Published: 12/7/2022 2:44:57 PM
Modified: 12/7/2022 2:44:36 PM
SOUTH HADLEY — First responders, law enforcement officials and medical professionals have a chance to win a new roof from Adam Quenneville Roofing & Siding.
Anyone currently working as a firefighter, police officer, correctional officer, deputy sheriff, parole officer, doctor, nurse, paramedic or EMT can enter online through Jan. 31 at 1800newroof.net. Entrants must live in the home and work in western or central Massachusetts or northern Connecticut.
Winners will be drawn at random from all entries and published in February. Work will be done in 2023.
In 2021, Officer Thomas Dore of the Holyoke Police Department was the grand prize 911 Roof Giveaway winner, and his roof was installed on June 4. Officer Olivia Daly of the Pittsfield Police Department won a roof shampoo, and Northampton nurse David Shea won the roof treatment.
HCC welcomes new director of marketing
HOLYOKE — Holyoke Community College has hired Jane Johnson Vottero of Wilbraham as its new director of marketing and strategic communications.
Vottero joins HCC after 21 years at Springfield College, where she has worked as manager of editorial services, publications director, director of executive communications, and, most recently, editorial director. Her work includes award-winning publications, executive speech writing, supervision of creative and volunteer teams, advertising campaigns, newspaper reporting, freelance correspondence, development writing, web writing, video production, and strategic communications for businesses, nonprofits, and political and social issue campaigns.
At HCC, Vottero will oversee the operations of marketing, media relations, social media, graphic design, website management, publications, and other internal and external communications.
Vottero holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a master’s degree in psychology from Springfield College. She has worked as a writer, editor, and publicist in western Massachusetts, including at Baystate Health Systems, the Western Massachusetts Business Journal (now Business West), the Westfield Evening News, and Barron’s Business and Financial Weekly.
Freedom Credit Union children holiday giving campaign
SPRINGFIELD — Freedom Credit Union is again holding its Cherish the Children 2022 campaign with the local Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF). Through Dec. 22, Freedom invites its members, staff and the entire community to select a child’s wish from the tree inside each of its branches and return to place the requested gift under the tree.
DCF provided Freedom with “wish lists” that included children’s names, ages and gift ideas. Freedom staff members created a tag for each child’s wish and hung it on their branch’s Christmas tree. Members of the public are encouraged to take a tag, purchase the gift the child requested, and then bring it back — unwrapped and with the tag attached — to place under the tree.
The goal is to provide gifts for 500 area children, the credit union said. The Hampshire County branch is located in Northampton.
Luther Belden named sustainable business of the year
HATFIELD — Luther Belden Inc. of Hatfield was named the 2022 Sustainable Business of the Year – Local Farm by the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts.
Luther Belden Inc. is a family-owned and operated farm that has been cultivating the land, caring for animals, and providing sustainable dairy products since 1661 across 13 generations of farmers. Today, the farm and accompanying farm stand are run by Darryl and Lucinda Williams, their son, Jackson, and his wife, Jill.
Environmental stewardship has been a central tenant throughout the farm’s 360-plus- year history. Among its highlights are:
■Operating an anaerobic methane digester that has been producing renewable energy to power the farm and the surrounding community since 2019. The digester also helps to address food waste from local restaurants.
■Using sustainable farming practices including no-till planting and cover crops to improve soil health.
■Participating in the Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Environmental Stewardship program and the Sustainable Farms Committee through Agri-Mark, a farmer-owned cooperative.
This year, Luther Belden Inc. is also a host farm for Discover Dairy’s Adopt a Cow program. They’re welcoming over 25,000 Massachusetts students onto their farm virtually to follow a calf as she grows throughout the school year and learn about her life on a New England dairy farm.
Luther Belden Inc. will be recognized at the Sustainable Business Awards Celebration on Jan. 26.
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