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Cutting the Ribbon
Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries recently held a ribbon-cutting event at its newly renovated store on University Drive in Amherst. Pictured, from left: store Manager Cynthia Bartels, Goodwill CEO Joanne Hilferty, Goodwill board member Kathleen Murphy, Amherst Town Council President Lynn Griesemer, Amherst Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Youssef Fadel, state Rep. Mindy Domb, and Goodwill Senior Director of Retail Robert Niejadlik.
Growing STEM
Springfield Technical Community
College was recently awarded two grants worth more than $7 million from the
U.S. Department of Education to boost student success among Latinx and low- income students in STEM fields. Pictured at the ceremony announcing the grants: from left, STCC President John Cook, state Rep. Orlando Ramos, state Rep.
Bud Williams, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal,
and Shai Butler, STCC’s vice president of Advancement and External Affairs.
Hunger Relief
State legislators visited Rachel’s Table recently to announce $25,000 in fund- ing secured for food rescue and distri-
bution efforts. Pictured from left: state Rep. Brian Ashe; a staffer for state Rep. Bud Williams, Jodi Falk, director of Rachel’s Table; state Sen. Eric Lesser; Sarah Maniaci, associate director of Rachel’s Table; Nora Gorenstein, inter- im executive director of the Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts; Ellen Gold, board president of Rachel’s Table; and state Rep. Jacob Oliveira.
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