by Neil W. McCabe

Alderman-at-large William A. White Jr. (right) and the members of the band
Endway Feb. 7 presented a symbolic check  for $1,020, the proceeds from
The Somerville News benefit for the victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami, to Mother Celine Therese Vadukkoot, LSP, the mother superior for the order’s Jeanne Jugan Residence at 186 Highland Ave.

Endway was doing God’s work, said Mother Celine, whose order has 12 houses in Asia and is in the forefront of the effort to help the region struck by the killer wave.

White was the event chairman for the benefit, held at Union Square’s Toast Lounge, and Endway headlined a bill that included Mitten and the Brian Webb Band.