Seeing the Lighthouse
Debbie Calvanese, placement manager of Lighthouse in Spring-field, congratulates Paul Olson, senior director of ARAMARK, on its Massachusetts Clubhouse Coalition ‘Employer of the Year’ award, presented last month. At left is Jeffrey Colby, a Lighthouse member. Lighthouse is one of four clubhouses operated by Springfield-based Human Resources Unlimited that provide job opportunities for those with physical and developmental disabilities. In just under a year, ARAMARK has given six Lighthouse members a chance to be productive in the workplace.
Upward Bound
Stakeholders pose around a poster announcing a $1 million Upward Bound grant to be shared by 13 applicants in Massachusetts. American International College is the only school in Western Mass. to receive the award. Upward Bound is a pre-college program for students who have the ability to complete a post-secondary education, but who may not achieve that goal due to constraints imposed by family income levels and the lack of knowledge about the college admissions process. The grant money awarded to AIC will help students at Springfield’s Central High School. From left are Gregory Schmutte, vice president for Academic Affairs; Jada Waters, AIC graduate student; AIC President Vince Maniaci; Central High School Principal Richard Stoddard; and Joseph Burke, Springfield superintendent of schools.
Cutting the Ribbon
Premiere Source Credit Union recently celebrated the move into its new main office on North Main Street in East Longmeadow. On hand for the ribbon-cutting were, from left, board member George Reich, operations manager Mary Pagliaro, CEO/Manager Bonnie Raymond, board member John Whalen, Chairman of the East Longmeadow Board of Selectmen Enrico Villamaino, East Longmeadow Police Chief Douglas Mellis, Clerk of Hampden County Superior Court Brian Lees, board member Brian Travers, board Chairman Dr. Richard Grabiec, and board members Joseph Francisco, Al Riberdy, and David Kruger.
The Young and the Networking
Young professionals gathered at the Springfield Art Museum on June 21 for the third free event staged by the Young Professional Society (YPS). Attendees mixed and mingled among the latest exhibit, “Seldom Seen: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection,” with paintings, sculpture, and lithographs by Picasso, Lichtenstein, and others. The YPS is a networking group launched by young professionals in the corporate, non-profit, cultural, and public arenas in order to initiate a dialogue on how young area professionals can get more involved in the community in which they live and work.
