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Mary Lyon Foundation Celebrates Reaching $5 Million Milestone for Student Success
Shelburne Falls, MA, October 24, 2025 – The Mary Lyon Foundation (MLF) is proud to announce that it has officially met its $5 million Campaign for Student Success goal, marking a transformative moment for education, equity, and community well-being in West County. Launched in 2021, at the height of the pandemic, the Campaign for Student Success was born from a simple but urgent truth: students can’t learn if their basic needs aren’t met. As schools pivoted between remote and hybrid learning, the Foundation saw firsthand how food insecurity, lack of internet access, and economic instability placed unprecedented strain on families…
Partnership Expands Healthcare Access in Western Franklin County with New Mobile Health Unit
Shelburne Falls, MA, October 20, 2025 – The Community Health Center of Franklin County (CHCFC), in partnership with the Mohawk Trail Regional School District (MTRSD) and the Mary Lyon Foundation (MLF), is proud to announce the launch of a new Mobile Health Unit at Mohawk Trail Regional School, beginning Monday, October 27, 2025. Designed to expand access to care for families across Western Franklin County, the Mobile Health Unit will visit the Mohawk Trail campus one week each month, offering a range of primary and preventive medical services for Community Health Center patients of all ages. Interested community members can…
Fall Newsletter: Liza Manchester, Program Director
Late in July, I joined the staff at the Mary Lyon Foundation. The team had just moved into a new office space at Mohawk Trail Regional School the week before, yet they were ready to welcome me with open arms — and put me to work right away! During my first week, I had the chance to support a local non-profit by purchasing school supplies for their Back-to-School Party, deliver donated literacy bundles to BSE for incoming PreK students, drop off donated musical instruments at Hawlemont, start planning the annual Resource Fair at Mohawk, and connect with the families and…
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We empower students and their families by advocating for community investment in programs and services.