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42 Worcester Business Journal • August 29, 2016 www.wbjournal.com PHOTO FINISH The New England Center for Children in Southborough, providing education and research for children with autism, announced a Microsoft donation of $3.4 million in software and services. Hudson-based Avidia Bank donated $2,500 to the Addictions Referral Center in Marlborough, for volunteer training and a hotline. The Realtor Association of Central Massachusetts, based in Auburn, donated $1,000 each to the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester and The Bridge of Central Massachusetts. OF NOTE Would you like to see your face on the PhotoFinish page? Please send submissions to editorial@wbjournal.com. PROMISE OF PROGRESS SpencerBANK donated $5,000 as part of a three-year, $15,000 pledge to the Worcester State Foundation, to help students at Worcester State University with financial barriers. Pictured (from left) are Randal D. Webber of SpencerBANK, a board member of Worcester State Foundation; K. Michael Robbins, president and CEO of SpencerBANK; Barry M. Maloney, president of Worcester State University; and the university's Thomas M. McNamara. MENTAL HEALTH GRANT MetroWest Health Foundation gave The Bridge of Central Massachusetts in Worcester a $56,000 grant to for school training on mental-health conditions in young people. Pictured (from left) are Courtney Balacco, Westborough High School; Sharon Buckley, Marlborough High School; Deb Guterman and Tom Mead, Algonquin Regional High School; Barent Walsh and Jen Eaton of The Bridge of Central Massachusetts; Brian Callaghan, Westborough High; Ken Bates and Steve Murphy of The Bridge; Lisa Connery, Algonquin High; and Ali McCarthy, Westborough High. SHADY INVOLVEMENT Leominster Credit Union, as part of the Greening the Gateway Cities Program, planted nine trees and committed to their care. The program involves several state agencies. Pictured (front row, from left) are Cameron Cardwell, Mike Crowley and Anthony Cunha, of the state Department of Recreation; (back row, from left) Mychelle Phillips of Leominster Credit Union; Larissa Parse of the DCR; and Roland Paquette, Barbara Mahoney and Kathy Hurley of the credit union. SOLID SUPPORT Fitchburg-based Rollstone Bank & Trust donated $10,000 to The Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg and Leominster. Pictured (back row, left) are Donata Martin, executive director of The Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg and Leominster; and (back row, center) Linda Racine, executive vice president, Rollstone Bank & Trust.