Healthy Bones and Balance Needs Your Support!
Our classes are growing, but our funding is short.
HBB Needs You!
Community Action’s RSVP program is so proud of Healthy Bones & Balance’s impact in our community and in the lives of participants like you. RSVP offered its first HBB class in 1999; twenty-six years later, we offer 67 weekly classes in 26 locations. Participants benefit from the program in a variety of ways:
- 94% gain social benefits such as making new friends
- 63% increase their ability to manage daily tasks
- 83% increase their muscle strength
HBB is more popular and beneficial than ever, but our grant funding hasn’t kept up. State funding that supported RSVP was cut in 2024. Federal funding has stayed flat even as program costs have increased. Our ability to train volunteer leaders and support classes is limited by these funding challenges.
For the first time, we’re reaching out to the HBB community to ask for your support of this program. Donations to Community Action’s RSVP program are tax deductible and will go directly to support HBB programming. Your investment will help us to train volunteer leaders, purchase class equipment, and invite new participants to benefit from these free classes. Donations are completely optional, and the program will remain free to participants. Your consideration and support are greatly appreciated!
Prefer to send a check? Make it out to:
Community Action Pioneer Valley (memo line: RSVP/HBB program)
Send to: 393 Main Street, Greenfield, MA 01301, attn: Jess Thompson