November 22, 2010

Photo Finish from the Nov. 22, 2010 issue

The land trust and conservation organization The Trustees of Reservations recently presented Fitchburg Mayor Lisa Wong and the Fitchburg Greenway Committee with its Conservationists of the Year Award. Wong and the committee have worked to protect the city's watershed and increase access to the Nashua River. Pictured from left to right: The Trustees of Reservations Chairman of the Board David Croll; Fitchburg Mayor Lisa Wong; Greenway Committee members Janet Morrison, Dan and Rossana Nigrosh and Marion Stoddart; Trustees President Andrew Kendall and Greenway Committee member Neal Anderson.

Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation has donated $10,000 to Framingham High School's Resiliency for Life program. The program offers social support services to at-risk students, seeking to prevent drop-outs and help students succeed academically. Pictured with Framingham High School seniors who are part of the program: Michael Bilinsky (back row, center left) and Rachel Stewart (far right), of Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation and Resiliency for Life Executive Director Michael Daly (back row, center right).

Bank of America recently donated $83,014 to the United Way of Central Massachusetts. Pictured, from left to right: Eve Gilmore with the Women's Initiative, Margaret Perrault with Bank of America; Peter Thomas, United Ways of New England; Edwin Shea, the bank's Worcester market president; Patsy Lewis, Women's Initiative Chairperson; Tim Garvin, United Way president and CEO and Alicia Lenahan, United Way.

Commerce Bank of Worcester donated $5,000 to Easter Seals, which runs Explorer Camp for children with autism and their siblings. Pictured, in back, from left to right: J.T. Kelly, vice president of commercial lending at Commerce; Patty Mahoney, the bank's senior vice president for cash management services; and Easter Seals Explorer Camp volunteers Michael Josephs of Leominster and Tyler O'Neill of Worcester.ˆ Front row, from left to right: Easter Seals Camp Manager Colleen Flanagan and Explorer campers Jose and David Rodriguez of Worcester.

Schartner Farm of Bolton recently hosted a fundraiser for the Oncology/Hematology Clinic at Marlborough Hospital, raising more than $3,000. The event included apple, pumpkin and raspberry picking and a three-and-a-half acre corn maze that spells out Schartner Farm. The farm held it in honor of Bob Schartner, who died of myelodysplastic syndrome in 2009. Pictured, from left to right: Marlborough Hospital Development Director Ellen Carlucci; hospital President and CEO John Polanowicz and Schartner Farms' Eric Schartner, Jack Schartner and Sandee Schartner (seated).