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Age of Excellence
Promoting a Plan
SA International Sports Group was invited to attend a recent Latinos in Sports event to talk with the NBA, MLB, and top investors on its plans to build a major sports complex in Western Mass. Pictured: Cesar Ruiz (left), CEO of USA International Sports Group, is promoting the historic project with Latinos in Sports and ImpactX Sports Group founder Xavier Gutierrez, the first and only Latino NHL president and CEO of the Arizona Coyotes before the team’s recent billion-dollar sale. The Latinos in Sports event highlighted impactful contributions Latinos have had across the sporting world. Pedro Martinez was honored as an Impact Hero for his work after his career with the Boston Red Sox.
More than 150 gathered on Sept. 4 at the Carriage House at the Barney Estate in Springfield for Glenmeadow’s inaugural Age of Excellence awards celebration. Pictured, from left: emcee Brenda Garton-Sjoberg; honorees James Lagodich (Game-Changing Mentor), Ethel Griffin (Dynamic Difference Maker), Patrick Sullivan (Honorary Age of Excellence Award Recipient), Maria Roy (Inspiring Changemaker), Springfield Police Superintendent Lawrence Akers (Dedicated Leader – Beyond the Badge), Karen Tetreault (Dedicated Community Connector), Debbie Gardner (Champion of Community Voices), and Jeffrey Greim (Impactful Entrepreneur); and event host Kathy Martin, Glenmeadow’s president and CEO.
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Back to School
Just before the start of the new school year, teachers from Ware Public Schools, Palmer Public Schools, and Quaboag Regional High School were gifted with hundreds of back-to-school items donated by employees across departments at Baystate Wing Hospital, including folders, spiral notebooks, pens, pencils, glue sticks, Post-it Notes, calculators, disinfectant wipes, crayons, and more. The supplies were the results of the employees’ annual adopt-a-classroom initiative.