On June 4th, from 3:30-5:30PM at Nonotuck Park in Easthampton, the SPIFFY Coalition gathered around 50 folks for SPIFFY’s bi-annual Full Coalition Meeting. The focus of this meeting was for coalition members to connect and learn about the research behind bell-to-bell cell phone policies in schools, as well as hear directly from a panel of students and staff form schools with these policies. In addition, there was a free raffle with many local business donations, an ice cream social, pizza and drinks, and lawn games for playing after the event.
For making the event what it was, we want to give a special thanks to:
- Presenter Emily Boddy, Co-Founder of ReConnect Western MA
- Panelists Kerin Guimond, Anna Tunstall, Cat Macdonald, and Matt Leaf
- Childcare support from EHS’ Tiny Tots program, Kathryn and Cindel
- MANY local businesses/organizations who donated gift cards and items
- SPIFFY staff, Lexi Polokoff, Lisa Goldsmith and Caroline Johnson
- The SPIFFY Steering Committees
- Easthampton Parks and Recreation
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