Giving Back
The Boston Business Journal recently named PeoplesBank a top charitable contributor and number 2 in the category of ‘Companies with the Highest Volunteer Hours.’ The bank has contributed approximately $700,000 to charitable and civic causes and employees donated 6,700 volunteer hours over the past year. Here, James Morton, left, president and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Springfield, and Douglas Bowen, president and CEO of PeoplesBank, discuss the bank’s recent support of Camp Weber and Camp Fun City.
Victory Celebration
Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno (second from left) was re-elected to a second term on Nov. 3. Seen with him on election night is the marketing team that coordinated his campaign: from left, Janet Casey, president of West Springfield-based Marketing Doctor; David Horgan, president of Horgan Associates; and Ed Brown, a videographer with New York Sound and Motion.
Human Center
The Center for Human Development staged its annual meeting on Nov. 10 at the MassMutual Center. Attendees heard updates on CHD programs, watched the presentation of several awards, and heard addresses from Health New England CEO Peter Straley and Republican gubernatorial candidate Charles Baker, former CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, on the subject of national health care reform. At left, Straley (left) chats with Hank Drapalski, CHD’s vice president of Development. Above, the Rick Moriarty Volunteer of the Year Award is presented to Gene Sullivan, right, a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) volunteer. With him is Keith Hedlund (left), director of the CASA program, and Alex Medina, Sullivan’s CASA child.
Having a Ball
More than 400 people gathered at the Sheraton in downtown Springfield on Nov. 14 for the annual Brights Night Ball, staged to support the Bright Nights holiday lighting display in Forest Park and other events staged by the Spirit of Springfield. The ball featured a social hour, several speeches by area elected officials, dinner, dancing, and an auction with prizes ranging from commercial time on local TV stations to a guitar signed by Bruce Springsteen and members of the E Street Band. Clockwise from left, Judy Matt, president of the Spirit of Springfield, with David Cuoco, left, and Joseph Tobin, longtime Springfield Parks Department employees who have led work to install the Bright Nights displays for 15 years; Roger Crandall, COO of MassMutual and chairman of the Bright Nights Ball, addresses the crowd; from the PeoplesBank table are, from left, President Doug Bowen, his wife, Anna, Susan Wilson, vice president of Marketing and Communications for the bank, and her husband, Craig; Health New England President Peter Straley with his wife, Donna Ross, an executive with Baystate Health; and Mark Tolosky, president and CEO of Baystate Health.
