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BIRMINGHAM — When Wylie E. Groves High School teacher Kara Mason assigned a passion project to her student congress course, students brainstormed how they could benefit their community through their project.

A cold and damp morning greeted 320 attendees for the “Lighting the Spark Campaign Breakfast” at The Clayton House in Scottsdale on March 21.

SPRINGFIELD — After 30 years under the Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts’ umbrella, the food rescue nonprofit Rachel’s Table will become its own standalone organization this summer. The separation will give Rachel’s Table full fiscal,...

Many women in the United States experience what’s called period poverty. It is the inability to access menstrual hygiene products, which commonly results in...

Under the current system, Social Security benefits are only expected to be payable in full until the mid-2030s.

About a quarter of women in the U.S. don’t have access to menstrual products each month, with many forced to choose between buying them and food, Jessica Zachs, Founder and CEO of Dignity Grows, said in Hartford Wednesday.

Everyone at the Gambian Youth Organization knew someone who died in the Bronx fire; now they are scrambling to sort through all the goods and figure out how to support a community still grieving and figuring out where to live.

Jewish Ledger WHAT’S HAPPENING – June 11 – June 29 Jewish organizations are invited to submit their upcoming events to the our What’s Happening section. Events are placed on the Ledger website on Tuesday afternoons. Deadline for submission of calendar items is the previous Tuesday. Send items to: judiej@ jewishledger.com. THRU JUNE 11 Art in Action: Young Artists’ Vision of 2020  The Mandell Jewish Community Center, in collaboration with the Hartford Foundation...

UJA-JCC Greenwich donates 100 Dignity Grows packs to local food pantry GREENWICH – During the month of May, UJA-JCC Greenwich gave the local food pantry ‘Neighbor to Neighbor’ 100 totes filled with essential hygiene supplies. The do-nation was made as part of the organization’s Dignity Grows program, which provides monthly personal and feminine products to those who cannot afford such products.  It is estimated that one in five American women lack the means to purchase menstrual suppli...

Simsbury Meadows summer lineup opening with benefit concert hosted by new restaurant Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant The Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center will hold its first live musical concert of the year on May 28, with a performance by the Fabulous Equinox Orchestra. The show is sponsored by Roux, a Cajun eatery opening on May 29 in town. The Savannah, Georgia-based Big Band also will perform the next day at the jazz brunch on the opening of the restaurant, which is und...