Bank Grant Will Boost Mentoring Initiatives In Western Mass.

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill

Published October 28, 2013 at 12:35 PM EDT

Over the last two years, the youth mentoring movement has grown in western Massachusetts. The organization Mass Mentoring Partnership has established a mentoring hub in the greater Springfield area. The initiative is getting a financial boost from First Niagara Bank which will announce a $50,000 grant at an event this evening in Holyoke. WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Mass Mentoring Partnership President Marty Martinez.

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