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8 HEALTH • Winter 2016 { Pictures of Health } WORKPLACE HEROES Employees Mary Emery and Mark Rebello were honored by Worcester-based AdCare Hospital, with a Customer Service and Patient Care award, respectively. AdCare is an alcohol and drug treatment facility. Pictured, left to right, are: Patricia Puntumapanitch, dietary director, AdCare Hospital; Emery, dietary supervisor with the hospital; and Jeffrey Hillis, AdCare president. Rebello, an AdCare counselor (not shown) lives in Worcester. Emery is a resident of Southbridge. ON THE FRONT LINES The Bridge of Central Massachusetts received a $56,000 grant from MetroWest Health Foundation, to help mental health services in schools. Pictured, left to right, are: Courtney Balacco, Westborough High School; Sharon Buckley, Marlborough High School; Deb Guterman and Tom Mead of 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. People, places and happenings in Central Massachusetts 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 soware and services. Hudson-based Avidia Bank donated $2,500 to the Addictions Referral Center in Marlborough, for volunteer training and a hotline. TJX Cos. of Framingham donated $2,000 to Pernet Family Health Service Fathers' Fest in Worcester. THE POWER OF PREVENTION Fitchburg-based Workers Credit Union donated $1,000 to the Montachusett Suicide Prevention Task Force. Gardner-based Heywood Hospital, along with the state Department of Public Health Suicide Prevention Program, established the task force. Pictured, left to right, are: Monica Whitehouse of Workers Credit Union; and Barbara Nealon, Heywood Hospital. { Of Note } CUISINE FOR A CAUSE Southbridge-based Harrington HealthCare System raised over $200,000 for its new Webster dual-diagnosis inpatient unit with A Fare to Remember, an event featuring great cuisine, auctions and more. The new unit should open by January. Pictured, left to right, are: Terri Colognesi, executive vice president of retail and administration at Savers Bank and board member for Harrington HealthCare System, with her husband Michael Colognesi.