Today is the very first blog for Springfield Partners for Community Action. We are all pretty excited here and hope to hear from many stakeholders. The plan is to use this blog to discuss relevant issues, to let you know about upcoming events at Springfield Partners and other important regional events. Hopefully, we can elicit some responses and some discussion and definitely some suggestions.
More than 400 people attended our Food Policy and Obesity Conference that was held at the YMCA here in Springfield, on Saturday, April 17. Did some of you know that Springfield has the very dubious honor of being the fattest city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts? That is just sad!
So, future posts will discuss issues like obesity and food insecurity (don't you just love that term? A wonderful euphemism for hungry!), housing and foreclosures, paying for our kids to attend college, making sure that our kids graduate from high school in the first place, and the many other obstacles that our clients and many others face. Perhaps together we can generate ideas and take steps to ensure that everyone has opportunities.
Please feel free to respond or if you are shy, to call me at the office at 413-263-6500.
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