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Bringing the power of education, arts and culture to youth and their families in Holyoke, MA

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May 17, 2024

Annual Fundraising Party a Record-Breaking Success!

The Care Center's Annual Fundraising Party on Wednesday, May 15 was a record-breaking success! With nearly 400 guests in attendance, we met the matching gift from PeoplesBank and then some. We raised $220,000 (and counting) to support our Moving Women Forward campaign, which ensures that our onsite college will remain free for women for years to come. Here's the incredible part: with the gifts … [Read more...] about Annual Fundraising Party a Record-Breaking Success!

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May 9, 2024

In Memory of Frank Stiebel

Frank Stiebel was a longtime friend and generous supporter of The Care Center. Your donation in his memory will help us continue to provide a tuition-free college education to young mothers and low-income women.   … [Read more...] about In Memory of Frank Stiebel

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February 21, 2024

The Care Center Announces New Executive Director, Oona Cook

The Care Center proudly announces the appointment of Oona Cook as its new Executive Director, effective March 1, 2024. With a distinguished background in advocacy, education, and nonprofit management, Oona Cook brings a wealth of experience and leadership to The Care Center.   A graduate of Mount Holyoke College and the University of Connecticut School of Law, Oona spent many years working as a … [Read more...] about The Care Center Announces New Executive Director, Oona Cook

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November 8, 2023

The Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation donates $500,000 to endowment!

We are so thrilled to report that The Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation has generously donated $500,000 to our Moving Women Forward endowment campaign! This substantial gift will transform the lives of low-income women and their families by sustaining Bard Microcollege Holyoke. Paul Besito, Executive Director of The Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation, expressed his … [Read more...] about The Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation donates $500,000 to endowment!

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We’ve witnessed how one class, one professor can change the angle from which we see our future. Whether it’s holding an adult brain and learning the inner workings of its sponge-like, functionality or learning about the overabundance of Phage in a teaspoon of dirt, each subject is a building block to our reinvention of ourselves.

Wilma Rivera, Bard Microcollege Holyoke graduate, now completing her bachelor’s degree at Trinity College

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The Care Center is a recipient of the 2011 National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award, the nation’s highest honor recognizing community-based arts and humanities youth programs in the United States, presented by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. The Care Center is also a recipient of the Mass Cultural Council’s 2019 Commonwealth Award, honoring exceptional achievement in the arts, humanities, and sciences. We are proud to receive funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Care Center is a 501(c)(3) organization. Tax ID 04-2962882

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