Adams Community Bank Partners with Sonsini Animal Shelter

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ADAMS, Mass. — Adams Community Bank has partnered with the Eleanor Sonsini Animal Shelter to support its efforts in helping homeless animals this spring.

The municipal shelter is located in Pittsfield and is dedicated to reuniting stray animals with their owners, providing veterinary care for animals in need, and finding loving homes for adoptable, homeless animals.

The bank invites residents to help the shelter with supplies that it is in need of, such as dry dog food, canned and dry cat food, liquid hand soap and non-scoopable cat litter. Donations are being accepted at each of the seven bank branch locations. A full list of needs is available in each of the branch lobbies or on the bank's Facebook page.

Adams Community Bank is an independent, community savings bank with locations in Adams, Cheshire, Lanesborough, Lee, North Adams and Williamstown.

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Adams Free Library Pastel Painting Workshops

ADAMS, Mass. — Award-winning pastel artist Gregory Maichack will present three separate pastel painting workshops for adults and teens 16+, to be hosted by the Adams Free Library. 
 
Wednesday, April 24 The Sunflower; Wednesday, May 8 Jimson Weed; and Thursday, May 23 Calla Turned Away from 10:00 a.m. to noon.  
 
Registration is required for each event.  Library events are free and open to the public.
 
These programs are funded by a Festivals and Projects grant of the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
 
This workshop is designed for participants of all skill levels, from beginner to advanced. Attendees will create a personalized, original pastel painting based on Georgia O’Keefe’s beautiful pastel renditions of The Sunflower, Jimson Weed and Calla Turned Away. All materials will be supplied. Seating may fill quickly, so please call 413-743-8345 to register for these free classes.
 
Maichack is an award-winning portraitist and painter working primarily in pastels living in the Berkshires. He has taught as a member of the faculty of the Museum School in Springfield, as well as at Greenfield and Holyoke Community College, Westfield State, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
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