Everyday Heroism
The fifth annual Hometown Heroes breakfast, a program of the American Red Cross Pioneer Valley Chapter, was held recently at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield and catered by Max’s Tavern. Newscaster Sy Becker and recording artist Ashley Gearing co-hosted the event, which honored everyday people who performed heroic, selfless, and often life-saving actions this past year.
Frank Anderson, Red Cross board chair; Jack Robinson of Longmeadow; honoree Jared Bertuzzi, Robinson’s grandson, who cared for him after a stroke; and Gerry FitzGerald, Red Cross board member.
Wilbraham police officer Christopher Doyle, left, and honoree Bruce Westcott of East Longmeadow, who aided Doyle following a car accident.
Betti Boggis, left, one of the event’s Big Y volunteers and a 2005 honoree, with Dana Smolokoff, Westfield State College intern for the Pioneer Valley Chapter.
Going Digital
Nearly 100 people attended the March 14 open house for Wing Memorial Hospital’s digital mammography suite. Wing Memorial is the first hospital in the Quaboag Hills region to offer digital mammography. At the open house, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to dedicate the new mammography suite. As Elaine Anderson, second from right, a member of the Wing Memorial Hospital Board of Directors, cuts the ribbon, looking on are, from left, state Sen. Brian Lees; Hampden County Clerk of Courts Edward Noonan, chairman of the Wing Memorial Hospital Board of Directors; and Dr. Charles Cavagnaro III, president and CEO of Wing Memorial Hospital and Medical Centers.
Everything’s on the Table
Several area chambers of commerce recently collaborated to host the 13th annual Table Top Exposition, a business networking event, staged March 21 at the Log Cabin Banquet and Meeting House in Holyoke. Several dozen area companies exhibited at the show, gaining needed exposure and new business leads. Some scenes from the event,
Carol Moore Cutting, president and general manager of radio station WEIB in Northampton
Chats with Melissa Hallock, sales coordinator at BusinessWest; Staffing the Marcotte Ford table are Christopher Rawson, Advertising and Marketing director, and Jasmine Rodriguez, rental consultant; the Puffer Printing table was well-represented, with owner Don Puffer and associates Kristin Salois, center, and Jessica Patterson; Joshua Vassallo, general manager, greets visitors to the table for the Country Inn & Suites in Holyoke.
