WEST SPRINGFIELD – Richard B. Collins, president and CEO of United Bank, announced today that employee and United Bank Foundation contributions combined totaled $97,643 in support of the United Ways of Pioneer Valley, Hampshire Community and Central Massachusetts.
United Bank’s employee campaign alone totaled more than $58,000, surpassing last year’s level of giving, reported Collins. In addition, the United Bank Foundation contributed a total of $39,500 to the three United Ways.
The Bank’s United Way Committee was headed by Laura Carrasquillo, HR reporting and payroll manager. She and committee members Kristyn Samere, Michelle Gardner, Terry Bennett, Tricia Welzyn, Jane Loranger, Nancy Carlo and Pat Wirth promoted employee participation with weekly events and activities designed to reinforce the United Way’s LIVE UNITED message.
GeoBlue products will be marketed and sold in Massachusetts through Indigo Insurance Services LLC, a subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts. To learn more about the GeoBlue plans, and the services it will offer business travelers and international employees, visit www.indigo-insurance.com
Stimulus funds increased
The banks, including local lenders Chicopee Savings, Nuvo Bank & Trust Co. and Greenfield Co-Operative, then lend the money to small businesses as a way of creating jobs and stimulating the economy.
Mark Boardman, president of the club and chairman of the 2011 Fireworks Committee, said the group wanted the celebration to honor America and the men and women – both in the armed forcesand civilians – who “continue to safeguard our freedom.” According to Boardman, “Aucella’s design was colorful and eye-catching, and resulted in helping achieve an attendance of nearly 40,000 at the event.”
Phil Aucella, president and creative director at Aucella Strategic Marketing Design, said that to have the greatest impact, the logo needed to be attractive, fun and family friendly.
After researching successful design elements, the design team incorporated a lively color palette that would appeal to area demographics.
Graphic Design USA selected the award-winning logo from more than 8,000 entries nationwide.
The plan calls for Connecticut Innovations to recruit early stage, high-potential companies from other states, leverage its knowledge of the technology industry and investment community to attract outside investment to match CI funds, and utilize its expertise to expand existing initiatives and launch new initiatives to invigorate Connecticut’s emerging technology sector, bolstering further CI’s record of success.
There was $125 million in new funding from the state included in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s jobs bill, which was signed into law in October 2011. CI’s plan is to match this state funding for each of the next five years with its existing cash and funding from its investment returns.
The reverification, received after an extensive independent review of Baystate’s staff, facilities and protocols by a team of veteran trauma surgeons, is based on a comprehensive set of criteria, including the number of injured patients treated per year; the skill and experience of physicians, nurses and other staff in the trauma center around the clock; the level of technology available to support care for injured patients, and the trauma center’s commitment to continuous improvement, community outreach and education, and injury prevention.
As the only Level 1 trauma center in Western Massachusetts, Baystate Medical Center treats the region’s most critically injured patients. Baystate’s trauma program works closely with the hospital’s emergency department, one of the busiest in New England, to bring the highest level of care to trauma patients facing the gravest health crises.
IRS pushes e-file
IRS e-file has surpassed the milestone of 1 billion returns processed. The electronic transmission system revolutionized the way the IRS processes tax returns and made speedy refunds possible. More than 112 million income tax returns were e-filed last year, or 77 percent of all individual returns filed.
On average, 1 million visitors come to enjoy the fairgrounds during the Big E's 17-day
exposition each year – including the Massachusetts Building, a replica of the Old State House in Boston. Located along the Avenue of the States, the Massachusetts Building showcases Massachusetts agriculture, commerce and tourism.
If your businesses or organization can’t commit to a full 17 days, there are also one-day options to exhibit: Massachusetts Day – (Sept. 20) and Harvest New England Day (Sept. 28.)
For more information, contact Mary Jordan, (617) 626-1750, Mary.Jordan@
state.ma.us; Howie Vinton, (617) 626-1803, Howard.Vin-
ton@state.ma.us
{{el2}}NORTHAMPTON – Two independent rating organizations separately verify that patients who choose Cooley Dickinson Hospital for their health needs receive better quality and safer outcomes, even as the hospital has reduced the cost of care.
Cooley Dickinson Hospital is among the 2011 Top Performing Hospitals in the Premier health care alliance’s national QUEST collaborative. The data demonstrates that CDH is doing better than the benchmarks set by the collaborative.
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The Executive Office for Administration and Finance issued requests for response as a next step in pursuing these social innovation financing contracts.