MCLA Blog

Friends for Foster Families is a respite and support program for foster families throughout Northern Berkshire County, particularly Adams, North Adams and Cheshire. Foster parenting can be both stressful and rewarding at the same time. Foster parents provide a safe place for someone else’s child to live, while provides services that a particular child may [...]

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Examples of past activities include Night without a Home: MCLA students are sponsored to spend the night on the Academic Quad, Hunger Fast: from 9am to 9pm, students fast to raise awareness of hunger issues- When others asked why they weren’t eating, student’s responded that they were choosing to, but that many people don’t have [...]

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What is First Days?
First Days is a four-day orientation program in which MCLA introduces incoming freshmen to the college and the resources of North Adams. At the Center for Service and Citizenship at MCLA, we feel it is our responsibility to help students build a strong relationship with the local community through service programs that [...]

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