An Example to Us All
OPINION LETTER THE RECORDER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, 2020 Such good news… A donor’s gift has made the expansion of the Wells St. homeless shelter possible! The article in the Dec. 2 Recorder did [...]
Editorial: Monday Shorts: Mystery donor has soft spot for homeless
THE RECORDER SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, 2020 Here are some brief thoughts on recent happenings in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region. Cold weather tugs at the heart like no other time of [...]
Thanks to anonymous donor, Wells Street homeless shelter in Greenfield adding more beds for winter
BY ANNA FRITZ THE RECORDER WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 2020 GREENFIELD — As the weather worsens and temperatures drop each year, 20 people who are homeless are welcomed into ServiceNet’s Wells [...]
People of the Year
BY CHRIS GOUDREAU DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2ND, 2020 An anti-racist activist who has organized protests across the Pioneer Valley. A Northampton High School student who made 2,000 [...]
Annual Shelter Sunday drives different in pandemic
BY GRETA JOCHEM DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2020 NORTHAMPTON — There will be no collection sites around the city on Oct. 4 for Shelter Sunday, the annual fundraiser for [...]
Message to ServiceNet Staff – from President & CEO Sue Stubbs
Since late May, we have witnessed millions of people across the country marching in the streets and standing vigil to honor the life, and protest the brutal death, of George Floyd. And to [...]
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Hatfield’s Prospect Meadow Farm missing its helping hands
BY NOAH BAUSTIN THE RECORDER FRIDAY, MAY 15TH, 2020 Shawn Robinson remembers a ServiceNet client who wouldn’t leave the house for long periods of time. But then the agency brought in some farm [...]
A new routine: Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities find support remotely
BY CHRIS GOUDREAU DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE WEDNESDAY, MAY 13TH, 2020 Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Ilene Erskine, a 60-year-old Belchertown resident, had been attending BakuCare — an adult day [...]
Study: Homeless have few virus signs
By SCOTT MERZBACH THE DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE MONDAY, MAY 4TH, 2020 Recent testing for COVID-19 among homeless individuals staying at shelters in Northampton and Amherst, as well as staff and [...]
Testing indicates no Covid-19 spread at Northampton H.S. homeless shelter
BY NANCY ASIAMAH WWLP.COM THURSDAY, APRIL 30TH, 2020 NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Covid-19 testing for homeless individuals at Northampton High School revealed minimal to no spread of the virus [...]
