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8 HEALTH • June 15, 2015 {Pictures of Health} Communicating care Charter Communications, with offices in Worcester and Southbridge, donated $9,823.90 to nonprofit childhood cancer organization Why Me of Worcester. Pictured from le: Laura St. John, customer care manager, Charter Communications; Lisa Lynch, Charter's senior director of customer care; David Hagan, executive director, Why Me; and Jeff Paquette, director at Charter. Soup with a purpose Zoup! in Natick donated $740 to the Natick Visiting Nurse Association, a nonprofit home health care agency. e restaurant held a fundraiser, at which it served 12 of its best soups. Pictured, from le, are: Lauren B. Schiffman, director of communications, Century Health Systems/Natick VNA; and Mark Fox, owner of Zoup! 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 le: Employees Cheryl Orne, Lucille Newton, Alison Welman, Nancy Wilbur, Kyle Bourque, Wendy Coran, Lynne Esposito, Deborah Decoste and Susan LaCroix. Senior safety support Webster Five donated $1,000 to VNA Care Network & Hospice, for a fall prevention program for seniors. Pictured, le to right, are: Richard Leahy, CEO and president, Webster Five; Mary Ann O'Connor, executive director, VNA Care Network & Hospice; and Sam Bitar, business analyst, Webster Five. e VNA has locations throughout Central Mass. People, places and happenings in Central Massachusetts {Of Note} • e Clark University group Clarkies Against Cancer raised $16,000 with its Relay for Life event on campus. e university is in Worcester. • Southbridge-based Harrington Healthcare System raised more than $11,000 for an inpatient psychiatric unit to be constructed at Harrington Healthcare at Webster. e money was raised with a 3.2-mile color run/walk with 250 people participating.

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