Monson Savings Bank Donates $2,500 to Wellspring Harvest

Dan Moriarty, Monson Savings Bank President & CEO (left), and Kandy Tranghese, Monson Savings Bank SVP & CFO (center right), presented a $2,500 donation to Lesenia Field (center left) and Fred Rose (far right) from the Wellspring Community Harvest.
 
Monson, MA – Monson Savings Bank President & CEO Dan Moriarty and SVP CFO Kandy Tranghese recently met with Lesenia Fields and Fred Rose from Springfield based Wellspring Community Harvest. Monson Savings Bank made a $2,500 donation supporting Wellspring Community Harvest’s Go Fresh Mobile Market.
 
Wellspring Harvest is the first commercial hydroponic greenhouse in the City of Springfield, located at 121 Pinevale Street in the Indian Orchard neighborhood. The quarter acre greenhouse was established in April 2018 and started selling lettuce in August 2018. Wellspring Harvest is bringing healthy, locally grown produce to area hospitals, schools, businesses, and residents. The greenhouse employs 7 residents and is organized as a for-profit, worker-owned cooperative business. Learn more about the Wellspring Community Harvest: https://wellspringcoop.org/co-op-businesses/greenhouse-cooperative/about-wellspring-harvest
 
“Wellspring Harvest is committed to addressing critical social and environmental needs in our region. By promoting sustainable, season-extending food production, we aim to enhance our community’s food independence, especially given our short growing season,” said Fred Rose, Co-Director of Wellspring Community Harvest. “Currently, greenhouse production in Western Massachusetts is minimal, and many fresh greens and herbs are only available part of the year. Our initiative not only increases access to fresh produce year-round, but also creates a stable market that supports affordable pricing and local economies."
 
The Go Fresh Mobile Market delivers fresh produce grown at Wellspring Community Harvest and other local locations to senior housing sites, low-income housing complexes, healthcare centers, and community organizations across Springfield. The mobile market enables customers to purchase fresh produce using their Massachusetts state Healthy Incentive Program (HIP) benefits which can only be used at farmers markets. More information about the Go Fresh Mobile Market can be found at: https://gofreshmobilemarket.org/
 
“The Go Fresh Mobile market is unique because it brings the area’s farmer’s markets to people who would not be able to travel to farmer’s markets otherwise, whether it be because of a lack of transportation or a lack of farmer’s markets where they live,” said Lesenia Fields, Wellspring Co-Chair, Go Fresh Mobile Market. “It enables people to take advantage of their HIP benefits, which is a wonderful program because it not only empowers people to eat healthy foods, but it also supports local farmers by opening up the sale of their products to an entire new market.”

 
About Monson Savings Bank
Incorporated as a mutually chartered community bank in 1872, Monson Savings Bank has one of the longest tenures of service and stability in its market. Civic leaders chartered the bank with the intent to give working men and women the opportunity to save, which – incredibly, they could not do prior to the bank’s inception.  Today, Monson Savings Bank retains its legacy of empowerment through savings, but has expanded to serve its customers with a variety of innovative financial services, including digital banking, online mortgage applications and business banking, and commercial lending. The bank has expanded on its promise of “where people save, businesses prosper, and communities benefit” by opening offices in Hampden, Wilbraham, Ware, and most recently East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. The bank also opened a retail and business loan operations center in Wilbraham in 2020. Member FDIC, Member DIF, Equal Housing Lender
 
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