Agenda

Super 60 Luncheon

Nov. 8: The Springfield Regional Chamber (SRC) announced the 2024 winners of its annual Super 60 awards program, honoring 60 businesses and nonprofits across five distinct categories. (They are detailed on page 23 of this issue.) They will be celebrated at a luncheon at the MassMutual Center in Springfield. The keynote speaker will be Tania Barber, president and CEO of Caring Health Center, which, under her guidance, operates five primary-care sites across the region, employing 266 professionals who provide healthcare services to about 28,000 patients. Super 60 sponsors include Health New England, WWLP-22 News, Stand Out Truck, Florence Bank, Keiter Corp., the Republican, and Paylocity. Visit springfieldregionalchamber.com to reserve a seat.

Food Drive for Margaret’s Pantry

Nov. 11-15: The Wealth Transition Collective, a financial-planning firm out of Holyoke, will host its fourth annual weeklong food drive to benefit Margaret’s Pantry in Holyoke in honor of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. Since the start of this event, it has raised more than 4,000 pounds of food and more than $7,500 in monetary donations. Individuals can drop off non-perishable and canned foods during business hours (Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) at the Wealth Transition Collective office at 1632 Northampton St., Holyoke. Weather permitting, there will be a drop-off table outside the front door for easy accessibility. Some of the most-needed items at the pantry during this time of year are stuffing mixes; canned goods like gravy, soups, and stews; baking mixes; frosting; syrup; salad dressing; condiments; Jell-O; and kids’ snack items. Margaret’s Pantry, a division of Providence Ministries for the Needy, is a full-service food pantry that has provided food to residents of Greater Holyoke for more than 30 years. Presently, the pantry provides food to more than 180 families each month, and approximately 72,000 meals a year are distributed to the needy in the community.

Women of Impact Gala

Dec. 5: BusinessWest will celebrate its seventh annual Women of Impact cohort at Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel. The 2024 Women of Impact are profiled in this issue of BusinessWest and at businesswest.com. Tickets cost $95 per person, and tables of 10 are available. To purchase tickets, visit www.businesswest.com/women-of-impact-tickets. The presenting sponsors are Country Bank and TommyCar Auto Group, and Cooley Dickinson Hospital is a partner sponsor. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.