Monson Savings Bank President and CEO Dan Moriarty and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Michael Rouette, who also serves as the YMCA of Greater Springfield’s board chair and chief volunteer officer, recently met with the Scantic Valley YMCA Branch Executive Director Debbie Kelder and YMCA of Greater Springfield President and CEO Dexter Johnson to present them with a $1,000 donation.
Scantic Valley YMCA Branch received this donation after placing in the top 10 vote recipients for the Monson Savings Bank 2024 Community Giving Initiative. Community members voted for their favorite charitable organizations and chose the Scantic Valley YMCA to be a recipient of the donation.
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Goodless Electric Co. Inc., a family-owned company, marked its 80-year milestone by thanking employees for their hard work across western Massachusetts and northern Connecticut. The celebration kicked off on Sept. 12, with a company-wide party at Goodless Electric headquarters on Memorial Avenue in West Springfield.
The celebration included a vendor exhibition, employee gift bags, a taco truck, games, raffles and door prizes including restaurant gift cards and tickets to a Patriots game.
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The Children’s Trust announced that it awarded the Holyoke Healthy Families program the Community Award at its annual Celebration Day. The award is given annually to a program that conducts creative and consistent outreach to ensure that it is reaching its target population and community partners, and leverages resources to enhance services to families.
Holyoke Healthy Families is a home-based family support and coaching program that supports young, first-time parents and helps them create stable, nurturing environments for their children, reducing incidents of abuse and neglect. The program matches parents with trained professionals who visit families’ homes to provide support during pregnancy and the child’s first three years of life. Home visitors teach parents about proper baby care, promote nurturing and attachment, practice effective parenting skills, and ensure parents have a understanding of healthy child development. They also counsel parents on achieving personal goals such as going back to school or securing a job.
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WestMass ElderCare announces a new partnership with Delaney’s Market, which is providing meals for WMEC’s Senior Nutrition Program, which includes both their home-delivered meals and their Community Table sites.
Every day, WMEC’s Senior Nutrition Program serves an average of 1,200 meals to older adults and individuals with disabilities across their service area, which includes Holyoke, Chicopee, South Hadley, Granby, Ware and Ludlow. All meals provided through this partnership will continue to adhere to the nutrition and portion guidelines set forth by the Executive Office of Elder Affairs.
WMEC’s Community Table sites, located at Granby and South Hadley Senior Centers as well as housing locations in Chicopee, Holyoke, South Hadley and Ludlow, offer an environment where older adults and residents can enjoy a meal together, fostering social connections and community engagement.
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Little Caesars has opened a new restaurant at 626 North Main St. East Longmeadow. The restaurant will have a three-day grand opening celebration from Nov. 5 to Nov. 7, with a prize wheel for a chance to win free product coupons and Little Caesars merchandise as well as the chance to register to win a 50-inch flat-screen TV.
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Celebrating Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Richard E. Neal Cybersecurity Center of Excellence will join the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Western Regional Office to present an online workshop titled “Securing Your Business: Keeping the Hackers at Bay and Your Security Intact.”
The workshop is the first event to be held at the Neal Cybersecurity of Excellence, which officially opened in September. The public can watch the free event online on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1:30to 3 p.m. Visit stcc.io/cyberevent to register and find out more information.
The workshop will delve into the aspects of protecting a business from cyber threats. Speakers will explore industry-standard frameworks that provide robust guidelines for safeguarding a business owner’s digital assets.
Topics include current cyber threats targeting businesses in our area, the benefits of having a cyber insurance policy and practical steps a business owner can take to enhance their business’s cyber security posture. The goal of the workshop is to equip attendees with the knowledge and tools to better protect their business from cyber threats.
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On Wednesday, Oct. 30, the Center for Human Development will host an open house for its new Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic in Easthampton. The event, which is open to the public, will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 65 Union S. Attendees will include Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle, state Rep. Dan Carey and CHD President and CEO Jim Goodwin.
The clinic, which recently moved from Northampton Street in Easthampton to a larger, more centrally located, renovated facility in the heart of the city, is now booking appointments and has walk-in hours Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to noon.
