Hampshire County
Community Story Archive
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ROBBY
Robby is a long-time resident of the Hilltowns and a retired educator. She is an active member of the Hampshire County Food Policy Council and the Storytelling Circle. She brings her perspective as someone with invisible disabilities, a strong “can do” attitude, decades of experience and acquired wisdom, passion for change and creativity, respect and compassion for others; and a deep understanding for how the world works.
“My belief that there is something good in all the bad things that happen, then you find it."
"Knowing that I could do something gave me that much confidence that I knew I could do the things that I could do. There were so many times that I've been told I couldn't do so many things."
Check out some interview excerpts below:
"When the pandemic started happening there was a group of us in Westhampton…five women who got together and there was just no way for people to connect and a lack of services for the underserved and so we called ourselves Westhampton Connects."
"If you are going to make things happen, for yourself, and for others, then you need to go out and do it, you got to make things happen.”