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22 Worcester Business Journal • April 25, 2016 www.wbjournal.com PHOTO FINISH National Grid and Ecotarium partnered with the city of Worcester for Earth Day Cleanups. Allegro Microsystems, E.L. Harvey & Sons and The Living Earth also supported the effort, along with many other businesses. North Brookfield Savings Bank donated $500 and reusable grocery tote bags to Angels & Backpacks, a Ware program dedicated to providing low- income children with food each weekend. Saint-Gobain Abrasives of Worcester donated supplies and labor to improve gymnasium and aerobics room floors at the YWCA of Central Massachusetts in Worcester. OF NOTE Would you like to see your face on the PhotoFinish page? Please send submissions to editorial@wbjournal.com. FINANCIAL FAIR More than 100 students attended the Clinton High School CU4 Reality Financial Fair sponsored by Leominster Credit Union. The fair prepares students for financial decisions they will need to make once out of school, after a yearlong curriculum that introduces them to responsible money management, creating a budget and making wise decisions regarding credit. FAMILY SUPPORT SpencerBANK donated $1,000 to Rainbow Child Development Center, which provides educational and therapeutic programs and services to Worcester children and their families. Pictured (from left) are Dianne Trachimowicz and Nancy Thibault of Rainbow CDC; K. Michael Robbins, president & CEO of SpencerBANK; and Joyce Rowell, Rainbow CDC executive director. STAPLES BOOST NONPROFIT Framingham office-supply retailer Staples donated $10,000 to Autism Resource Central of West Boylston, through a program that allows associates to choose a nonprofit to support. Pictured (from left) are Sue Loring, director, Autism Resource Central; and Patrick Davis, associate, Staples. SURF'S UP North Central Massachusetts Association of Realtors held a beach party complete with hula-hooping, volleyball and line dancing to benefit its scholarship fund, at Leominster Knights of Columbus. Comeketo Restaurant donated food for the event, and $4,000 was raised. MUSICAL TO THEIR EARS Hudson-based Avidia Bank donated $5,000 to Symphony Pro Musica of Hudson, to support the Annual Family Concert. Pictured (from left) are Mark R. O'Connell, president and CEO, Avidia Bank; Alison Doherty, general manager, Symphony Pro Musica; and Margery Goldstein, Ed Testa and Etta Davis of Symphony Pro Musica.