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www.wbjournal.com May 25, 2015 • Worcester Business Journal 35 Country Bank, with branches in Central Massachusetts, ran a supply drive for military troops overseas, collecting such items as toothpaste, snack foods and sunglasses. Clark University group Clarkies Against Cancer raised $16,000 with its Relay for Life event on campus. MutualOne Bank of Framingham donated $5,000 to St. Bridget School in Framingham so it could upgrade its technology infrastructure. Leominster Credit Union donated $500 to Leominster Youth Soccer to assist with rebuilding the Samoset Soccer Field concession booth after it had been vandalized. MutualOne Bank also donated $250 for supplies for Natick Green-Up Week and $500 for the Creature Teacher exhibit at Natick Earth Day Festival, both Lake Cochituate Watershed Council initiatives. Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School's FIRST Robotics team, the AZTECHS, has been awarded a $5,000 grant by Staples Inc. of Framingham. Commerce Bank was the corporate sponsor for the Worcester Public Schools' Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony on May 1 at Wachusett Country Club in West Boylston. Westborough-based PENTA Communications Inc. donated $1,000 to benefit Westborough Veterans during this Military Appreciation Month. The funds will go toward a planned expansion of VFW Post 9013. OF NOTE Would you like to see your face on the PhotoFinish page? Please send submissions to editorial@wbjournal.com. HOME RUN FOR CHARITY SpencerBANK employees raised $315 for the Jimmy Fund and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, with each donating $5 to wear Red Sox apparel to work. Pictured from left: Employees Cheryl Orne, Lucille Newton, Alison Welman, Nancy Wilbur, Kyle Bourque, Wendy Coran, Lynne Esposito, Deborah Decoste and Susan LaCroix. PLAY POWER Bay State Savings Bank employees, Worcester Sharks players and Habitat for Humanity teamed up to build a SpongeBob SquarePants-themed playhouse for children of military members returning from deployment. Pictured from left: David Peréz, Lemonia Mironidis, Karen Mulcahy, Diane Giampa and Nate Pratt of Bay State Savings Bank. BUDDYING UP Patrick Subaru of Shrewsbury donated $18,239 to the Buddy Dog Humane Society in Sudbury. Pictured, from left: Jason Patrick, general manager, Patrick Subaru; Erin Stelmach of Buddy Dog; James Patrick, owner, Patrick Subaru; and Joe Altavilla, district sales manager, Subaru of New England.