moore, president and CEO, Harrington HealthCare; Pamela Zouranjian Connor, site administrator, Harrington; and Brian W. Thompson, president and CEO of Commerce.
STOCKING SHELVES
Fitchburg-based Rollstone Bank & Trust donated $2,475 to three area food pantries. Pictured, from left to right, (front row) are: Jim Adams, vice president, Rollstone Bank & Trust; Ginny White of Ginny’s Helping Hands; Joana dos Santos, executive director, Cleghorn Neighborhood Center; Kristina Wilson, director, Townsend Ecumenical Society; Heather Sarasin, bank branch manager. Back row: the bank’s Nicole Kalloch, Nick Caravella, Robert Courtemanche and Heather Finnerty.
TEAM VICTORY
Worcester-based Bay State Savings Bank’s $5,000 Dig For Cash event benefited Straight Ahead Ministries in Worcester, which helps youth leaving the justice system get on track. Pictured, former New England Patriots offensive tackle Matt Light (fifth from left) joins other supporters at the Wachusett Mountain event.
Of Note
MassBiologics of UMass Medical School donated more than one million tetanus and diphtheria vaccine shots to Project HOPE, bound for people in the Dominican Republic, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
The MotivAct Group of Holden will sponsor the 3rd Annual Angiosarcoma Awareness 5K Race and Walk in Oxford May 4.
Framingham-based MutualOne Bank awarded a $5,000 grant to the MetroWest Meds program of the Natick Visiting Nurse Association.
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