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SUMMARY:Badge of Strength Endurance Challenge
DESCRIPTION:The Badge of Strength Endurance Challenge replicates a team approach utilized in the first responder industry\, testing the team’s strength\, endurance\, strategic assessment\, and grit. Every team\, each with one captain\, will be presented with six challenges that reflect various situational scenarios that exist in the life of a first responder. The team must complete all six challenges in only two hours to finish the course. \nThe race is set up with three levels of difficulty that a team can self-select into: Beginner\, Intermediate\, and Advanced.
URL:https://hsf.novacruxltd.com/event/badge-of-strength-endurance-challenge/2026-10-12/
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Member Event
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SUMMARY:Financial Wellness Lunchtime Series (5 Part Series)
DESCRIPTION:Academy for Financial Wellness is a step-by-step program designed to help you build financial independence. Through expert-led sessions\, you’ll gain the knowledge and confidence to\nmanage your money\, improve your credit\, and achieve short term and long financial goals. Series is presented over Zoom Mondays 12pm to 1pm (over lunch hour) 9/14 to 10/12. Presented by Liberty Bank and HSF! \nWhat You’ll Learn:\n-Create Your Path – assess your financial health to set goals for your short and long term financial wellness\n-Budget Like a Pro – Create & maintain a personalized spending plan that fits your life\n-Build & Repair Credit – Tools designed to help improve your score and uncover financial opportunities\n-Becoming a Homeowner – Learn about buying a home and understand mortgage options & down payment programs available to you\n-Plan for Long-Term Wealth –Explore Saving\, investing & retirement planning and tools for sustaining financial independence over time \n \nSeries Partner:
URL:https://hsf.novacruxltd.com/event/financial-wellness-lunchtime-series-5-part-series/2026-10-12/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Event,HSF Member Event,HSF Non Member Event,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T103000
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SUMMARY:Dementia Journey
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URL:https://hsf.novacruxltd.com/event/dementia-journey-2/2026-10-13/
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Member Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T140000
DTSTAMP:20260824T145203Z
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SUMMARY:Wisdom Circle for All
DESCRIPTION:How do you live in your Field of Peace during turbulent times? Wisdom Circle for All \nOur training and consultation series prepares individuals\, communities\, and coalitions that are strengthening their transformative work towards healing and equity-based relationships in divisive times. Come join our Wisdom Circle to cultivate a stronger sense of peace\, possibility\, healing and connection. You are invited to share space as we seek to meet one another in a field of peace and honesty. \nWhat to expect \n\nOur circle keepers will share a brief insight through story\, poem\, or short video.\n• Then\, you will be given a reflection question.\n• We will take turns listening deeply to one another.\n\nWho is this for?\nIf you feel like this sounds nourishing to your soul\, this is for you. Wisdom Circle For All requires registration for each monthly session. \nHow to participate \n\nIt takes some practice and trust to get used to a circle. Most of the time\, you will be listening to others.\nWe encourage you to notice how you are moved and changed by sitting with others’ truths.\nWhen it is your turn\, ask yourself: “Of all the many things I could say\, what is coming to the front?”\n\n–Remind yourself you do not need to say it all at one time. \n–If you keep returning\, we will come to know one another better. \n–It is good practice to share time.
URL:https://hsf.novacruxltd.com/event/wisdom-circle-for-all-3/
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Member Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T103000
DTSTAMP:20260910T132458Z
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SUMMARY:Supervisory Skills Certificate Series- Fall 2026
DESCRIPTION:Give new supervisors the skills they need to succeed.  If you are planning on promoting\, or have just promoted someone to a supervisory position help them hit the ground running with this 8 week course.  With HSF’s strong team of seasoned presenters covering a wide range of knowledge from different points of view\, we cover theory\, soft skills\, and hard facts.  Conversation topics range from harassment law and cybersecurity to finding common purpose in a team and how to transition from peer to supervisor\, and much much more. \nRegister an individual who is eligible for a certificate\, or a space for your agency to send someone different to each session depending on who the topic will benefit most. \nThis series is presented over Zoom. Series runs 8 consecutive weeks starting  September 24th\, 9am-12:30pm all session.  Full series is $750 for members\, $1500 for nonmembers. \nReimbursement available through the Commonwealth Corporation Express Fund (more information below). Are you an HSF member and NOT eligible for the grant?  Please use promo code HSF50 for a special 50% off discount.  Additional discounts available for groups of 4 or more attendees. Email Jeff Tingley \nSeries Dates and Topics \n\nSupervising Former Peers and Establishing Healthy Boundaries- Thursday September 24th\n\nThis training equips internally promoted leaders with the tools to successfully manage former peers while fostering trust\, accountability\, and healthy team dynamics. Leaders will explore the psychological and practical aspects of  transitioning into authority roles\, develop strategies for setting and enforcing boundaries\, refine their leadership identity\, and enhance their communication and feedback techniques. \nPresented by Will Weche; Willful Change LLC \n\nEmployment Law- Thursday October 1st\n\nAvoid missteps that can lead to expensive and time-consuming litigation.  Learn from practicing attorneys on the wording of the law\, along with how that wording is actually applied. Covering a wide range of subjects to clear up misconceptions and acknowledging pitfalls\, this session is packed with useful information that every organization needs. \nPresented by Skoler-Abbott \n\nCulturally Responsive Supervision- Tuesday October 6th\n\nJoin us as we take a deep look at the many aspects that make up our identities and how they impact our leadership\,  our organizations and the people we serve.  Improve our skills in having conversations about our differences in a way that encourages learning and growth while building intersectional resilience.  We will strengthen our ability to have important dialogues\, navigate predictable tensions and avoid pitfalls that lead to disconnection. This session helps supervisors cultivate trusting\, creative and connected diverse working relationships. \nPresented by Regi Wingo and JAC Patriss; Growing a New Heart \n\nRetention: Rewards and Accountability – Thursday October 15th\n\nPeople don’t leave jobs; they leave bad supervisors. This session puts a focus on how a supervisor can strengthen and grow those who report to them\, creating an environment where employees want to stay.  Covering how to multiple the strengths of your team\, how to discipline in a way that productive\, and how to praise\, we will learn how to create a work environment centered on retention. \nPresented by Diana Brooks; Diana Brooks Associates \n\nCyber Security- Thursday October 22th \n\nWith the threat of cyber attacks continuing to rise\, with an increased focus on social engineering\, no one can afford to hide their heads in the sand and pretend that everything is ok.  With a focus on practical\, simple\, daily steps that one can take\, this session seeks to minimize risk to you\, your organization\, and your clients. \nPresented by Chris Wisneski; Whittlesey \n\nResource Sharing and Catchafire Overview- Thursday October 29th\n\nLet’s continue to fight the narrative of resource scarcity in nonprofits.  Join us as we will highlight some of the most useful free resources for nonprofits we’ve discovered\, and we invite you to share the tools and supports that have been most valuable to you. Let’s learn from one another and keep building stronger connections! We will also take a look at Catchafire- a worldwide network of professionals volunteering to lend their expertise to nonprofit organizations pro bono\, that our member organizations have access to through HSF. \nPresented by Becca Coolong and Jeff Tingley; Human Service Forum \n\nTeam Building and Conflict Resolution- Thursday November 5th\n\nThrough discussions that will include team activities and individual reflection\, forge a shared understanding of team-building and the essential skills for conflict resolution and negotiation that facilitate the development of strong\, cohesive\, effective teams. Make your team stronger than the sum of their parts\, drive unity\, and be able to address conflict when it does happen. \nPresented by Dr. Lucie Lewis and Janine Fondon \n\nLeadership Communication- Thursday November 12th\n\nThis session looks at the building blocks of communicating clear messages to others.  In a core aspect of leadership that is often taken for granted\, those who excel at communicating often excel in supervision.  Learn to avoid noise and interference\, and how to properly process feedback to fine tune your messages for clearer understanding. \nPresented by Jeff Tingley; Human Service Forum \n  \nHSF Series Sponsor \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nHSF Annual Sponsors \n 
URL:https://hsf.novacruxltd.com/event/supervisory-skills-certificate-series-fall-2026/2026-10-15/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Event,HSF Member Event,HSF Non Member Event,Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T103000
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SUMMARY:Retention: Rewards and Accountability
DESCRIPTION:People don’t leave jobs; they leave bad supervisors. This session puts a focus on how a supervisor can strengthen and grow those who report to them\, creating an environment where employees want to stay.  Covering how to multiple the strengths of your team\, how to discipline in a way that productive\, and how to praise\, we will learn how to create a work environment centered on retention. \nPresented by Diana Brooks; Diana Brooks Associates \nThis session is part of HSF’s Supervisory Skills Series; 8 sessions designed to give new supervisors the skills they need to succeed.  If you are planning on promoting\, or have just promoted someone to a supervisory position help them hit the ground running with this 8 week course.  With HSF’s strong team of seasoned presenters covering a wide range of knowledge from different points of view\, we cover theory\, soft skills\, and hard facts.  Conversation topics range from harassment law and cybersecurity to finding common purpose in a team and how to transition from peer to supervisor\, and much much more. \nThis series is presented over Zoom. \nSeries Dates and Topics \nOther Sessions: \n\nCyber Security- Thursday October 22th \n\nWith the threat of cyber attacks continuing to rise\, with an increased focus on social engineering\, no one can afford to hide their heads in the sand and pretend that everything is ok.  With a focus on practical\, simple\, daily steps that one can take\, this session seeks to minimize risk to you\, your organization\, and your clients. \nPresented by Chris Wisneski; Whittlesey \n\nResource Sharing and Catchafire Overview- Thursday October 29th\n\nLet’s continue to fight the narrative of resource scarcity in nonprofits.  Join us as we will highlight some of the most useful free resources for nonprofits we’ve discovered\, and we invite you to share the tools and supports that have been most valuable to you. Let’s learn from one another and keep building stronger connections! We will also take a look at Catchafire- a worldwide network of professionals volunteering to lend their expertise to nonprofit organizations pro bono\, that our member organizations have access to through HSF. \nPresented by Becca Coolong and Jeff Tingley; Human Service Forum \n\nTeam Building and Conflict Resolution- Thursday November 5th\n\nThrough discussions that will include team activities and individual reflection\, forge a shared understanding of team-building and the essential skills for conflict resolution and negotiation that facilitate the development of strong\, cohesive\, effective teams. Make your team stronger than the sum of their parts\, drive unity\, and be able to address conflict when it does happen. \nPresented by Dr. Lucie Lewis and Janine Fondon \n\nLeadership Communication- Thursday November 12th\n\nThis session looks at the building blocks of communicating clear messages to others.  In a core aspect of leadership that is often taken for granted\, those who excel at communicating often excel in supervision.  Learn to avoid noise and interference\, and how to properly process feedback to fine tune your messages for clearer understanding. \nPresented by Jeff Tingley; Human Service Forum \n  \nHSF Series Sponsor \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nHSF Annual Sponsors \n 
URL:https://hsf.novacruxltd.com/event/retention/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Event,HSF Member Event,HSF Non Member Event,Workshop
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SUMMARY:LatinX HIV/ Aids Awareness Day Community Resource Event
DESCRIPTION:Salud con Orgullo | October 15 | 10AM – 2PM \n\n\nJoin Tapestry Health and the Hispanic American Library for a Community Health Fair offering free HIV/STI testing\, PrEP and DoxyPEP education\, and connections to housing\, recovery\, food assistance\, and more through Tapestry Harm Reduction and community partners.\n\n\n—\n\n\n Salud con Orgullo | 15 de octubre | 10AM – 2PM \n\n\nVen a la feria de salud comunitaria de Tapestry Health y la Hispanic American Library. Ofrecemos pruebas gratis de VIH e ITS (infecciones de transmisión sexual) e información sobre PrEP y DoxyPEP\, medicamentos que ayudan a prevenir el VIH y algunas ITS. También te conectamos con servicios de vivienda\, recuperación\, acceso a comida y más\, a través del programa de Reducción de Daños de Tapestry y nuestras organizaciones aliadas.
URL:https://hsf.novacruxltd.com/event/180613/
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Member Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Tapestry Health":MAILTO:events@tapestryhealth.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T130000
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SUMMARY:Powerful Tools for Caregivers
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URL:https://hsf.novacruxltd.com/event/powerful-tools-for-caregivers/2026-10-16/
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Member Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T210000
DTSTAMP:20260824T150101Z
CREATED:20260824T150101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260824T150101Z
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SUMMARY:Feed the Spirit
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URL:https://hsf.novacruxltd.com/event/feed-the-spirit/
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Member Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T183000
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SUMMARY:Feed The Kids Project Comedy Night
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URL:https://hsf.novacruxltd.com/event/feed-the-kids-project-comedy-night/
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Member Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T220000
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CREATED:20260902T122532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T122532Z
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SUMMARY:Live in Concert\, Trailer Trash
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URL:https://hsf.novacruxltd.com/event/live-in-concert-trailer-trash/
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Member Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T160000
DTSTAMP:20260817T175257Z
CREATED:20260817T175257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T175257Z
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SUMMARY:Habitat Family Fun Fest
DESCRIPTION:Habitat Family Fun Fest is a FREE family-friendly community celebration bringing neighbors together for a day of fun while supporting Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity’s mission. Guests can enjoy activities\, music\, entertainment\, alcohol and kid-friendly drinks; food trucks\, and opportunities to connect with Habitat while helping build a future where everyone has a safe\, affordable place to call home.
URL:https://hsf.novacruxltd.com/event/habitat-family-fun-fest-2/
LOCATION:Vanished Valley Brewing Co\, 782 Center St\, Ludlow\, MA\, 1056\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,HSF Member Event
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