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Fore a Good Cause
The Western Massachusetts Chapter of the National Tooling & Machining Assoc. held its annual WMNTMA Educational Fundraising Golf Tournament on Sept. 5 at Oak Ridge Golf Club, raising $19,740. Those proceeds were divided between the manufacturing technology programs at Westfield Technical Academy and Lower Pioneer Valley Career and Technical Education Center.

Pictured from left, WMNTMA President Ben Grande of Meridian Industrial Group, WMNTMA Executive Director Angie Beavis; Ron Nadeau, lead instructor of Manufacturing Technology at Westfield Technical Academy, and WMNTMA Vice President Gavin Giguere of Pilot Precision Products

Pictured: students at Lower Pioneer Valley Career and Technical Education Center with Principal/Director Donald Jarvis
Winter Clothing Drive
UMassFive College Federal Credit Union members, staff, and community partners donated hundreds of winter coats and clothing items to Amherst Survival Center, the Gray House in Springfield, and Net of Compassion in Worcester. UMassFive employee volunteers also sorted and organized donations received at the Hadley and Northampton branches into a winter clothing pop-up boutique at the Amherst Survival Center. Donations from the credit union’s Springfield branch were brought to the Gray House, and donations received at UMassFive’s Worcester branch were delivered to Net of Compassion.

Donations from the credit union’s Springfield branch were brought to the Gray House, and donations received at UMassFive’s Worcester branch were delivered to Net of Compassion.
Giving Tree Campaign
For the 23rd year, the Holyoke Community College (HCC) community collected hundreds of holiday gifts for consumers at four nonprofit agencies through its annual Giving Tree campaign. On Dec. 12, representatives from the four agencies — Homework House, the Holyoke Veterans Home, WestMass ElderCare, and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children — attended a closing celebration where 302 gifts were distributed.

Pictured: Homework House’s Gloria Caballero Roca (left) and David Haslam collect gifts with the help of HCC Giving Tree committee member Mary Starzyk.



