FUNDRAISING 3rd Annual Frozen Yogurt 5K Raises $23,000 to Fund Educational, Recreational Programs Over 200 people laced-up and stepped-out for the 3rd Annual Frozen Yogurt 5K Run/Walk held on Aug. 27 in downtown Northampton to raise awareness of mental health and substance use disorders. Our runners, walkers, and sponsors play a crucial role in helping to making this event such a success. Thanks to their support this year, we raised over $23,000 to benefit the 13,500 children, adults, and families the Gándara Center serves throughout Massachusetts. to continue to provide these opportunities to the individuals we serve and meet them where they are in their treatment. $23K Money raised through events like our Frozen Yogurt 5K directly benefit the individuals the Gándara Center serves. Sponsorships make a direct impact in helping to improve the quality of life for those in need. Money raised from this event help to fund programs like our Aventura! Summer Camp Scholarship Program which provides youth an opportunity to attend summer camp for free; and Gándara’s Descant Music & Art Scholarship along with other educational, recreational, and healthy options for the families we serve. From experience, we know that providing opportunities for educational or musical enrichment and recreational activities helps to keep those in treatment focused; decreases their criminal activity; and improves their occupational, social, and psychological functioning as valuable members of their communities. Giving those in treatment the tools they need to become successful helps leads them down the path to healthier living and recovery. Support for events like the Frozen Yogurt 5K allow us Raised The Frozen Yogurt 5K would not be possible without the support from our generous sponsors: Go Berry; Hispanic Resources, Inc.; Country Bank; Insurance Center of New England; Peoples Bank; WB Mason; The Apothecary Center; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts; Crocker Communications; Marcotte Ford; Allied Flooring & Paint; Cigna; Florence Bank; Merchants Fleet Management; River Valley Co-Op; This End Up Furniture; Skoler, Abbott & Presser; Whittlesey & Hadley, PC; CheckWriters; Copy Cat Print Shop; Dave’s Soda & Pet City; Stop & Shop Northampton; Dr. David Gill; Dr. Young Kim; American Bedding; Cowls Building Supply; Eastern Electronics; Egan, Flanagan, and Cohen, PC; Law Offices of Farber & Lindley; Northampton Area Pediatrics; Erin Pelkey; Stacy Benda; 1 Little Black Dog Treat Truck (Jameson’s Journey); Barnes & Noble Hadley; Bueno Y Sano; Central Rock Gym; Pioneer Valley Pain Relief Therapies, LLC; Springfield Thunderbirds; Starbucks Northampton; and Sir Speedy.
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