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		<title>Gardening program expands for Riverside clients in Easthampton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Daily Hampshire Gazette By Rebecca Everett Created 08/20/201 Reprinted with permission from the Daily Hampshire Gazette EASTHAMPTON &#8211; A project to construct a greenhouse at Riverside Industries Inc. broke ground Friday after nearly a decade of planning and fundraising. The 1,440-square-foot greenhouse will enable the program&#8217;s clients, who have developmental and physical disabilities, to tend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riverside Arts to have exhibit in State House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Share in our excitement! Riverside Arts will have an exhibit in the offices of Senator Stanley Rosenberg at the State House in Boston, from January 14-March 16. Over 40 pieces on display. Reception:Tuesday, February 8, 2011-1:00-2:30 A heartfelt thank you to our sponsors. Talens Canson TD Insurance]]></description>
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		<title>Riverside Industries&#8217; Successful Auction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In its third annual live and silent auctions on March 30th, Riverside Industries raised $63,000 &#8211; exceeding its goal by $13,000. A group of people look at silent auction items during the Riverside benefit event. Riverside Industries, a human service organization, provides work programs and other services for people with disabilities. Community relations director Char [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riverside Industries: People with Disabilities have show at Nashawannuk Gallery in Easthampton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EASTHAMPTON &#8211; Tiffany Chappel of Amherst rubs pastels on paper. The shades of blue melt together to create an effect like the Monet painting beside her. Justin Kim, her art instructor, compares the two pictures. &#8220;Look, it&#8217;s almost exact,&#8221; Kim observes. &#8220;Yeah, it&#8217;s OK,&#8221; Chappel answers, modestly. Nearby, as Beatles music plays, Edie Oyola of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riverside Industries Awarded Highest Certificate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Riverside Industries awarded for efforts By MAGGIE SHADER Staff Writer [ This story appeared in 'The Summit' - A weekly section for Easthampton, Southampton and Westhampton ] [ Originally published on: Thursday, October 20, 2005 ] EASTHAMPTON &#8211; Behind the brick facade and quiet windows at One Cottage Street is a thriving nonprofit organization that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tucson &amp; Savannah&#8217;s: Fresh food and career training</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Article by Kristin Palpini. First appeared in the Gazette August 16, 2005 EASTHAMPTON &#8211; The proprietors of Tucson &#38; Savannah&#8217;s Cafe aren&#8217;t that interested in profits. The owners judge a successful day not by how much money is in the cash register, but by how much their employees have learned. The eatery is run and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rsi.org/tucson-savannahs-fresh-food-and-career-training/</link>
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		<title>Riverside Industries 2004 Human Services Scholarship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2004 recipient of the Riverside Industries, Inc. Human Service Scholarship is Ashleigh Domina. Ashleigh ranked tenth in her class and was a very active participant of the Key Club community service organization and volunteered as a member of the National Honor Society. Ashleigh will attend Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RSI volunteers in community cleanup effort</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Daily Hampshire Gazette Monday, May 5, 2003 Kristin Palpini kpalpini@gazettenet.com Putting on a fresh face for spring The city got its spring cleaning out of the way Saturday morning thanks to more than 100 volunteers who participated in the annual downtown cleanup. This year volunteers spruced up the area in record time, starting at 8 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rsi.org/volunteers-help-in-city-cleanup/</link>
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		<title>Riverside Industries Gives Scholarships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sibling devotion yields scholarship By NICOLE SEQUINO, Staff Writer Saturday, June 22, 2002 &#8212; EASTHAMPTON &#8211; Rebecca Hill, 18, shares her genes and birthday with her twin brother, Howie. For the last three years, she&#8217;s also shared his pain. In 1999, when the Hills lived in Poultney, Vt., with their father, Howie had a serious [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rsi.org/sibling-devotion-yields-scholarship/</link>
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		<title>Technology aids freedom of speech</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KARIN STEINBRUECK Steve Kennedy, 30, of Belchertown, who has cerebral palsy, now has an electronic device called a Dynavox that helps him communicate, thanks to Riverside Industries in Easthampton and several grants. Kennedy is sitting at his work station at Riverside, where he packages game pieces. By MEG A. FARRELL, Staff Writer Saturday, August 4, [...]]]></description>
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