President Bush (left) presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to civil rights pioneer Benjamin Hooks during a ceremony held Monday in the East Room of the White House. (AP photo/Ron Edmonds)
Local artist Paul Goodnight (left) was recently selected by the charitable foundation of tennis legend Andre Agassi (right) to create an original masterpiece for the 12th Annual Grand Slam for Children event, held last month. Goodnight’s painting, “What the Heart Hears,” depicts the story of a father and a child and was sold at the event’s live auction for $70,000. (Photo courtesy of Paul Goodnight)
(From left): Kelley Chunn of Kelley Chunn & Associates; Boston Women’s Fund (BWF) Executive Director Renae Gray; BWF Co-Founder Kip Tiernan; state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson; Emerald Necklace Conservancy President Julie Crockford; and Charlotte Golar Richie, senior advisor to Gov. Deval Patrick, celebrated the recent completion of the BWF’s 2000 Club, which raised $1 million for the organization through grassroots donations. An anonymous donor matched those contributions. BWF supports social justice initiatives for females. (Photo courtesy of the Boston Women’s Fund)
Ninth-graders Shaquana Mathis (white jacket) of Dorchester and Karie Everrett (tan jacket) of Roxbury demonstrate an experiment for guests at the grand opening of the new science lab at Fenway High School. Fenway recently opened an updated science laboratory thanks to resources provided by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s Research Technology Center (RTC), after RTC scientists and staff were asked to judge a 2004 science fair. (Photo courtesy of Boston Public Schools)
