Connecting and supporting community through the common thread of our children.

WHAT IS HILLTOWN FAMILIES?

Hilltown Families is an online grassroots communication network for families living in Western Massachusetts.

Founded in 2005 by long time activist and Hilltown mother, Sienna Wildfield, Hilltown Families serves families in the Highlands Region of Western Massachusetts, including the Hilltowns, Pioneer Valley and parts of the Berkshires.

The Trusteeship Institute, Inc. (TI) was founded in 1973 by Terry Mollner for the purpose of furthering economic development based on Mohandas Gandhi's theory of "trusteeship." From the beginning the mission of TI has been to further this worldview both with innovative projects of its own and by participating in and supporting the projects of others.

EarthThrives began as a project in mid-2007 as a site of videos showing people in the Pioneer Valley addressing the issue of sustainability. It has developed into the face of the green, local and sustainable movement in the Pioneer Valley. 

Features on EarthThrives include a shared calendar, videos of Valley residents going green, press releases and articles related to everything local, green or sustainable with plans to expand!

About the Center

"The GCC Foundation is probably the most important reason our community college is such a great one. We not only give funds to the College, we spread the good word about it." -- Jean Cummings, honorary member of the GCC Foundation Board of Directors

How gifts to the GCC Foundation are used:

Scholarships. The flexibility of Foundation scholarship funds helps deserving students realize their dreams.

Co-op Power in a Nutshell

We have 312 members and 4,800 supporters in New England and New York who are committed to a sustainable energy future. We have engaged in dialog over the past five years to build consensus about how to best support our transition to a sustainable energy future. As a result, we have raised more than $225,000 in Member Equity to support the development of community-scale clean energy projects and to build Co-op Power.

The Solidago Foundation was founded in 1995 with a mission to:

To promote justice, equity, sustainability and enfranchisement for all through charitable Grantmaking to, and work with, progressive, empowering, community-based organizations and collaborations.

The name 'Solidago' refers to the goldenrod plant family and means to strengthen and make whole. Inspired by this image, the Solidago Foundation supports building progressive movements and organizations for lasting structural change of unjust systems.

Mission: "to TEACH inner city youth and/or underprivileged persons to be successful entrepreneurs while revitalizing inner city neighborhoods with a concentration on socially responsible/sustainable business practices"

Our vision is the evolution of responsible and sustainable businesses. We are currently developing a curriculum to train individuals in entrepreneurship with a concentration in socially responsible business practices that will begin at the high school level.

Our Mission