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Be Love Day
The city of Springfield officially proclaimed Friday, July 12, 2024 “Be Love Day,” aligning with the national Be Love campaign led by the King Center in Atlanta. The Be Love campaign in the 413 features regionwide public engagement in a social-justice collaborative art project.
Pictured: participating in the campaign launch at MLK Jr. Family Services are, from left, state Sen. Adam Gomez, Jean Canosa Albano of Springfield City Library, state Rep. Bud Williams, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, Shannon Rudder of MLK Jr. Family Services, and Karen Finn from the Springfield Public Partnership.
Drink Up
MountainOne recently hosted Mo’s Watering Hole at Berkshire Health Systems’ 4th of July 5K. The annual race occurs right before the Independence Day parade on North Street in Pittsfield, and MountainOne team members handed out water to more than 1,200 runners.
Pictured: Mountaineer volunteers, including Donna Bishop, Julie Nichols, Jennifer Smith, Ethan Coe, Thomas Nowlan, Sharon Coe, Jennifer Jones, Samantha Rue, Julie Rider, Amanda Sobon, John Mead, Ellen Huth, Jonathan Denmark, and their families, await the runners.
Food for Thought
Current estimates indicate there are more than 27,000 food-insecure children in the Western Mass. region. “Voices in Food Equity: Nourishing Tomorrow’s Leaders” focused on this issue with a panel discussion on June 12 at Springfield College. Panelists included Joesiah Gonzalez from Home City Development, Jose Lopez-Figureroa from Springfield Technical Community College, Abby Getman Skillicorn from Massachusetts Farm to School, Catalina Lopez Ospina from Project Bread, and Shannon Rudder from Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services.
Pictured: Andrew Morehouse, executive director of the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, welcomes guests and panelists.
