The Lanesborough Tigers visit the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Museum in Canton, Ohio.
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — It is the season of giving, and the players and families of the Lanesborough Senior Tigers football team are feeling grateful.
Last week, the members of the youth football team gave it their all at the World Football Championships in Canton, Ohio.
The trip included, among other things, a chance for the team to visit the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Museum, host of the tournament.
The 2019 Berkshire County Champions and Northeast Regional Champions were helped in their trip by hundreds of donors — named and anonymous — who contributed to the team either directly or through its Gofundme page.
This week, the "Lanesborough Senior Tigers Family" sent a letter of thanks to all those who lent a hand:
"The Lanesborough Senior Tigers football family (players, coaches & parents) would like to extend our sincere gratitude and appreciation to all the local businesses, foundations, town associations, and individuals who so generously donated and supported our football team’s amazing journeys to both the Regional Tournament in Sparta, N.J., and the World Youth Football Championship Tournament in Canton, Ohio this fall.
"The generosity and support we received from the community during this holiday season was overwhelming. The team had an amazing experience and created life-long memories, including the chance to play some incredibly talented teams and the opportunity to visit the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
"The Tigers played hard and represented Berkshire County as best we could, but without your community support, we wouldn’t have had these opportunities. So again, thank you and best wishes from the Tiger Football Family. Happy Holidays to all!"
Top photo: Front Row, from left: Jake Newberry, Johnathan Mejias, Eddy Ferris, Madysen Pelkey, Owen Taylor. Second row: Coach Dale Newberry, Eli Shaw, Desmond Cobb, Jeffrey Johnson, Isaiah Shaw, James Daoust. Third row: Coach Jeff Johnson, Aiden Macpherson, Elias Robinson, Nick Bellora, Alex McDermott, Coach Marc Bellora, Coach Christian Daoust. Back row: Head coach Jason Pause, Damon Pause, Mitch Waynick, Dominic Carnevale, Jackson Powell, Judge Martin, Kaden Bouchard, Coach Jabari Powell, Coach Justin Carnevale. Not pictured, Liam Berryman.
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Berkshire Wind Power Cooperative Corporation Scholarships
LUDLOW, Mass. — For the third year, Berkshire Wind Power Cooperative Corporation (BWPCC) will award scholarships to students from Lanesborough and Hancock.
The scholarship is open to seniors at Mount Greylock Regional High School and Charles H. McCann Technical School. BWPCC will select two students from the class of 2024 to receive $1,000 scholarships.
The scholarships will be awarded to qualifying seniors who are planning to attend either a two- or four-year college or trade school program. Seniors must be from either Hancock or Lanesborough to be considered for the scholarship. Special consideration will be given to students with financial need, but all students are encouraged to apply.
The BWPCC owns and operates the Berkshire Wind Power Project, a 12 turbine, 19.6-megawatt wind farm located on Brodie Mountain in Hancock and Lanesborough. The non-profit BWPCC consists of 16 municipal utilities located in Ashburnham, Boylston, Chicopee, Groton, Holden, Hull, Ipswich, Marblehead, Paxton, Peabody, Russell, Shrewsbury, Sterling, Templeton, Wakefield, and West Boylston, and their joint action agency, the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC).
To be considered, students must submit all required documents including a letter of recommendation from their school counselor and a letter detailing their educational and professional goals. Application and submission details will be shared with students via their school counselors. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 19.
MMWEC is a not-for-profit, public corporation and political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts created by an Act of the General Court in 1975 and authorized to issue tax-exempt debt to finance a wide range of energy facilities. MMWEC provides a variety of power supply, financial, risk management and other services to the state's consumer-owned, municipal utilities.
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