Control your finances before they control you! Our free Youth Financial Literacy Workshop tells you what you need to know about managing your money, credit cards and more. This workshop is for Middle School, High School and college-bound youths. December 30, 2024, from 11am-2pm at Way Finders, 1780 Main Street, Springfield, MA. Everyone who attends […]

Obtaining a college education is expensive, and the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts strives to provide some financial assistance to students living in Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties to help them achieve their goal of graduating from college. We have over 160 different scholarship funds, and each year we give away over 1,000 individual scholarship […]

Jan 06, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EST Interactive webinar to explore life beyond treatment with practical tools, personal stories, and support. Register today to take the next step in your cancer journey!

Become a certified first-time homebuyer with Way Finders! Learn from local real estate professionals about the homebuying process. The course covers finding, financing, purchasing, and maintaining a home. Participants receive a certificate of completion that is necessary to access several down payment assistance programs and special mortgage products. This is a three-part online workshop: Wednesdays […]

Information for immigrant community members and programs who serve them.   Join us for an informative webinar, "Know Your Rights: Information for Immigrant Community Members and Programs Who Serve Them.” Speakers include Elizabeth Sweet, Executive Director of MIRA, MA Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition and Ilana Steinhauer, Executive Director of Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires Conozca sus derechos: Información […]

  The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, in partnership with SNAP-Ed, offers free nutrition education programs to our member agencies. In this cooking presentation, we'll explore MyPlate healthy eating guidelines, decipher the nutrition facts labels and learn how to make a budget-friendly meal! For more information, contact Nutrition Coordinators Abigail Killian at abigailk@foodbankwma.org (413)419-1156 or Katie Grimaldi […]

The Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE) and the Department of Children and Families (DCF) invite you to a virtual matching event featuring children with disabilities. Families new to the adoption process and those from out-of-state are welcome to join us and learn more about these children. At the event, we will have a panel of experienced families, video snapshots, […]