Available services for those in need
DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE JUNE 14TH, 2021 In his June 9 message, guest columnist Jalil Johnson offered several excellent examples of the services available in Northampton to address the needs of [...]
ServiceNet buys Holyoke building for administration, day program
BY JIM KINNEY THE REPUBLICAN JUNE 14TH, 2021 HOLYOKE — ServiceNet has bought an office building at 1236 Main St. where it had been renting space for several years. The 24,720-square-foot office [...]
Opioid Task Force, providers focus on plight of homelessness
BY ANITA FRITZTHE GREENFIELD RECORDER FRIDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 2021 As the weekend approached with the prediction of low single-digit temperatures into Sunday, the Opioid Task Force of Franklin [...]
A donation from Coca-Cola and a new shelter: What Northampton is doing to help the houseless amid the COVID pandemic
BY JACKSON COTE MASSLIVE JANUARY 5TH, 2021 During a public hearing about law enforcement in Northampton last month, residents voiced a slew of overlapping concerns about houseless residents in [...]
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 [...]
