Community Foundation Appoints Two New Trustees, Elects Chair and Vice Chair
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SPRINGFIELD The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts (CFWM) announced two new Trustees: Nikki Burnett, executive director of Educare Springfield, and Gillian Hinkson, victim witness advocate for the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office. In addition, CFWM also elected a new trustee chair, Paul Murphy, and vice chair, Karin George.
Burnett began her role as executive director of Educare Springfield in August 2019. For more than 20 years, she has pursued her passion of empowering her community and building equity. She currently serves on the board of directors for the Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts and on its race and equity subcommittee; on national committees for the Educare Learning Network, including its educare policy work group and collaborative fundraising advisory board; and on the Baystate Community Benefits Advisory Council. She is also one of the founders o
Banks, Credit Unions Ramp Up Philanthropy During Difficult Year
Checking on the Community
Paul Scully says much of Country Bank’s philanthropy in 2020 was directed at “COVID-related initiatives.”
Paul Scully says local philanthropy is baked into the DNA of this region’s financial institutions.
“Banks have always been great about supporting communities. And we are fairly philanthropic,” Country Bank’s president and CEO added, noting that the bank gave $1.3 million to local nonprofits last year, touching about 400 different organizations in some way.
Those numbers aren’t atypical. What made 2020 slightly different is where that money went.
“Of that, about a half-million went to what I would call COVID-related initiatives,” Scully said, citing causes ranging from equipping frontline workers at hospitals to meeting soaring demand at local food banks due to the pandemic’s economic impact on families.
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McKELLICK Workforce board seeking award nominations
GREENFIELD The MassHire Franklin Hampshire Workforce Board is seeking nominations of deserving companies to receive its Workforce Development Leader Award.
According to the description on the nomination form, the workforce board will look for some (though not necessarily all) of the following characteristics when selecting winners this year:
■A company that provided support throughout the pandemic, with an eye to health and safety of employees and the public
■A company that was able to continue operations through innovation
■A company that is generally known as a good place to work
■A company with a reputation for investing in workers (for example by training, advancing and promoting people from within; providing special job training or exploration opportunities for youth or other populations; using services of the One-Stop Career Centers; or taking advantage of other resourc
Ogunquit Museum of American Art announces new Executive Committee
Portsmouth Herald
OGUNQUIT The board of directors of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA) has named a new executive committee comprised of board members who provide oversight and governance of the museum. The committee is: President David J. Mallen, Ogunquit, Maine; Vice President: Carol Leary, PhD, Ogunquit, Maine; Secretary: Allyson M. Cavaretta, York, Maine; Treasurer: Alan Shephard, Esq., Kennebunk, Maine
“With this new executive committee, we’re well-positioned to steer OMAA through 2021 and beyond,” says OMAA board President David Mallen. “Each member is deeply involved in the community and very committed to the museum’s success. I look forward to working with them.”
Davis Foundation bids adieu to Mary Walachy: Viewpoint
Updated Dec 13, 2020;
Posted Dec 13, 2020
In this photo from 2009, Mary E. Walachy, executive director of the Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation, and Jalexis Ortiz share a moment during their baking project at the Square One Children’s Center. The two baked oatmeal raisin cookies together as the center celebrated the Week of the Young Child. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)
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Thoughtful. Humble. Smart.
I stop her right then in the midst of our conversation and suggest she’s also describing herself as well as her parents, the late Joseph and Helen McGovern.