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30 Worcester Business Journal • February 2, 2015 www.wbjournal.com PHOTO FINISH A Staples employee chose Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central MA/ MetroWest for a $5,000 grant, under a program that allows employees to direct donations. SpencerBANK donated $1,000 to NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Center of Central Mass. Webster Five Cents Savings Bank donated $5,000 to the Worcester County Horticultural Society's education program at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston. Oxford-based Hometown Bank donated $2,500 to seven area food pantries. OF NOTE Would you like to see your face on the PhotoFinish page? Please send submissions to editorial@wbjournal.com. LESSONS IN GIVING Southbridge Savings Bank donated $2,500 to Nativity School in Worcester. Pictured, from left to right, are: Bonnie Losavio, HR manager, Southbridge Savings Bank; Ben Gitkind, teacher, the Nativity School: Ron Cooper, chairman of the bank's charitable donations committee; and Alex Zequeira, school president. In front: students Andrew, Mateo and Rosend. STRENGTH IN NUMBERS United Lens, Southbridge Credit Union, Southbridge Savings Bank, Harrington HealthCare and Savers Bank donated $150,000 to Quinsigamond Community College. The money will fund improvements at the Southbridge campus. Pictured, front row from left to right, are: Victor Somma, Quinsigamond Community College; Tara L. King, United Lens; Kim Quinn, Southbridge Credit Union; Todd M. Tallman, Southbridge Savings Bank; Brian Chandley, SSB. Pictured, rear: Liz Borg, QCC; Gail E. Carberry, QCC; Ed Moore, Harrington HealthCare; Philip Pettinelli, South County RISE Campaign Committee; Joseph A. Coderre, Savers Bank; and Laurance S. Morrison, QCC Foundation. PITCHING IN Athol Savings Bank's eight locations were drop-off sites for Toys for Tots over the holidays. Pictured, clockwise from lower left, are Alyssa Stone, branch supervisor; Rebecca Currier, customer service representative; Shelley Rowe, community banking officer; and Tricia Walker, teller from the Barre branch. BANKING ON THE FUTURE Hudson-based Avidia Bank donated $9,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest. Pictured in rear, from left to right, are: Gary Violette, director, Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest; Lisette Arbelli, Hudson South branch manager, Avidia Bank; Francis Hurley, club president; Keith Dwinells, Main Street Hudson branch manager; and Mark O'Connell, president and CEO, Avidia; behind members of the club.