HOMES FOR ALL
SpencerBANK donated $1,000 to StandUp For Kids, a group looking to end youth homelessness. Pictured, left to right, are: Jerry Shpack, vice president, SpencerBANK; Donna Katsoudas, volunteer executive director, StandUp For Kids; and K. Michael Robbins, bank president and CEO
CLASS ACTS
Southbridge Savings Bank donated $2,500 to the Dudley-Charlton Education Foundation. Pictured, left to right, are: Karen Spiewak, board member, Dudley
Charlton Education Foundation; Karen Guy Dyer, corresponding secretary of the foundation; Joshua Evans, foundation board member; Sabrina Webb, Charlton branch manager, Southbridge Savings Bank; and John Grondalski, foundation president.
STAPLE SUPPORT
Doctors Express in Natick donated $500 to A Place to Turn, a Natick food pantry. Pictured, left to right, are: Christine Madore, director of occupational health and business development, Doctors Express; Joanne Berry, A Place to Turn; Josh Ostroff, chair, Natick Board of Selectmen; and Bing Yeo, center administrator, Doctors Express.
MONEY FOR MEALS
Professional Business Builders, Worcester’s BNI chapter, made a donation to John Street Baptist Soup Kitchen in Worcester. Pictured, left to right, are: Marjorie Wilson, president, John Street Baptist Soup Kitchen; and Luelle Wells, the kitchen’s missionary president. Back row, left: Joanne Ethier, president, and Dave Dorren, vice president, Professional Business Builders; Lynnel Reed, treasurer and secretary of the soup kitchen; and Nettie DeJarnette, the soup kitchen’s vice president.
HOUSEWARMING GIFT
Saint Gobain, with operations in Worcester and Northborough, contributed $12,000 to Habitat for Humanity’s Plantation Street homes in Worcester. Pictured, left to right, are: Bradley Johnson, vice president, Saint-Gobain Abrasives North America and Bonded Abrasives Worldwide; Tim Firment, executive director, Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester; Lauren Petit, communications and community relations, Saint-Gobain; and Lauren Grimanis, Habitat’s deputy director of development.
OF NOTE:
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals in Marlborough donated lab equipment to Massachusetts General Hospital’s integrative research center for neurodegenerative diseases.
- Harrington HealthCare System‘s cardiac rehabilitation department in Southbridge donated a defibrillator to Southbridge Indoor Cycling.
- Webster-based Long Subaru donated $3,675 to Webster-Dudley Food Share, with customer contributions from a fundraising event.
