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The RECOVER Project Welcomes Mary Doherty as New Director
Greenfield, MA - September 8, 2017 Mary Doherty comes to the RECOVER Project Director's role with a diverse range of work and life experiences, with recovery at the center of it all. For years she has balanced work, family and recovery, and it brings her great joy to...
Recover Project decides on new leader
By JOSHUA SOLOMON Recorder Staff Tuesday, August 08, 2017 GREENFIELD — The Recover Project will soon have a new director to lead its peer-run community on Federal Street. Starting Sept. 5, Mary Doherty, who has a doctorate in biology and has been in recovery since...
Dragon puppet show teaches Asian culture
By JOSHUA SOLOMON Recorder Staff Friday, June 16, 2017 GREENFIELD — Dragons from across Asia spoke to moms using the voices of a dozen or so kids. What was going on was, of course, a puppet show. Who was presenting? The children of the parents, who gathered in...
State awards $6M to Western Massachusetts domestic violence service providers
Greenfield - May 11, 2017 By Anne-Gerard Flynn Special to The Republican The state has awarded some $34 million in contracts each year for the next three years under a competitive bidding process to organizations that provide services to survivors of domestic and...
The Consortium’s Alyssa Fumo Honored with Direct Support Professional Award at ADDP Conference
MAY 4, 2017, WORCESTER, MA -Lead Staff Cited for Outstanding Work from Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers (ADDP) Chicopee’s Alyssa Fumo of The Western Massachusetts Training Consortium’s Home & Community Connections program has won the “Direct...
First pancake breakfast a hit for Recover Project
By JOSHUA SOLOMON Recorder Staff Sunday, March 12, 2017 Tammy Armstrong is up, getting ready to drive a kid from Athol. It’s not a workday, though — it’s a pancake day. Armstrong headed to the church across the street from The RECOVER Project. It’s not Sunday, either...
‘Giving Back in Greenfield’ toy drive helps record numbers
By SHELBY ASHLINE Recorder Staff Thursday, December 22, 2016 GREENFIELD — The navy blue couches at The RECOVER Project were piled high with stuffed animals, board games, books, clothes and an abundance of other toys Thursday morning, marking the third year of Giving...
RECOVER Project in Greenfield Holds Toy Drive
GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A non-profit organization in Greenfield is trying to help families in need over the holidays. It’s the third year in a row the Recover Project in Greenfield has run their toy drive. The non-profit organization is collecting new and used toys...
Task Force helps with holiday turkey donations
The Recorder - Monday, November 21, 2016 GREENFIELD — The Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region is teaming up with Big Y Foods to lighten the load faced by some during the holiday season. Until Thanksgiving, the task force will distribute...
Giving Back in Greenfield – 3rd Annual Toy Drive
GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The City of Greenfield is working to make sure no child in the city wakes up on Christmas morning without gifts under the tree. The 3rd annual “Giving Back in Greenfield” toy drive has officially started. The city is asking for new and/or...