Rick Hart: A personal decision >Published: 7/7/2021 4:30:14 PM
The many readers who recently expressed their annoyance at the presence of panhandlers and other street people downtown are little aware of how difficult life is for people who have no home, in Northampton, the commonwealth and beyond. The pandemic has been a time of isolation and loneliness for everyone, but imagine what it must be like to have no roof over your head.
Thanks to MANNA Community Kitchen, meals are available to all who are hungry. Ask any MANNA volunteer about the people they meet and they will fill your ears with the difficulties with which the homeless have to cope.
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Area volunteer opportunities
MICKY BEDELL Forbes Library outreach volunteer Frank Heston delivers books to Nan Lanning at the Rockridge Retirement Community in Northampton. Micky Bedell
Published: 3/24/2017 6:33:34 PM RSVP Volunteers Retired with some time on your hands? Lend a hand to local non-profits a few hours each week. Whether it is driving seniors to appointments or delivering meals on wheels, your neighbors need you. RSVP offers a variety of long-term and short-term volunteer opportunities in Hampshire and Franklin Counties. Share your time, skills and experience to benefit others. Contact Pat Sicard, 413-387-4558 or psicard@hampshirecog.org to get started. tax-aide volunteers