Amherst, Northampton shelters open for season
November 2, 2019 Daily Hampshire Gazette By Scott Merzhach, Staff Writer Despite losing its staff during the summer, and questions about whether it would be ready to welcome guests Nov. 1, the [...]
Amherst, Northampton Shelters Open for Season
Amherst, Northampton shelters open for season By SCOTT MERZBACH Staff Writer Published: 11/1/2019 3:08:20 PM Modified: 11/1/2019 3:08:04 PM Despite losing its staff during the summer, and [...]
Warming Shelter Opens in Greenfield
by: Katrina Kincade Posted: Nov 1, 2019 / 08:16 PM EDT / Updated: Nov 1, 2019 / 08:16 PM EDT GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – It’s getting colder outside, which can lead to problems for the homeless [...]
Healthcare Heroes 2019 Event
Healthcare Heroes 2019 Event Scenes from the October 17 Event Nearly 300 people turned out at the Sheraton in Springfield on Oct. 17 to honor the third class of Healthcare Heroes, a recognition [...]
Agencies to open 20-capacity warming center Nov. 1
BY ANITA FRITZ THE RECORDER OCTOBER 24TH, 2019 GREENFIELD — Winter is approaching much more quickly than many would like, but as it nears, ServiceNet and the Salvation Army are gearing up to [...]
Legislators, Providers Tackle Homelessness
BY ANITA FRITZ THE RECORDER OCTOBER 21, 2019 GREENFIELD – When Michael Deuso found himself homeless, he turned to The Living Room on High Street, run by Clinical & Support Options Inc. and [...]
Lending a helping paintbrush: Home Depot volunteers paint Wells Street homeless shelter
By Zack DeLuca Staff Writer, The Recorder October 7th, 2019 GREENFIELD — Tables and chairs were stacked on top of each other and the smell of paint wafted through the halls as a local team of [...]
Prospect Meadow Farm offers opportunities for farmhands with disabilities
BY DAVID MCLELLAN THE RECORDER SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 Justin Cabral, 28, of Greenfield, remembers opening his first paycheck five years ago. “I was like a kid under the Christmas tree on Christmas [...]
She’s Forging Pathways to Help People Overcome OCD and Hoarding Disorder
BY JOSEPH BEDNAR BUSINESS WEST SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2019 To illustrate one of the many ways obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, can manifest itself, Tara Ferrante said everyone has stood at a rail [...]
Healthcare Heroes Are Everywhere
There’s no set timeframe to be a hero. It’s more about taking advantage of opportunities that emerge. And that can happen quickly, or over a lifetime. One of the goals of the Healthcare Heroes [...]
