September 12, 2011

Photo Finish from the Sept. 12, 2011 issue

Stop & Shop and Sprite donated $5,000 to the Worcester County Food Bank and $5,000 to Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester. Pictured from left to right, front row, are: Jean McMurray, executive director, Worcester County Food Bank; Jim D'Isidoro, Coca-Cola Refreshments; Harriett Lebow, executive director, Habitat for Humanity; Dave Kennedy, store manager, Stop & Shop in Westborough. Back row, Tim Kinney, store manager, Stop & Shop Worcester; Chrisy Jones, development director, Habitat for Humanity; Mike Bussell, store manager, Stop & Shop Shrewsbury; Ken Burroughs, district director, Stop & Shop; Brandon Dellay, store manager, Stop & Shop Westborough; Darryl Patterson, customer service manager, Stop & Shop Shrewsbury.

Framingham Co-operative Bank donated $10,000 to support the out-of-school programs offered by the Framingham-based Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest. Pictured, from left to right, are: Mark Haranas, CEO and president, Framingham Co-operative Bank; and Robert Lamprey, chairman of the bank's charitable foundation, at the Framingham clubhouse.

Webster First Federal Credit Union employees raised $4,391.79 for the American Heart Association's Heart Start! Walk Fundraiser. The money will help support research and education about heart disease. Pictured: Participating Webster First employees.

Athol/Orange Rotary Club donated $25,000 to Athol Memorial Hospital. Pictured, from left to right, are: Brian Hunton, president of the Athol/Orange Rotary Club; Steve Penka, Athol Memorial Hospital CEO; and Bill Howland, rotary member.

Westborough-based accounting firm CCR participated in its 4th Annual Community Day of Caring, which included service work in North Grafton. At Community Harvest Project, CCR employees worked in the fields, planting and weeding. Harvested vegetables go to local food banks.