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26 Worcester Business Journal • February 1, 2016 www.wbjournal.com PHOTO FINISH Resiliency for Life, a dropout prevention program at Framingham High School, received a $10,000 grant from MutualOne Bank. Worcester-based Saint-Gobain hosted a night of public skating at Worcester Common Oval Jan. 8, with members of the U.S. Luge Team on hand for a demonstration. Massachusetts Bankers Association gave $5,000 to Children's Friend Inc., of Worcester, a private, not-for-profit agency that has been serving children and families since 1849. OF NOTE Would you like to see your face on the PhotoFinish page? Please send submissions to editorial@wbjournal.com. COURSE OF ACTION Leominster Credit Union donated $2,000 to Community Harvest Project, based in North Grafton. The money was raised by a Bankers Bank golf tournament. Pictured (from left) are John O'Brien, president and CEO, Leominster Credit Union; Jodi Koeman, executive director, Community Harvest; and Gary Abrams, executive vice president of LCU. REC RESOURCE Marlborough Savings Bank donated $25,000 for projects at the YMCA of Central MA Boroughs Family Branch in Westborough. Pictured (upper row, from left) are Jack Bergan, treasurer, YMCA Board of Directors; Lori Bastien, association vice president; Ellen Dorian, secretary of the bank's charitable foundation; Kathryn Hunter, president and CEO of the YMCA; and members. IN THE MARKET TO HELP Commerce Bank donated $104,003 to the United Way of Central Massachusetts, from a corporate fundraising campaign. Pictured (from left) are President and CEO Brian Thompson, Peter Rawinski and Michael Roy of Commerce Bank; Doreen Thornburg of United Way of Central Mass.; the bank's Mark Georgeson, Michelle Glass, Steve DeMartino and James Landry; and Timothy Garvin, president and CEO, United Way HELPING THROUGH HEALTHY EATING Framingham-based MutualOne Bank donated $5,000 to the Natick Service Council's Healthy Eating, Chronic Disease Management and Food Rescue program. Pictured (from left) are Marie Harrington, manager of the Natick office, MutualOne Bank; Greg Tutuny, executive director, Natick Service Council; Michael Carey, the bank's learning and development coordinator; and Lauren Mann, the council's director of development and outreach. RETURN LAP Rob Roemer of Rob's Automotive in Dudley teamed up with the Central MA Wanderers Car Club for a Poker Run fundraiser. They raised $5,000 for the UMass Memorial NICU, where Roemer's now 7-year-old son spent time after being born premature. Pictured (from left) are Jake Roemer; Rob Roemer; Dr. Alan Picarillo; and Michelle Roemer.