United Way of Pioneer Valley

10/20/2026

Help Stuff the Truck! 🚛💛

United Way of Pioneer Valley, in partnership with the Hampden County Sheriff’s Office , is hosting the 5th Annual Stuff the Truck Food Drive, and they need volunteers! Let’s show up for our neighbors. 🙌

📅 Sunday, November 8
📍 Stop & Shop in Holyoke, on both Lincoln Street and Northampton Street
🕗 Sign up for a 2.5-hour shift between 8:30 AM and 3:00 PM

✍️ Link in bio!

💚 After you volunteer, let us know and pick up the “Making a Difference In My Community” patch at the Holyoke Leadership Center.

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10/20/2026

Please join us in welcoming two new members to the United Way Board of Directors! 🎉

Lisa Mish of PeoplesBank and Dawn Creighton of Liberty Bank bring deep financial expertise and a strong commitment to Western Mass. We’re grateful to have their leadership and perspective as we continue working to strengthen our community.

Welcome, Lisa and Dawn!

Community starts here. 💙

10/20/2026

Through our Springfield and Holyoke pantries, our goal is to make sure that no-one in our community goes hungry.

A family shouldn't have to make the choice between which basic needs to provide.

Learn more about our services at www.uwpv.org

No one should have to take on debt to put food on the table.

As reported in the The New York Times, United Way’s 211 data shows requests for food assistance rose at least 20% last year in multiple states. Behind those requests are people making difficult choices to meet basic needs.

United Way and the 211 network connect people to local resources, including food assistance. If you or someone you know needs support, call 211.

10/14/2026

Training your team shouldn’t drain your budget. 💡

Join the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Massachusetts for a FREE info session on the Workforce Training Fund Express Program. You’ll learn how your organization can get reimbursed for employee training from thousands of approved courses.

🗓 Friday, October 23 | 8:30am
📍 Nonprofit Resource Center at TechHub (1350 Main St, Springfield, MA)
🎤 Presented by Meghan Morin of Fresh Crayons Consulting

Seats are limited. Register here: https://ow.ly/jhtF50ZXLqJ

10/13/2026

The Nonprofit Resource Center is now open!

Follow along as we walk you right to the door of the Nonprofit Resource Center at TechHub, 1350 Main Street, 5th floor (Suite 500), in downtown Springfield.

The Center is your one stop for free workshops, trainings, one-on-one mentoring, and peer networking, open to nonprofit staff, board members, volunteers, and community partners across Western Mass. Now that you know the way, come see us!

Learn more at uwpv.org/nprc

10/09/2026

What a day! 📸 Yesterday we officially opened the doors to the Nonprofit Resource Center at Tech Hub, and these are a few of our favorite moments.

From the packed room for the press conference, to conversations that kept going long after, the energy said it all: Western Mass nonprofits are ready to connect, learn, and grow together.

Thank you to Tech Foundry, the MassMutual Foundation, The Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation and everyone who came out to celebrate the first dedicated space for nonprofit capacity support in our region. The Center offers free mentoring, training, consulting, and peer support for nonprofits across Western Mass.

Missed the opening? It’s not too late to get involved. Email us at [email protected] to learn more!

Community starts here. 💙

10/08/2026

We’re officially open! The United Way Nonprofit Resource Center at Tech Hub celebrated its grand opening, and the turnout said it all: Western Mass is ready to invest in the people who power our nonprofits.

The Resource Center is a hub for training, connection, and leadership development for nonprofit professionals at every level. Programs like Community Leadership Connect and Leaders Lounge are designed around one idea: you don’t need a title to be here.

Thank you to MassMutual Foundation, The Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation, City of Springfield, MA - Office of Communications, Tech Foundry and everyone who joined us.

Community starts here.

10/07/2026

We're excited to announce our CEO, Megan Moynihan, will be part of the Leadership Panel at this year’s UpNext Summit! Many of our staff are attending as Young Professional Society of Greater Springfield members as well, and we can't wait to hear from the panelists and make some new connections!

This year’s conversation, The Courage to Have the Conversation, is all about the conversations leaders tend to avoid — tough feedback, performance issues, disagreements, and the moments when speaking up isn’t always easy, but matters.

Megan will be joining fellow leaders from across Western Massachusetts to share real experiences, lessons learned, and how we can all get a little more comfortable having the conversations that move people and organizations forward

📅 Thursday, October 15
📍 MGM Springfield

Tickets: springfieldyps.com/upnext

Hope to see you there (after seeing you at the Nonprofit Resource Center launch tomorrow, of course)!

10/06/2026

Your experience could be the thing a local nonprofit needs most. 💡

The Nonprofit Resource Center at the TechHub Springfield is launching Thursday and we're always recruiting experts and practitioners to share their skills with nonprofits across Western Mass.

Whether your strength is finance, HR, fundraising, marketing, governance, tech, or strategy, YOU can make a real difference through mentoring, training, consulting, or peer support.

An expansion of United Way's Community Leadership Connect program, the Center is developed in collaboration with TechFoundry and backed by the MassMutual Foundation and The Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation.

You don't need a title to be here. You just need something to share.

👉 Apply as a practitioner: https://ow.ly/rjWE50ZV9aI

10/02/2026

🤰 Preparing for birth? You don’t have to do it alone!

Join our Birth Education Workshop Series facilitated by Springfield Family Doula Services and walk into birth feeling more informed, prepared, and confident. These supportive, interactive workshops are open to Chicopee and surrounding-area families.

Topics include:
✨ Understanding birth & your options
✨ Comfort measures & coping with labor
✨ Navigating the healthcare system & birth advocacy
✨ Postpartum recovery, newborn care & feeding

We strongly encourage attendance at all sessions. Food and giveaways will be given at in-person events. $25 uber vouchers can be provided as needed.

Register here: https://forms.gle/nnq7HqtrKUEGuGFa8