Community Programs

By WMCS Education & Community Services, Corp

Disclaimer: WMCS Education & Community Services, Corp is not yet a 501c3 agency; we are in the process of obtaining status. Your donations are not tax-deductible. Your help is necessary to sustain these programs.

🌸 Let’s Talk Tuesdays: Women’s Group for Healing, Growth & Empowerment

In Collaboration with O’Dell Women’s Center & Union Capital Springfield

Let’s Talk Tuesdays has grown into something even more powerful — a continuous weekly women’s empowerment circle, held every Tuesday from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM virtually through our Skool.com community platform.

What started as a 6-week series has now evolved into a year-round sisterhood — offering women a consistent, safe, and healing space to connect, reflect, and grow in community.

🌿 What to Expect Each Week
Together, we dive into seasonal themes and real-life topics that impact our personal journeys — including identity, boundaries, relationships, motherhood, mental wellness, sisterhood, career goals, and more. Every session includes:

Empowering conversations & guided reflections
Mindfulness practices to support emotional well-being
Optional group sharing in a supportive space
A guided journaling experience using our exclusive journal

📝 Journal can be purchased for $15

Our beautifully designed Let’s Talk Journal — created to support each week of reflection — is now included as part of the experience. You can choose to download and print it yourself, or request a mailed copy for a small shipping fee by emailing us directly.

💛 Who Is This For?
This group is open to all women — no experience needed, just a willing heart and an open mind. Whether you're healing, rebuilding, thriving, or searching for your next step — you are welcome here.

💻 Ready to Join?

🟣 Register Now on Skool:
https://www.skool.com/lets-talk-healing-growing-empowered

🌐 Learn more about us:
www.westernmasscaresolutions.com

🗓️ Stay up to date with all events:
Add our Public Calendar

Let’s keep healing, growing, and empowering — one Tuesday at a time. 💫
We’ll see you inside.

🖊️ Register using the QR code or contact Lourdes at
📞 (413) 276-6086 | 🌐 westernmasscaresolutions.com
📧 info@westernmasscaresolutions.com

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Quarterly Potluck Popups

Potluck Popups: Nourishing Our Community One Plate at a Time

Our Potluck Popups are quarterly community gatherings designed to bring neighbors together through shared meals, essential donations, and uplifting connections. Hosted in different neighborhoods across Western Massachusetts, these events are open to all and provide free food, donated items, and access to local services—especially for families and individuals in need.

Each event is grounded in compassion, community, and care. Local volunteers, businesses, and families contribute by donating food, school supplies, hygiene items, or simply their time and presence. These popups are not just about giving—they’re about building relationships and supporting one another.

Upcoming Potluck Popups:

2nd Annual Christmas Potluck & Egg Hunt - April 4, 2026 12-4 pm

Location TBD - Hosted by WMCS Education & Community Services, Corp., this community-centered event offers warm meals, resources, music, family-friendly fun, and meaningful support to those in need.

2nd Annual Summer BBQ Potluck Popup: A Donation for a Plate🗓️ August 8, 2026 – A community meal and Back-to-School Donation Drive to support our Braids & Haircuts event on August 23rd.

Past Potlucks:

🎄Christmas Potluck Popup🗓️ December 21, 2025 – Held once again at the South Congregational Church, 45 Maple Street, Springfield. Join us and share warm meals, winter items, and holiday cheer with your neighbors.

Whether you come to give or receive, you’ll leave feeling nourished—in body, heart, and spirit.

WE NEED SPONSORS!!

Young Parent Assistance Program

The Young Parent Assistance Program is an initiative designed to provide compassionate, responsive support to expectant and postpartum parents aged 13 to 24. Our goal is to ensure that young mothers, fathers, and guardians have access to necessities, opportunities for personal development, and tools for long-term success.

The program is setting up to offer essential care packs that include items such as:

Small packs of diapers and baby wipes
Basic toiletries and feminine hygiene products
Baby clothing (as available)
Bus passes and transportation assistance (as available)

The Young Parent Assistance Program is more than a service—it’s a bridge to stability, growth, and self-empowerment for young families. By meeting participants where they are, we strive to reduce barriers, promote dignity, and uplift the next generation of parents and leaders.

**We have supply, please request!

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Annual Braids & Haircuts Back-to-School

🎒 Back-to-School Annual Initiative

Each year, Western Mass Care Solutions proudly leads a Back-to-School Initiative that brings together community partners, volunteers, and sponsors to uplift families and ensure students return to school feeling confident, prepared, and supported.

This initiative features two major events each August, including our signature Back-to-School Braids & Haircuts Event, hosted in partnership with Precise Cuts on Main Street in Springfield. With their continued collaboration, we provide free haircuts, braids, backpacks, school supplies, food, music, and more to local students.

The first event—a community fundraiser and BBQ—helps gather the supplies and resources to be distributed at the main event at the end of August. Our mission is to remove barriers, foster dignity, and connect families with year-round support services through a welcoming, joyful experience.

With the help of community sponsors, partners like Precise Cuts, and passionate volunteers, we work together to #MakeItHappen and give every child a strong start to the school year. #TheWorkContinues2026