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26 Worcester Business Journal • February 15, 2016 www.wbjournal.com PHOTO FINISH ERA Key Realty Services in Auburn donated $1,000 to The Marfan Foundation, which supports research into a life-threatening genetic disorder that affects connective tissues. Price Chopper, with stores in Central Mass., has raised more than $153,000 from its month-long pin-up campaign and the sale of more than 8,500 plush primates for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. North Brookfield Savings Bank donated $2,500 to Quinsigamond Community College's Regional Investment in Science and Education (RISE) Program, for the expansion of educational facilities at the Southbridge site. OF NOTE Would you like to see your face on the PhotoFinish page? Please send submissions to editorial@wbjournal.com. EQUIPPING FIRST RESPONDERS Fitchburg-based Rollstone Bank & Trust donated $5,000 to Harvard Fire Department for the purchase of a new truck with an aerial lift. Pictured (from left) are Harvard Fire Chief Rick Sicard and Laura Pearsall, branch manager, Rollstone Bank & Trust in Harvard. BANK FOR BOOKS North Brookfield Savings Bank donated $500 to The Literacy Project to provide adult education in Franklin, Hampshire and Worcester counties. Pictured (from left) are Lori Sinclair, student; Lina Mendez, education and career advisor, The Literacy Project; Evelyn Lucier, student; Patty Ostrout, senior vice president of retail banking, North Brookfield Savings Bank; Edgardo Amoros, student; Carl Coniglio, Margaret Anderson, Judith Roberts and Robert Ferullo of the Literacy Project; and Arthur Powell IV, student. SKILLS FOR LIFE Webster Five donated $3,000 to Life-Skills Inc. of Webster, which serves adults with disabilities. Pictured (from left) are Donald Doyle, executive vice president, Webster Five; Dan Drake (front), attendee at Life-Skills Inc.; Robert Miller, chairman of Life-Skills Board of Directors; Tom Amick, CEO, Life-Skills; Richard Leahy, bank president and CEO; Sam Bitar, executive director, Webster Five Foundation; and Eileen Harris, a Life-Skills speech-language pathologist. CARDIAC CARE Employees at UMass Memorial Medical Center dressed in red and formed a heart in honor of American Heart Month, which highlights heart disease awareness. WISHES OF HOPE Hudson-based Avidia Bank donated $1,000 to Birthday Wishes Inc., a Newton group that helps fund children's birthday celebrations in homeless shelters. Pictured (from left) are Mark R. O'Connell, president and CEO, Avidia Bank; Tammy Reagan and Lisa Vasiloff, of Birthday Wishes Inc.; and David Morticelli, market manager of the Marlborough Avidia Bank.