Legislative Breakfast 2015
Worcester Community Action Council hosted its annual Legislative Breakfast and was pleased to have the strong support of so many of our colleagues in the Massachusetts State Senate and House of Representatives.
Worcester Community Action Council hosted its annual Legislative Breakfast and was pleased to have the strong support of so many of our colleagues in the Massachusetts State Senate and House of Representatives.
Deputy Director Priscilla Holmes received self-sufficiency employee excellence and achievement award for 23 years of service” (L to R: WCAC Executive Director Jill C. Dagilis, WCAC Deputy Director Priscilla Holmes, and MASSCAP Executive Director Joe Diamond.

Executive Director Jill C. Dagilis presents Congressman James P. McGovern with the MASSCAP Self-Sufficiency Public Service Award at the State House via Skype on March 27, 2013.
Healthy Families of Southern Worcester County staff & participants meet with Senator Moore at the state house on Teen Parent Lobby Day, March 28, 2013.
Bob Jennings, and Noreen Johnson Smith, Senator Michael O. Moore, Board Member Gladys Rodriguez Parker on behalf of Congressman James P. McGovern, Representative John Mahoney, Board Member Joanne Gravell, District Attorney Joseph Early, Jr., and Board Member Steve Letendre.
WCAC Executive Director with new board members (L to ): Howard Letendre, Ryan Marshall, Steven Desmarais, and Robert Jennings.
(L to R): Tim Garvin, United Way of Central MA; Worcester City Councilor Kathleen Toomey; Mark Bilotta, Colleges of Worcester Consortium; Lt. Governor Timothy P. Murray; Jill C. Dagilis, WCAC Executive Director; Debbie Guiney, AllCom Credit Union; William Van Dam, Northeast Utilities/WCAC Board Chairman; Michelle Ramirez, tax filer; Steven Joseph, Unum/WCAC Board Vice Chairman; Crystal Kelsaw, tax filer; and Joe Diamond, MASSCAP.

(L to R): Elvis Lopes, The Community Builders at Plumley Village; Rita Crimmin, United Way of Central MA; Michael Desimone, IRS; Anne Vinick, The Community Builders at Plumley Village; Carol Esparza, AllCom Credit Union; Shereen Fahey, Commerce Bank; Mauro DePasquale, WCCA TV 13; Steven Hill, City of Worcester’s Office of Economic Development; Tim Garvin, United Way of Central MA; Priscilla Holmes, WCAC Deputy Director; and Debbie Guiney, AllCom Credit Union.
On November 30, 2012, WCAC Job Developer Bob Morrison received the YouthNet Administration Award from Director Bonnie Pulver in recognition of his time, energy, and support to the community-wide YouthWorks summer jobs program. YouthNet is a program of YOU, Inc. and the Hope Coalition.
WCAC’s 2012 Action Hero Awards receipients: Mauro DePasquale, WCCA TV 13; Stephen F. O’Neil, WTRA; Jordan Levy, WTAG; Bruce Gaultney, Worcester Telegram & Gazette; and Peter Gardner, Curry Printing.
View photos from the event below:
WCAC celebrated 5 Head Start site’s 20 years of service on Staff Development Day this June.
Thank you to the amazing Heery International volunteers who painted classrooms at the Woodward Head Start site in Oxford on April 14, 2012.