August 17, 2009

Photo Finish for the August 17, 2009 Issue

Photo/Courtesy Rollstone Bank & Trust of Fitchburg raised $2,500 for Diversified Home Services of Leominster to improve the hospice care for the patients and their families. The gift will be used to assist patients who cannot properly finance their own medical needs and provide families with emotional and social support. Pictured, from left to right, are: Linda Racine, executive vice president of Rollstone; Heidi Getek, development officer, Diversified Home Services; and Mellissa Kuehl, marketing manager, Rollstone.

Photo/Courtesy Commerce Bank branches in Worcester and Holden served as donation sites for the third annual â€œWorcester: The City that Readsâ€ book drive, which collected more than 20,000 books for low income students from pre-kindergarten to grade 8. Pictured, from left to right, are: Nikole Nolle, branch manager in Worcester; Anne-Marie and John Monfredo, co-chairs of the committee that organized the book drive.

Photo/Courtesy Tina Sbrega (right), president and CEO of GFA Federal Credit Union in Gardner, presents the credit union's pledge of $40,000 over four years to Gardner-based Heywood Hospital's president and CEO Dan Moen (left) for its Next Century Campaign. The donations to the campaign, which aims to raise $8 million, will be used to build the hospital's Watkins Acute Care & Emergency Center.

Photo/Courtesy The Grainger Foundation in Worcester donated $10,000 to the Worcester County Food Bank. The check was presented at the Food Bank's distribution center in Shrewsbury. Pictured, from left to right, are: Mark McMahon, district sales manager of Grainger; Hilary Wheeler, branch manager in Worcester; Jean McMurray, executive director of the Worcester County Food Bank; Steve Rodrigues, district branch services manager of Grainger; and Steve Porter, director of customer service of Grainger.

Photo/Courtesy S F Management LLC, which is a Dunkin Donuts franchisee, donated $5,280 to the Boys and Girls Club of MetroWest to send four kids from Framingham to summer camp for eight weeks. The check was presented by the Sardinha family, which owns S F Management LLC, at the Framingham Clubhouse, where the family had a chance to meet some of the kids who attend the club every day.