Twenty-six Rotary Clubs in Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut (Rotary District 7890) have joined to fund a project that will bring fresh drinking water, sanitation facilities and hygiene training to a needy Mayan community in Guatemala. Including matching funds from The Rotary Foundation and those contributed to ALDEA, the cooperating partner NGO, $176,486 was raised. Adding this amount to the funds raised during the previous 16 years brings the total to $1,856,900.
Clubs in Agawam, East Longmeadow, Holyoke, Northampton, Pittsfield, West Springfield and Wilbraham/Hampden were involved.
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Monson Savings Bank made a $10,000 donation to the Emergency Food Pantry operated by Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services. The donation was presented by Monson Savings Bank President and CEO Dan Moriarty and Assistant Vice President Community Lending Officer Wil Morales, who also serves on the board of Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services, to CEO Shannon M. Rudder and Chief Development Officer Claudia Pazmany.
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Follow My Steps Foundation will hold its annual gala, Stepping Into 2026 on Sunday, Dec. 14, at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield.
The event will feature is the introduction of an enhanced honors program: the Pioneers for Change Award. Designed to recognize exemplary changemakers whose actions resonate with Follow My Steps’ mission, this award will celebrate five individuals who have made an impact while supporting the foundation in 2025.
Ticket prices: early bird (through Nov. 14): $55 adults, $27.50 children; general admission (Nov. 15 through Nov. 30): $65 adults, $32.50 children; Final admission (Dec. 1 through Dec. 14): $75 adults, $37.50 children. For more information, visit www.followmysteps.org.
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The Springfield Thunderbirds announce a donation of various supplies to Springfield Public Schools, including notebooks, folders, and a variety of gymnasium equipment. This contribution was made possible through ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act of 2021) Small Business funding awarded to the Thunderbirds in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In partnership with Springfield Public Schools, the Thunderbirds delivered the supplies to two elementary schools — Daniel B. Brunton School and Mary M. Lynch School — on Oct. 27.
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