2nd Annual Back 2 School Fair

We’ve rounded up a few photos from a few of the folks that were present at the fair and compiled them into an album that is available now in our Photos section of the website. If you were at the event and took photos we would love to see them. Please let us know by Read more...

Back to school fair in Holyoke: wwlp.com

Well we have wrapped up our 2nd Annual Back 2 School Fair and even though the rain put a small damper to the festivities it did not deter hundreds of families and volunteers from coming out and having a great time. Over 650 Families went home with the basic school supplies needed to start the Read more...

Hi Everyone, the weather forecast for Sunday is calling for Mostly cloudy and humidity with periods of rain in the afternoon. As you can see from the infographic to the left the amount of rain and or precipitation is less than an inch (.08) with a 24% chance of thunderstorms not great news but also Read more...

As we mentioned last year we were not aware a fellow congregation held their own back to school fair.  Emanuel Restoration Center, Inc. is holding their fair the day before ours for the second consecutive year so we have ourselves a second consecutive “Unofficial Holyoke Back to School Weekend“. This means even more back to school supplies Read more...

Earlier today (Friday 8/5/11) our fair director Veronica Rivera, coordinator, Orlando Ramos and participant, Karyann Cruz took part in the daily WWLP TV22 Live Show Mass Appeal. Below is the entire segment. We think they did a great job, don’t you? Remember the 2nd Annual Back 2 School Fair will be held Sunday the 14th of August Read more...

Doing social good is becoming quite the trend in the age of social media. Many a folk helping charities such as Livestrong, the Red Cross, 12 for 12k and many others using twitter and facebook to spread the word. Then there are fund raising initiatives that where formed specifically to be shared on twitter such Read more...

In 2009 our country faced some really tough times during the recession. Many families were faced with many difficult decisions as parents lost jobs and were forced to cut back on spending. In 2010 we held the “1st Annual Back 2 School Fair” and felt in our hearts to serve these families by providing students Read more...

We are happy to report that the inaugural Back 2 School Fair was a resounding success. Hundreds of disadvantaged families and students attended and were provided with backpacks stuffed with notebooks, pencils, glue, crayons and other school supplies. In attendance were over 700 families, exhibitors, volunteers and guest speakers. Everyone was delighted with live performances Read more...