NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Join North Adams storyteller and scholar Desiree Taylor to celebrate through story the pursuit of happiness that African Americans have taken on in an often hostile wider culture.
The talk will be held Saturday, Feb. 21, at 11 a.m., at the North Adams Public Library.
This presentation explores the resources and hopes that people from all backgrounds and walks of life can glean inspiration from.
The talk will be held in the front parlor and is open to the public. It is being funded by the Friends of the North Adams Public Library.
For more information, contact reference librarian Lisa Harding at 413-662-3133, Ext. 13, or lharding@northadams-ma.gov.
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Northern Berkshire United Way: 1980s Sees Double the Growth, Double the Need
By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
Northern Berkshire United Way is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. Each month, we will take a look back at the agency's milestones over the decades.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Northern Berkshire United Way rolled through the "Me Decade" on a high.
The "Massachusetts Miracle" ushered in a boomtime — despite gloomy local indicators like the relocation of Sprague Electric, loss of Adams Print Works in a massive blaze, and Photech's bankruptcy.
The agency failed to reach its fundraising goals only two times during the decade even as the region's needs grew. For the first time, homelessness and substance abuse were listed among its allocations.
Fundraising grew by leaps and bounds as critical human service relief agencies asked for more. An estimated 36,000 people in North County were being served by the agency's affiliates. The funds went to support between 14 and 17 agencies over the decade for health services, youth support, mental health, child care, and family needs.
NBUW was making enough toward the end of the 1980s that it could provide help to nonmembers such as the Dalton Community Chest, a rape crisis center and two homelessness initiatives. It also worked with the Piton Foundation of Colorado on venture funding, including for a peer mentoring program at Drury High School
Mary G. Dailey had given her first dollar to the original Community Chest in 1935 as a worker at Arnold Print Works. As keynote speaker at the 1981 kick off, she credited North Berkshire's generosity as "enthusiasm."
"I'm all for enthusiasm," she told the 150 gathered at the Eagles Hall that fall, with her sister, Catherine, as toastmaster. "No other characteristic, with the possible exception of kindness, has contributed so much to happy and successful living."
The "Massachusetts Miracle" ushered in a boomtime — despite gloomy local indicators like the relocation of Sprague Electric, loss of Adams Print Works in a massive blaze, and Photech's bankruptcy.
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