L to R- Nicole Coakley from Springfield College, Patricia Caudle from CVS, Executive Director Kristel Applebee and Terrie Thompson from The Consortium, and Naftalia Anderson from the Ronald McDonald House at On Board- United Way of Pioneer Valley taking place at Valley Venture Mentors on Bridge St. in Springfield on December 7th. (Ed Cohen [...]
Updated: Dec. 05, 2021, 4:43 p.m. | Published: Dec. 05, 2021, 4:42 p.m. By Dave Canton [...] Jarrett J. Krosoczka, award-winning author of the young readers’ graphic novel “Hey, Kiddo,” knows well what it is to live with a parent’s addiction. The Hampshire HOPE Opioid Prevention Coalition and related organizations are presenting a virtual event featuring Krosoczka [...]
by: Jillian Andrews Posted: Nov 10, 2021 / 05:40 PM EST / Updated: Nov 10, 2021 / 07:02 PM EST NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – [...] Drug addiction is very much an issue locally and across the state. The Northampton Recovery Center (NRC) is a peer driven community, just last month celebrating five years in Northampton. There is a life after [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kristel Applebee Western Massachusetts Training Consortium (413) 536-2401 x3041 kapplebee@wmtcinfo.org The Consortium Announces New Development Director Terrie Thompson is the Consortium’s New Director of Development HOLYOKE, MA November 9, 2021 – The Consortium is excited to announce it has a new Director of Development, A. Terrie Thompson. Terrie Thompson has joined [...]
by Taylor Knopf | August 18, 2021 NORTH CAROLINA - On a patio tucked behind an old brick two-story house, Susan Hart sat on a glider surrounded by lush green plants under the glow of string lights. She wondered aloud what it would have been like to check herself into a place like this instead of [...]
The Cut By Sandy Allen | July 2, 2021 [...] The day after Britney’s statement to an L.A. court last week, one heard around the world, I called up a psychiatric-survivor activist I’ve gotten to know, Caroline Mazel-Carlton. Mazel-Carlton, who’s also a rabbi-in-training, works for an organization that is revolutionizing mental-health care in western Massachusetts (and [...]
News Flash Posted on: October 28, 2021 Earlier this week the Westfield Police Department hosted a training in Cooperation with Hampshire Hope to form a Drug Addiction & Recovery Team (DART). The opioid epidemic that has plagued communities nationwide has forced law enforcement to expand the way this problem is dealt with. Although enforcement [...]
By Robert Whitaker - June 10, 2021 During the past decade, the World Health Organization (WHO) has regularly promoted the goal of improving “global mental health.” While it has often told of the importance of social support and other non-drug alternatives, its efforts helped spread a biomedical standard of care. Western ideas regarding diagnoses, the [...]
By: WWLP Digital First, Sy Becker Posted: Oct 21, 2021 / 03:26 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 21, 2021 / 06:58 PM EDT GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Franklin County is so proud of the diversity of its courthouse personnel, they celebrated with a Cultural Appreciation Day. It’s not every day you hear the Libro Azul Latin Jazz and Salsa band [...]
By MARY BYRNE Staff Writer Published: 9/28/2021 3:29:30 PM GREENFIELD — A coalition of family support agencies is hosting a “Community Baby Shower” at Court Square on Saturday, Oct. 2, to help families navigate the resources available to The baby shower, hosted by the Franklin County Perinatal Support Coalition, will take place next to the [...]