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Happy Holidays to the Nonotuck Community!
From Nonotuck President and CEO George Fleischner and all of us, we wish you a wonderful Holiday Season. We hope this message of thanks and well-wishes finds you in a joyful state at this time of year!
Nonotuck’s Neighborhood: December 2025
Stories PBS Profile: Esther and Gail Office Profile: Conz Street Northampton Nonotuck Hosts Tobey for Native American Heritage Month Staff Survey: We’re Happy!
Now Hiring: December 2025
Want to work for a values-based nonprofit recognized as both a 2024 Boston Globe Top Workplace and 2024 USA Today Top Workplace? We’re hiring all over Massachusetts! Auburn Direct Support Professional Nonotuck Resource Associates is seeking compassionate and dedicated individuals to join our team as Direct Care Professionals. As a Direct Care Professional, you will […]
Office Profile: Easthampton
Walking into Nonotuck Resource Associates’ Ferry Street office in Easthampton, you might not be impressed at first (except by the view of Mount Tom!). On the far wall, you’ll see Nonotuck’s familiar logo—symbolizing an embrace—with our mission statement displayed close by. Vice President of Information Technology (and Easthampton resident) Paul Laprade is probably working in […]
PBS Profile: Esther and Gail
Esther Morgana, her partner Jaime, and Gail Geremia share far more than a house in Leominster, MA—they share a daily life shaped by companionship, care, and the genuine mutuality that defines Nonotuck’s approach to Shared Living. Theirs is a rich life shaped by shared activities—bowling, board games, and trivia among them. Gail often jokes that […]
Office Profile: Conz Street Northampton
Working with Nonotuck’s Conz Street Northampton office is like taking an institutional history lesson. The office employs and supports some of the longest-tenured people in Nonotuck’s history, including Care Manager Dan Zimmerman, who has been with Nonotuck since 1992, as well as several families who were among the first to embrace shared living in Massachusetts. […]
Nonotuck Hosts Tobey for Native American Heritage Month
Nonotuck was proud to host our own Ronda Tobey in celebration of Native American Heritage Month (NAHM) this November. The event took place on Tuesday, November 25 at noon, held virtually over TEAMS. Ronda has worked for Nonotuck as a Clinician in our Plymouth office for over ten years.Her presentation explored historical trauma among Native Americans, […]
Nonotuck’s Neighborhood: November 2025
Articles National Caregiver Appreciation Month This Month in Disability Rights History: November 2025 Why Disability Employment Awareness Month Matters Celebrating Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month 2025 at Nonotuck
Now Hiring: November 2025
Want to work for a values-based nonprofit recognized as both a 2024 Boston Globe Top Workplace and 2024 USA Today Top Workplace? We’re hiring all over Massachusetts! Auburn Direct Support Professional Nonotuck Resource Associates is seeking compassionate and dedicated individuals to join our team as Direct Care Professionals. As a Direct Care Professional, you will […]
Nonotuck Celebrates Disability Employment with Carrie Bona
Nonotuck celebrated Disability Employment Awareness Month this October by visiting some of the amazing people we serve while they were at work. We joined Carrie Bona at the Goodwill in Pittsfield, MA, to discuss what brings her joy at work.
National Caregiver Appreciation Month
By George H. Fleischner, President/CEO, Nonotuck Resource Associates Every November, we pause to honor caregivers, those remarkable people whose love, dedication, and humanism help sustain the well-being of others. At Nonotuck, this month carries special meaning. Our entire mission is built on the belief that people deserve relationships of love, mutual respect, shared life, and […]
2025 Native American Heritage Month Events
Throughout November, communities across Massachusetts are offering a wide range of events to honor Native American Heritage Month—celebrations, discussions, performances, and learning opportunities that highlight the cultures, histories, and ongoing contributions of Indigenous peoples. From cultural programming at the Museum of Science in Boston, to book discussions in the South End, theater at Brandeis, and […]
Staff Survey: We’re Happy!
Nonotuck Resource Associates is celebrating outstanding results from its latest Happiness Survey, conducted in partnership with Amazing Workplace. The survey found that an incredible 95% of Nonotuck employees feel happy and satisfied in their work—placing the organization far above national benchmarks for workplace well-being. The findings reaffirm Nonotuck’s strong culture of Safety, Belonging, and Meaning, […]
This Month in Disability Rights History: November 2025
November is a great month for self-advocacy! From the founding of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network to one little girl changing the way our whole government discusses disability, we have much to discuss. Click on the video above to check it out! “Rosa’s Law” introduced to the US Senate – November 17th, 2009 “Rosa’s Law”, […]
Nonotuck’s Neighborhood: October 2025
Stories: Nonotuck Celebrates Take Your Kids to Work Day Office Profile: Lee, MA Nonotuck’s Values and Positive Behavior Supports This Month in Disability Rights History: October 2025
Why Disability Employment Awareness Month Matters
Each October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) shines a well-deserved spotlight on the talents, skills, and vital contributions of people with disabilities in the workforce. It’s a time to celebrate progress, raise awareness, and push back against long-standing barriers. Despite decades of advocacy, people with disabilities continue to face disproportionate challenges in the labor […]
Disability Employment Awareness Month – Johnathan’s Story
Since 2010, Johnathan Jenkins has made Guido’s Fresh Marketplace in Pittsfield, MA, a friendlier place. Johnathan, served by Nonotuck, is also a part of a small Supportive Decision-Making (SDM) pilot, led by the Center of Public Representation and supported by Nonotuck. With SDM, people design a system of support—including an SDM team—to help them make […]
Now Hiring: October 2025
Want to work for a values-based nonprofit recognized as both a 2024 Boston Globe Top Workplace and 2024 USA Today Top Workplace? We’re hiring all over Massachusetts! Auburn Direct Support Professional Nonotuck Resource Associates is seeking compassionate and dedicated individuals to join our team as Direct Care Professionals. As a Direct Care Professional, you will […]
Office Profile: Lee, MA
Walk into the Nonotuck offices at 14 Park Place in Lee, and you’re likely to be met with a wall of sound—unrestrained laughter, joyful chaos, and, ultimately, great work being done by passionate people. Program Director Jess Schram says the Lee crew—staffed by employees with as much as 26 years of experience—is really more like […]
Nonotuck’s Values and Positive Behavior Supports
At Nonotuck, we believe in living our values—not just talking about them. Since our founding in 1972, when four parents said “no” to institutions and “yes” to community, belonging, and respect, we have been guided by principles of dignity, authentic relationships, and mutual respect. Positive Behavior Supports (PBS)—a framework recently enacted by the Massachusetts Department […]