WESTFIELD — WMCD Inc. surpassed a fundraising milestone over the weekend, eclipsing $100,000 raised for local charities through its 25-hour Musical Midway Charity All-Nighter. Rachel's Table of Western Mass was a recipient for the third consecutive year. View the Full…
By Tony Peterson | March 1, 2025 It was a Monday at 8:50 a.m. when Marla Adelsberger picked me up to collect surplus food in Springfield and East Longmeadow. Suffield retiree and Rachel’s Table volunteer Marla Adelsberger has helped pick…
(Mass Appeal) – The Greater Boston Food Bank found that 48 percent of Hampden County and 37 percent of Hampshire and Franklin Counties are food-insecure. Rachel’s Table of Western Massachusetts works to alleviate hunger, so the Executive Director, Jodi Falk,…
By BusinessWest Staff January 17, 2025 SPRINGFIELD — Rachel’s Table of Western Massachusetts (RTWM) announced a slate of new board members to its roster, enhancing its community leadership in a cause that has engaged more than 350 volunteers in Western Mass. “Volunteering for…
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Western Mass is no stranger to food insecurity, and come the holidays, that issue grows even more. Western Mass News got answers on how one school in our area is helping battle food insecurity. “I really…
by: Kayleigh ThomasPosted: Nov 15, 2024 / 06:21 AM ESTUpdated: Nov 15, 2024 / 06:21 AM EST CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – We are two weeks away from Thanksgiving and that means families in need will be looking for food for a traditional turkey…
by: Ashley ShookPosted: Oct 9, 2024 / 02:35 PM EDTUpdated: Oct 9, 2024 / 02:35 PM EDT SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Springfield Regional Chamber announced the winners of its annual Super 60 awards program.Businesses were nominated that achieved remarkable success and made significant…
SPRINGFIELD — The Big E facilitated a food drive among its concessionaires this year, which generated more than 3,000 pounds in donations to Rachel’s Table of Western Massachusetts (RTWM), a Springfield-based food rescue service that distributes donated and specially purchased foods,…
Updated: Nov. 10, 2024, 5:30 a.m.|Published: Nov. 10, 2024, 5:29 a.m. If you venture out by yourself to gather leftover vegetables from a field, picking over an already harvested potato patch in, say, the Northampton Meadows, you’ll most likely do it alone…
by: Ashley ShookPosted: Oct 24, 2024 / 03:24 PM EDTUpdated: Oct 24, 2024 / 03:50 PM EDT WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A collaboration between Eastern States Exposition and Rachel’s Table of Western Massachusetts, more than 1.5 tons of food…