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In a year that was so challenging for everyone, the Northampton Survival Center wants to thank our local business supporters for helping us provide food to more clients than ever before.
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Optical Studio
Ostberg & Associates Paradise Copies
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The Baker's Pin
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AccuFab Ironworks
Aside Bside Records
Bay State Machine Company Bay State Perennial Farm
Beetle Press
Borawski Insurance Agency Burger King
Centerchem Products
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Czelusniak Funeral Home
Dove Business Associates
ESP Auto
Fierst Bloomberg Ohm
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Goggins Real Estate
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Murphys Realtors
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Ostrander Law Office
Overlook Industries
Perfect Supplements
Peter Rayton Logging
Pioneer Precision Optics Pioneer Valley Antiques Dealers
R&R Window
Renaissance Builders
Renew Window Cleaning Riverbend Animal Hospital Russo Opticians
Schoen Books
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 work out at home will continue to do so in the future. Dexter believes they will go back, citing everything from steadily increasing numbers down- town to a surge in interest in swim les- sons at the Scantic Valley Y in Wilbra- ham as reasons for optimism.
“I really think people are going to want to get back out and get back to the gym,” he told BusinessWest, adding that, while working out at home brings some benefits, many miss the social aspect of being at a place like the Y.
In many ways, the Y is starting over, but with a different playing field, said Johnson, who echoed others when he noted that things won’t be just like they were in 2019. COVID has changed the landscape in some ways and shown there are options for how to conduct business day to day and serve clients.
It’s the same with most nonprofits, said Connelly, adding that JA’s mission hasn’t changed; it’s just had to reinvent how it carries it out.
For starters, it must do so with fewer people, she said, adding that a staff of four is now a staff of two due to declining revenue from grants, fund- raisers, and programs, most of which are being carried out remotely. And it will likely remain a staff of two until at least early next year.
“These are the details that have us scratching our heads — and longing for a crystal ball — right now.”
Elaborating, she said the agency receives more than half its budget from grants from foundations and corpora- tions, with 10% from individual donors and the rest from special events, such as a fundraising golf tournament, in- person stock-market challenges, an in-person ‘enTEENpreneur Challenge,’ and other programs.
The golf tournament was staged last year (in Connecticut because of differ- ent, less stringent restrictions) and will be back this year at the Crumpin-Fox Club in Bernardston. But for now, the other programs will remain virtual for the time being, which limits efforts to raise money.
“It’s a little harder to recruit spon- sors for a virtual event; it’s challeng- ing,” Connelly noted, adding that, because of this, some events have been consolidated.
While many nonprofits saw a surge in support from the public and busi- ness community during 2020, and especially during the height of the pandemic, she noted, JA wasn’t one
of them because its mission, while important, isn’t in the same category as those dispensing food, providing
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