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Opioid Task Force addresses medically assisted treatment
By JOSHUA SOLOMON Staff Writer Friday, January 11, 2019 GREENFIELD — Tina Rockwood’s family often asks her when she’s getting off her medication. Sometimes they ask her if she will ever get off of it. It’s a question she doesn’t always know how to answer, and it’s...
How Talking About Suicide Can Give People Something to Live For
O-Oprah Magazine - Dec 10, 2018 The only people who really understand what it feels like to want to end their lives are those who have been there. That's the basis of survivor peer-support groups, in which people who have experience with suicide come together to talk....
RECOVER Project helps with challenge of finding an affordable landlord
By JOSHUA SOLOMON Staff Writer Friday, December 07, 2018 GREENFIELD — People tend to know Larry Thomas as patient, as positive, as the guy who always will stop, say ‘Hi’ and ask how you’re doing. At a hearing to see if he could secure an apartment, Thomas found...
Why can’t you find a home in Greenfield?
By JOSHUA SOLOMON Staff Writer Monday, December 03, 2018 GREENFIELD — Crawling into the space under the wooden steps of a decrepit Bank Row building, Ralph Provost was shivering. It was snowing and the temperatures were dropping as the sun set. Before the short,...
Welcome New RECOVER Project Director, Peggy Vezina!
Peggy Vezina joins the RECOVER Project with over 20 years’ experience in human services. She has worked throughout the Pioneer Valley in many diverse settings. She especially loved working with youth in the Holyoke, Greenfield and Springfield communities. She has a...
The Consortium Welcomes New Executive Director, Kristel Applebee
HOLYOKE, MA – The Western Massachusetts Training Consortium welcomes new Executive Director, Kristel Applebee, as successor to longtime leader, Marylou Sullivan. Marylou retired at the end of October, and was at the helm for 38 of the organization’s 45 years. PJ...
Sober music festival Recovery Jam in Greenfield Saturday
By Melina Bourdeau Thursday, September 20, 2018 GREENFIELD — For the past 15 years, Recovery Jam, a sober music festival, shows people there is fun in recovery, and celebrates national recovery month in September. The jam is a family-oriented event featuring arts and...
BusinessWest’s & Healthcare News’ 2nd Annual Healthcare Heroes to be Honored Oct. 25
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SPRINGFIELD — BusinessWest and Healthcare News magazines, the business and healthcare journals covering Western Massachusetts, will honor their 2nd Annual Healthcare Heroes this Thursday, Oct. 25 at the Starting Gate at GreatHorse in Hampden. The...
2018 Healthcare Heroes Award for Collaboration in Healthcare
Collaboration In Health/Wellness: The Consortium And The Opioid Task Force By George O'Brien September 3, 2018 This Unique Initiative Has a Simple Mission: to Save Lives Larry Thomas remembers not knowing exactly what to say or how to respond. He had just been...
Welcome New Salasin Director, Pam Fitzpatrick!
We are thrilled to announce that Pam Fitzpatrick has accepted the position as the Consortium’s new Salasin Project Director beginning on Monday August 27, 2018! Pam Fitzpatrick comes to Salasin Project with many years’ experience working in the social service field....