HCN News & Notes

WILBRAHAM — The Western Mass. franchise of Assisted Living Locators is embracing a green initiative to mark Assisted Living Locators’

SPRINGFIELD — The Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts, collaborating with results-oriented partners, recently completed its 2023 research report, “Gender Equity

SPRINGFIELD — Do you know someone who is truly making a difference in the Western Mass. region? BusinessWest invites you

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Community College (HCC) will host an open house at its Center for Health Education & Simulation on

BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll administration announced that 20 organizations across Massachusetts are being awarded $8.5 million in Early Education and

SPRINGFIELD — The United Way of Pioneer Valley (UWPV) announced that the next OnBoard matching event will be held on

EAST BROOKFIELD — Second Chance Animal Services has been named a 2023 Top-Rated Nonprofit by GreatNonprofits, a leading website for

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) will host Allied Health Careers Exploration Night on Thursday, Nov. 16 to give

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center will host a free Diabetes Wellness Fair on Thursday, Nov. 2 from 3 to 6

PALMER — Beginning in November, Baystate Health will begin the final transition of services from Baystate Mary Lane Hospital to

GREENFIELD — Four naloxone boxes — located at Energy Park, Hillside Park, and the two Greenfield City Hall public restrooms

SPRINGFIELD — One year after joining the Square One team as fiscal manager, Celia Hickson has been named the agency’s

LONGMEADOW — The School of Health and Natural Sciences at Bay Path University will host a discussion on suicidality for

WESTFIELD — Westfield State University will be offering two more CPR classes this fall semester through the American Heart Assoc.

SPRINGFIELD — United Way of Pioneer Valley (UWPV) announced the grand opening of its Holyoke Community Cupboard on Thursday, Nov.

SPRINGFIELD — Tonight, Oct. 26, BusinessWest and the Healthcare News will honor nine individuals as 2023 Healthcare Heroes at a

PALMER — The Baystate Wing Hospital Auxiliary is currently selling its January 2024 Lotto Calendars. The one-month calendar, which costs

SPRINGFIELD — Throughout the months of July and August, Freedom Credit Union raised more than $2,700 through its annual summer

SPRINGFIELD — Behavioral Health Network Inc. (BHN) announced that Senior Vice President Rose Evans is the recipient of the Assoc.

SPRINGFIELD — The children served by Brightside for Families and Children will be the recipients of the annual Hope for

HADLEY — UMassFive College Federal Credit Union has received the first-place Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Service Award for 2023

NORTHAMPTON — In its inaugural year as a nonprofit, Bikes Fight Cancer raised more than $190,000 for cancer research and

WESTFIELD — The PHIL Award is the FACES Foundation’s signature program and the only nationally recognized hospital-based recognition program dedicated

HOLYOKE — The Wealth Transition Collective, a financial planning firm in Holyoke, announced it will host its fourth annual week-long

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Children’s Hospital welcomed its first-ever facility dog, Isabela — Isa for short — who joined the team

HOLYOKE — MiraVista Behavioral Health Center will host a recruitment event on Tuesday, Oct. 24 from 3 to 6 p.m.

HADLEY — The Happier Valley Comedy board of directors announced their selection of two Western Mass. nonprofits as the fall

HOLYOKE — Like so many of her Holyoke Community College (HCC) classmates, Katelynn Richards struggled for many years as she

PALMER — Baystate Wing Hospital Corp. has released a request for proposals for community-benefit mini-grants from area not-for-profit organizations supporting

SPRINGFIELD — In her new role as director of Early College Initiatives, Melanie Laurin is focused on a top priority

SPRINGFIELD — On Oct. 4, Baystate Health honored recent graduates of its Workforce Pipeline Program, which was developed to help

BOSTON — More individuals and families in Massachusetts are now eligible to receive replacement payments for stolen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance

SPRINGFIELD — BusinessWest will honor its sixth annual Women of Impact at Sheraton Springfield on Thursday, Dec. 7. Tickets cost

WESTFIELD — Staff from the Westfield Council on Aging reported this week that the second-floor renovation project at the Westfield

HOLYOKE — After 25 years at the helm, Anne Teschner will step down as executive director of the Care Center.

PITTSFIELD — Jewish Federation of the Berkshires announced that its executive board of directors has allocated $50,000 to support emergency

SPRINGFIELD — Do you know someone who is truly making a difference in the Western Mass. region? BusinessWest invites you

HOLYOKE — As part of statewide STEM Week activities planned by the governor’s office, Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler and

BOSTON — Jim Seltzer, a volunteer at ServiceNet’s Prospect Meadow Farm in Hatfield, was named Volunteer of the Year as