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Play Ball!
Monson Savings Bank recently donated $2,000 to the Miracle League of Western Massachusetts as part of the bank’s 2025 Community Giving Initiative. The donation will help the organization continue its mission of providing children with disabilities the opportunity to play baseball in a safe and supportive environment.
Pictured, from left: Brian Feeley, Miracle League of Western Massachusetts board president; Kandy Tranghese, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Monson Savings Bank; and Ernie Fitzell, co-founder of the Miracle League of Western Massachusetts.
Ready to Ride
Eastern States Exposition (ESE) recently gave a grant to the West Springfield Police Department to outfit two motorcycles with essential equipment, including computers, printers, cameras, and other traffic safety resources. This donation ensures that officers have the most-up-to-date tools to enforce the rules of the road and assist traffic during the 17 days of the Big E as well as year-round.
Pictured, from left: Officer Shawn Knox, Sgt. Mike Reed, West Springfield Mayor Will Reichelt, ESE President and CEO Gene Cassidy, Chief of Police Jay Gearing, and Officer Joe Reed.
Supporting Seniors
bankESB recently donated $5,000 to the Belchertown Senior Center to support the purchase of a new van. The new vehicle, which features the bankESB logo, will help ensure local seniors have safe, accessible transportation to medical appointments, grocery stores, and community events.
Pictured, from left: Alicia Austin of bankESB; Linda Zajakowski of the Belchertown Senior Citizen’s Center Assoc.; Kim Rossi of Belchertown Senior Center; David Small and Andrea Stadnioki of the Belchertown Senior Citizen’s Center Assoc.; and Jessica Langlois of Belchertown Senior Center.
Back to School
Baystate Wing Hospital’s 2025 back-to-school supply drive to benefit children in the Palmer, Ware, and Quaboag Regional elementary public schools (pictured at left) was a success, as team members donated nearly 1,100 items, including individual items and boxes of items, such as pencils, 135 boxes of crayons, 270 notebooks, and 24 backpacks. Meanwhile, Baystate Noble Hospital employees organized a back-to-school supply drive to support the children and families of Westfield River Elementary School (pictured above). The month-long initiative concluded in late August.
Baystate Wing Hospital’s 2025 back-to-school supply drive to benefit children in the Palmer, Ware, and Quaboag Regional elementary public schools was a success, as team members donated nearly 1,100 items, including individual items and boxes of items, such as pencils, 135 boxes of crayons, 270 notebooks, and 24 backpacks
Baystate Noble Hospital employees organized a back-to-school supply drive to support the children and families of Westfield River Elementary School
Starting Young
More than 200 children and adults made their way through the Youth Party on Aug. 4 at Greylock’s Community Empowerment Center, part of Greylock’s Wealth Builders Youth SummerFest, a week-long series of events held Aug. 4-9, which ties into the credit union’s rebranding of youth members up to the age of 22, now called Wealth Builders, who have access to a range of products, services, and education that can help to bolster their financial wellness. Pictured above: a young Wealth Builder plays a financial game inside the Community Empowerment Center. Pictured at right: the Mogollón family enjoys the Youth Party on Aug. 4.
A young Wealth Builder plays a financial game inside the Community Empowerment Center
The Mogollón family enjoys the Youth Party on Aug. 4.
