GREENFIELD — The Committee to Elect Brickett Allis Mayor will hold a campaign rally and fundraiser Thursday at Taylor’s Tavern & Restaurant (upstairs), 238 Main St., from 5:50 to 8 p.m.
The campaign committee is providing light hors d’ouevres, and there will be a cash bar and full menu available to order. Allis, who is currently Precinct 3 city councilor, will address his supporters and guests.
“I am so happy to be able to hold these kinds of events to allow the public to hear my vision for our community, as well as how we can revitalize it,” Allis said. “More importantly, to let them know that I understand and am cognizant of the increasing trend of growing unaffordability that is driving lifelong and recently settled residents from their homes. I am in this race for the love of my hometown, and to make sure that everyone that wants to live in this community is able to.”
GREENFIELD — Stoneleigh-Burnham School will celebrate its 150th anniversary and alumnae reunion weekend at its 574 Bernardston Road campus with a small fireworks display on Saturday at 9:30 p.m.
The event will involve alumnae, faculty, staff and volunteers, according to a press release from the school. It will be closed to the public.
The school has worked with the Town of Greenfield to secure permits for the celebration.
GREENFIELD — The recipients of the 2019 A. K. Warner Fund Scholarship are Emma Alderman-Shapiro, Dylan Badillo, Inna Lyvytska, Nagawang Tridytsang and Ariana Walker, who received $1,000 each, and Brandon Siow Hong-Sheng and Tayaba Hamayun, who received $500.
The A. K. Warner Fund was established under the will of Anson K. Warner to provide financial assistance to Greenfield residents between the ages of 14 and 20 years old. The scholarship is awarded for the purpose of paying room, board or tuition. It may also be used to purchase books or other materials needed to procure a good education. The trustees elected by the citizens of Greenfield meet each spring to select the recipients.
GREENFIELD — The Community Health Center of Franklin County is pleased to announce that three graduating seniors of local high schools have received $1,000 scholarships in honor of Dr. Sarah Kemble.
According to a press release, the three scholarships have been awarded to Abby Bonk of Ralph C. Mahar Regional School, and Jackson Hicks and Nyah Forth, both of Mohawk Trail Regional School.
This fall, Bonk will be participating in the nursing program at Worcester State University, Forth will be in the health sciences program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Hicks will be in the nursing program, also at UMass Amherst.
Kemble was the driving force behind the creation of the Community Health Center of Franklin County. In addition to being a full-time physician at the center, Kemble also functioned as its executive director.
GREENFIELD — The Interaction Institute for Social Change has certified Glenn Johnson to co-lead Facilitative Leadership for Social Change, the institute’s signature training offering.
Johnson was recently appointed to fill a vacancy on the Greenfield School Committee.
According to the institute’s website, the training teaches nonprofit and social sector professionals to “lead in a way that inspires, invites participation and builds commitment. … At the heart of the workshop are powerful leadership practices that, when fully embraced, create the conditions for people to move together from vision to action in extraordinary new ways.”
“It is such an honor to provide this training,” Johnson said. “I’ve experienced firsthand how inspiring and useful this training is in nonprofit and public sector leadership. It’s exciting to see other leaders getting their hands on this stuff.”
As a trainer with the institute, Johnson will co-lead public training sessions for the institute in Boston and New York, as well as private sessions for agencies around the country.