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Volunteer Fair 2024 - Thursday, April 25th from 1pm-3pm at the Northampton Senior Center. Sponsored by Northampton Neighbors, Northampton Senior Center, and RSVP of the Pioneer Valley -- Does your local organization need volunteer support? Please register for Volunteer Fair 2024, to be held April 25 from 1pm-3pm at the Northampton Senior Center! Agencies who serve the Northampton area and are seeking volunteers are invited to reserve a table. Spaces are limited - don't miss out! All exhibitors will have access to the Great Room for setup starting at 12pm. You can purchase lunch if you wish before the Fair begins. All the details, including a lunch order form, will be sent to you in a confirmation email before the Fair. 

Register.

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Women's Fund Application for Grant Funding

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KidsBestFest at Academy of Music


KidsBestFest is a FREE week-long movie festival for kids and adults. Held during the spring school break at the Academy of Music Theatre, this is a great way to spend some family time together while enjoying delightful movies. Check out The Great Muppet Caper on April 16, 2024 at 11:00am. Doors open at 10:30am.

I love movies.

Community Action 60th Anniversary


Celebrating 60 years of keeping our community housed, fed, warm, working, learning & connected! On Friday May 3rd, Community Action Pioneer Valley will host their Annual Meeting at Greenfield Community College from 7:30am-9am. Join them for breakfast and learn about their efforts over the past six decades to build communities in which everyone has a right to live with dignity and find opportunities to thrive.

Learn more and register.

The Truth School 2023 Annual Report


The Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership reports that 2023 was a year during which they built on successes from the past and also introduced some changes to their programming. There were many indicators that their work is needed including classes with online participants from 33 states. Good news for all those who have enjoyed an online course.

Read the report.

Tuesday Market Opens April 16th!


Hope to see you at Tuesday Market's opening day! It's a sure sign of spring and the kick-off to the growing season. Join Grow Food Northampton in the plaza between Thorne's Marketplace and the parking garage, once again filled with local food vendors, music, art, and community. Come on down, 1:30-6:30, every Tuesday until November 5!

What farms will be there?

Bikes Fight Cancer Ride on June 15th


Love bikes, hate cancer? This is the bike ride for you! The BIKES FIGHT CANCER Charity Ride June 15th, 2024 at Tree House Brewing. Cooley Dickinson Hospital is teaming up with Bikes Fight Cancer, a local non-profit, to raise funds for the Mass General Cancer Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital and its Cancer Care Patient fund.

Details and register.

What we're reading this week.

MassBudget: First Look at the FY2025 House Ways and Means Budget Proposal

KFF: Survey: LGBT Adults are twice as likely as others to say they've been treated unfairly or with disrespect by a health care provider

National Low Income Housing Coalition: Toolkit to oppose the criminalization of homelessness and advance long-term solutions

Events, webinars, and activities.

April 15-19: KidsBestFest at Academy of Music


Apr 18: The Truth School The Nuts and Bolts of Electoral Campaigns


Apr 18: STAT Webinar Family Caregivers: Critical Members of the Care Team


Apr 23: PHIWM The State of Gender Equity in Western MA


Apr 24: National Council of Nonprofits Managing Federal Grants - Free Webinar


Apr 25: Volunteer Fair at Northampton Senior Center


Apr 25: Community Foundation Financial Statements 101


Apr 25: PHIWM Advancing Climate Justice and Health Equity


Apr 25: The Truth School Flipping the Hierarchy


Apr 27: FCSN 2024 Visions of Community - register


May 02: MA Public Health Association Lobby Day


May 02: The Truth School Non-negotiables for White Allies in Anti-Oppression Work


May 03: 2024 Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Day - register


May 03: Community Action Pioneer Valley 60th Anniversary Breakfast


May 03: UMass Center of Racial Justice Youth Board event - register


May 03: Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Event


May 04: The Truth School Take a Walk in Sojourner Truth's Shoes


May 05: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County Daffodil Run


May 07: Massachusetts Service Alliance Volunteerism Conference


May 08: The Truth School How to Win Elections


May 09: The Truth School Music of the Civil Rights Movement


May 11: The Truth School Writing Ourselves


Jun 07: MA Public Health Association Spring Awards Breakfast - register


Jun 15: Cooley and Bikes Fight Cancer Charity Ride - register


 

COSA Meets on second Tuesdays @10am


May 14: Special Discussion about Local Nonprofit Challenges - In Person

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