BWR receives donation

SPECIAL TO THE VINDICATOR Home Savings Charitable Foundation recently donated $15,000 to Ballet Western Reserve, a pre-professional and recreational dance studio that offers classical ballet, modern and other styles of dance instruction. The donation will enable BWR to implement a new broad-based marketing plan that includes website construction and enhanced social media presence on multiple platforms. BWR will perform “The Wizard of Oz” Nov. 18 and 19 in Powers Auditorium in Youngstown. For information on the studio, call 330-744-1934 or visit www.balletwesternreserve.org. Sabrina Shapiro, executive director of BWR, helps hold an oversize check with Frank Heirro, Home Savings Mahoning Valley Regional president. With them are dancers Ava Shapiro, left, and Alexandra Popovich.