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Today's conversation is rooted in community, care, and what it truly takes to help children learn and thrive. In many rural communities, student success depends on more than what happens inside the classroom. It depends on whether children arrive at school nourished, warm, supported, and seen. It depends on a network of care that shows up quietly, consistently, and with deep commitment. Today, we are honored to be joined by two leaders from the Mary Lyon Foundation, an organization serving families and students across the hill towns of Western Massachusetts by meeting essential needs and removing barriers to learning.
Martina Halloran:We're joined by Kristen Talona Baker, CEO of the Mary Lyon Foundation. Kristen brings decades of experience in education and leadership. And since joining the foundation in 2021, she has helped expand its reach, strengthen its programs, and guide a bold vision centered on whole child support and long term student success. We're also joined by Sarah Burrell, development associate at the Mary Lyon Foundation. Sarah brings a background in communications, storytelling, and community engagement, along with a deeply personal connection as a parent in the region.
Martina Halloran:Her work focuses on building relationships, sharing impact, and inviting the broader community into this mission of care. Together, we'll explore how meeting basic needs like food, clothing, school supplies, and access to resources creates the conditions for learning, why wraparound support matters now more than ever, and what it looks like when a community takes collective responsibility for its children. This is a conversation about showing up, about investing in dignity, and about the quiet powerful work that helps children grow into their full potential. Kristen and Sarah, welcome to The Giving Garden podcast.
Kristen Tillona-Baker:Thank you. For having us. Yes.
Martina Halloran:Oh, it is our pleasure and it is our honor. And your work is so robust. And importantly, your work is very local to us at Doctor. Hauschka. You are very close to where we do business.
Martina Halloran:And so many of our colleagues in the office have had long term relationships with the foundation and really understand the work you do. So it's really an honor and a privilege to have this conversation with both of you today. So thank you. Kristen, to get us started, can you share a bit about the communities you serve and what daily life looks like for many of the students and the families in the hill towns of Western Massachusetts?
Kristen Tillona-Baker:The Mary Lyon Foundation serves the nine towns of the Mohawk Trail and Holomont School District, and that includes Thoreau, the town of Roe. And we like to call this district West County. West County, You'll hear me refer to it throughout our talk today as West County. We also serve the greater Franklin County and last year we endowed a fund to serve the Union thirty eight School District, which is the Frontier Regional School District as well. And we do serve a small area of Hampshire County.
Kristen Tillona-Baker:Franklin County is extremely rural. We lack much of the infrastructure that you see in larger cities. West County alone covers over two fifty four square miles and many of the roads are dirt and they lack cell phone reception. 50% of the student population in West County live at or below the federal poverty line and day to day life can be difficult. Students lack reliable transportation, have difficulty accessing resources outside school hours, and many are food insecure.
Kristen Tillona-Baker:Families travel well outside West County to work, and many do not make a livable wage. And just to give you something anecdotal, one family has to walk one mile to get to a bus stop, to get the bus down to Greenfield, and the bus comes once in the morning and once in the afternoon.
Martina Halloran:When people often think about Western Massachusetts, they think about these beautiful, robust rolling hills, this farmland, this farm country where there's incredible educational institutions, where there tends to be a lot of wealth in the Amherst community, the Hatfield community. And a lot of people are not aware that the hill towns really have some significant long term poverty issues. And the work that you're doing is even more critical today than ever before given what is happening in the world and across the country. So the Mary Lyon Foundation focuses on meeting basic needs as a pathway to learning. Sarah, why is it so important to address things like food, clothing, school supplies before academic success can even take root?
Sarah Burrell:Yeah. I mean, it's really quite simple. When a child's worried about where their next meal is coming from or they're cold because they don't have a winter coat or they're coming from my house where the heat isn't on because they're trying to save money, their brain just can't focus on learning in the classroom. Maslow's hierarchy of needs shows us this, that we have to have these fundamental needs met first. And a hungry child, a child who's anxious about their living situation, they're stuck in survival mode.
Sarah Burrell:So we try to help lift some of these burdens. And when we do, suddenly, there's some space for curiosity and for engagement and for learning, and that's when we see kids really thrive.
Martina Halloran:It's pretty simple. If we feed kids, if we nourish kids, if we support kids with the basics, the possibilities are limitless. And I think that's the hardest part of these conversations because we all know that the solutions are pretty straightforward and pretty clear as to what children need in order to thrive. But yet, we're still here having these conversations. Kristen, as a former educator and now CEO, how has your experience inside school shaped the way you lead and prioritize the foundation's work today and what you might see in the future?
Kristen Tillona-Baker:Well, my experience as an educator has definitely informed the way I've helped with the organizational development at the Mary Lyon Foundation. During my school days, I learned well before I was 30 that children who are having difficulty at home or whose needs are not being met struggle with social and educational expectations. So I think when we can look at the root and figure out what's happening and then support students and families to meet those basic needs at home, the likelihood of better educational outcomes is much higher.
Martina Halloran:Absolutely. One of the things I shared in a prior conversation is that I was a free lunch child recipient over forty years ago when it was a completely different program. But when you think about outcomes, when you think about what nourishment can do to really help create a path for somebody to move forward and be a productive part of society, you know, ultimately, we wanna help people and build communities that thrive. And so often, I think the nourishment piece from a societal perspective is not really understood because people make assumptions. We have enough food in The United States.
Martina Halloran:Everybody can eat. It's pretty simple. There's grocery stores everywhere versus when you look at other countries that may not have accessibility. And what a lot of people don't recognize, especially in rural communities and urban communities, is that they're often identified as food deserts. There's not access to a basic grocery store, or there's an infrastructure issue, and there's not transportation that is going to take you to that grocery store and home again in a reasonable amount of time and effort.
Martina Halloran:When we think about kids' ability to focus, they're taking on some of these real challenges that are really adult challenges. It shouldn't be their challenges. Their number one challenge should be to explore and be curious and thrive in a classroom, but these barriers are really creating that. And I think one of the things about food insecurity and how we're meeting needs is that I think the general public doesn't really understand that everybody doesn't have access to fresh, healthy food sources on a reliable basis. So that's why, again, the work that you're doing is so incredible.
Martina Halloran:And, again, the fact that it is right near us in our backyard is even more incredible because it keeps pushing the conversation forward that amongst these wealthy communities, again, the misnomer of Western Mass, that it's a very wealthy area. But in the mix, there are really challenged communities that cannot meet the needs of all of their community and do it in a way that is filled with care and compassion and dignity in the way the Mary Lyon Foundation does on a daily basis. When we talk about food insecurity, we often talk about community. Why do you believe stories are such a powerful tool, Sarah, in building support and almost rallying people to understanding what students really need to thrive and be successful?
Sarah Burrell:Stories help people see themselves in someone else's experience. So when I share you know, when I sit down with community members or business owners and I talk about the work we're doing, I share stories. I share about a family that found stability after months of, you know, having uncertainty or a single parent who is struggling to put food on the table and can't get to the food pantry in time because they're working two jobs, and they found relief because we're delivering food to their house. Then it becomes real. Then it sinks in for people that are trying to understand our work.
Sarah Burrell:So these are stories. They're not numbers. They're our neighbors. They're humans. And so I believe that stories help build empathy, and they connect humans to humans.
Sarah Burrell:And that reminds us of why we're doing the work and what really matters.
Martina Halloran:I love that. They're not numbers. They're neighbors. I think that is really powerful. And I think we all need to remember that we're human beings and they're our neighbors.
Martina Halloran:Kristen, can you share an example that illustrates how access to something seemingly simple? Because this word keeps coming up in this conversation that I have with all different organizations. The idea that it's simple, like winter boots or groceries can change a child's experience at school.
Kristen Tillona-Baker:Children without winter clothes cannot play outside during recess when it's snowy and cold, and children go outside every day unless it's too cold out. So providing kids with proper outdoor gear allows them to join their classmates. And when they're able to join their classmates, they feel a sense of belonging, which is really important to social growth. Another example would be a child in a classroom who cannot see because they need eyeglasses. They cannot learn and they can't participate.
Kristen Tillona-Baker:So we do have a partnership with the optician in Shelburne Falls. We work together. We partner together. It does provide eyeglasses for children in West County.
Martina Halloran:Oh, that's incredible. Everybody wants to belong. They wanna be part of Absolutely.
Kristen Tillona-Baker:And I also would share too, like, food is medicine. When a child has nutritious whole foods at home, they have less anxiety coming to school because they're well fed. Or when they have heat and hot water. For many of our kids, it's a luxury and when they do not have heat and hot water, they cannot bathe regularly. They cannot wash
Martina Halloran:their
Kristen Tillona-Baker:clothes regularly and so they lack self esteem. But if we can help provide them with those things, they have better self esteem when they come to school and they're able to learn. And when they're available to learn, the world is their oyster, right? They can dream about what's next and what the future might look like. And so we want to give them that hope that there is something else for them in the world.
Martina Halloran:I love that. The idea of hope. And hope is also a common theme when I have conversations with people. We're talking about tough issues and challenges, but I love the fact that the underpinning to so much of this is about hope and that we can make change and we can affect change and that we as a community can be mechanisms of change on a daily basis, even if it's changing the trajectory of one child's life, that's pretty powerful. So Sarah, rural communities often face challenges that are less visible.
Martina Halloran:We talked a little bit about this, that a lot of times people don't understand. What are some of the unique barriers families face in regions that listeners might not immediately recognize?
Sarah Burrell:In rural communities, distance itself is the biggest barrier. You know, we're talking about families who might live miles from the nearest grocery store or doctor's office. And as Kristen shared, often on dirt roads and no cell service, that's a big challenge. There's no public transportation. Transportation's a huge problem.
Sarah Burrell:If your car breaks down, you might lose your job because you can't get to work. You know, resources are spread very, very thin and isolation is real. When you're in a city and, you know, you're living paycheck to paycheck, you might be able to walk to a food pantry or walk to a clinic to get help. But when you're in a rural community, you might have to drive thirty or more minutes to get resources you need. And if you can't afford gas, you're stuck.
Sarah Burrell:And so these kinds of challenges are, like, the invisible challenges that people don't know about and people don't have to deal with when you're in a more urban and connected community.
Martina Halloran:So the foundation provides wraparound support rather than one time solutions. And this is kind of a little bit more of what Sarah was saying. Like, the challenges are very unique in rural areas. What are some of the wraparound services that you provide, and how does this approach create more lasting impact?
Kristen Tillona-Baker:Well, I think that we build trust with the families we work with regularly, and that does leave a lasting impact. When you know an agency is going to pick up the phone when you call, listen to what's happening, not judge you, but figure out how to help, you feel safe and secure. And this feeling then is shared within a family creating a child centered home. And I feel very strongly that that's very important. If we can help parents focus on children at home and not all worrying about if they can keep the lights on.
Kristen Tillona-Baker:Children are better ready to go to school and learn. Families want to provide for their children but there are systems in place that do not always work to help families. Mary Lyon can be the conduit to these services and programs and help lift the family up and provide resources that they may not be able to acquire on their own. And also when we do this families then can focus on their kids because they're their most cherished part of their lives. And I think that's really important.
Kristen Tillona-Baker:And so for us to be able to just be that lifeline is so important.
Martina Halloran:I love that you're a conduit for access points because I think that's what so many people are challenged with. It's access, whether it's access to transportation, whether it's access to cell service, whether it's access to medical care, access to food sources. And access is a barrier for so many people, and it's clear that it becomes an even bigger barrier and a more challenging space to work within when you're in rural communities because of the distance. So no easy task that all of you have, but the fact that you are a conduit in a hub to help create access is definitely a model for a lot of other organizations. I've heard a lot of people talk about trying to provide services in house.
Martina Halloran:But when you're in a rural community, the game is a little bit different in terms of what can we do and how do we do it effectively and how do we do it consistently. Because that's one of the things that I've heard from a lot of people who are in food insecure households is that it's the consistency mechanism that is so important to them. And that if something becomes reliable for them, it becomes a trust factor for them. If somebody is showing up consistently and not just once or I love when people will say to me, hey. I've cleaned my house, and I'm going to drop stuff off.
Martina Halloran:And I just said, please don't. Like, I don't want you to clean your kitchen and then drop stuff off. I want you to understand what that organization may need, what they may be in need of. They could be in need of fresh milk for toddlers. They could be in need of fresh fruits and vegetables for elderly people that are really struggling with diabetes care.
Martina Halloran:So don't clean out your kitchen. Really engage with the organization and provide appropriate, whether it's culturally appropriate food, diet appropriate food, medically appropriate food to people. When we talk about impact, sustainable impact, reliable impact, and what the intention is and how do we then create that kind of ripple effect with people in our own lives to magnify the work such as in the Mary Lyon organization. How do we then magnify that by simple acts? And it's not by cleaning out your kitchen.
Martina Halloran:It's I caution people that. Good intention, but let's not do that. Sarah, how do you work in partnership with schools, educators, and other local organizations? Because I know it's a very layered effect to ensure support reaches who needs it most. Because oftentimes, I've heard that it can become a little bit either overwhelming if they're trying to access resources or there's a lot of layers that they have to get through.
Martina Halloran:So how do we meet people where they're at? How do you do that at The Mary Lyon Foundation?
Sarah Burrell:Well, first of all, collaboration is everything in partnership. And we work closely with school staff. They're often the first to notice when a child needs extra support. We've built strong relationships with other local organizations and social services and community groups so we can connect families to the right resources quickly if we can help them. And it's about creating that network of care where everyone is looking out for these kids and families and communicating.
Sarah Burrell:Because as you mentioned, like, no single organization can do it alone. But together, in linking arms, we can wrap support around families in a really meaningful way.
Martina Halloran:I think collaboration is the heartbeat of community. And when you take a step back and you look at communities that are really healthy, it's because they're collaborative. And it's the entire community, no matter what the economic position is of somebody in the community. Everybody's kind of coming together to say, I have a shared responsibility for my neighbor because they're not a number. I'm gonna steal that from you, Sarah.
Martina Halloran:They're not a number. They're a neighbor. And when you really start to think about people that you pass by in your community as your neighbor and not just a number and somebody that you're walking by, that changes your perspective a little bit and perhaps your narrative of how you start to think about community and your neighbors and your neighborhood, and then your neighborhood gets just a little bit bigger with that thought process.
Sarah Burrell:That's right.
Martina Halloran:Kristen, there seems to be a gap in public safety programs that community organizations step in to fill when people think it should be the government, it should be the town, but the need is growing and the pressure is on. The pressure is clearly on you. The pressure is clearly on families. And how do you continue to step in and fill the gaps where government organizations either aren't or they can't?
Kristen Tillona-Baker:The fall has been hard. I mean, I can't under share how difficult our fall has been with the needs of families. And right now, I would say the biggest gap that we're seeing is housing. We've had an unprecedented number of families evicted this past fall, and there is no availability in family shelters. And I think a lot of this has to do with the skyrocketing cost of living.
Kristen Tillona-Baker:And folks are looking at, do you pay your rent? Do you pay your mortgage? Do you pay for your car repairs? Do we put food on the table? Like trying to juggle what's best.
Kristen Tillona-Baker:And because of the high eviction rate, we've had many, many families unhoused and there are no affordable rentals either. So we have a lack of shelter and we have a lack of affordable rentals. And I always go back to the kids, children who lack a safe place to live, they cannot learn. The pressure for families to keep a roof over their head is of great concern. And public safety programs are not meeting the needs of families.
Kristen Tillona-Baker:And we are doing what we can. We have spent quite a large amount of our budget this fall paying for hotel stays for families while we try to get them rehoused or in a shelter. And our community programs around us that we partner with, we've just linked arms. We link arms. We work together to try and help everyone.
Kristen Tillona-Baker:However, I think there's a real gap in the public programs to support families and even individuals who are unhoused. And I think it's a great concern and something that really has to be looked at at our state and federal agencies.
Martina Halloran:There's such a connectedness to access to reliable food sources, access to reliable affordable housing, access to reliable affordable health care. It's the ecosystem of what a human being needs on a daily basis. You know? Nourishment, housing, clothing, medical care. And every year you hear it's becoming more and more and more of a challenge.
Martina Halloran:And, ultimately, these types of pressures do become pressures on children. And then ultimately, the outcomes over five years, ten years, fifteen years, that kind of pressure, I'm sure, starts to create other issues, and then it becomes bigger community issues, which then becomes this vicious cycle, if you will, to say the least. So, Sarah, the campaign for student success is about long term sustainability. What does investing in the future look like for your organization, and why is this moment so critical?
Sarah Burrell:So I'm proud to share that our campaign for student success actually wrapped up in September 2025, and we hit our goal of 5,000,000, which
Martina Halloran:is Congratulations.
Sarah Burrell:Yeah. It was a huge, huge success for us. I mean, was a four year campaign that Kristen spearheaded when she came on board as the CEO. But, of course, our work does not stop there. And this year, we're continuing to fundraise, and our goal is 1,000,000.
Sarah Burrell:And it's going to go towards three critical goals in place, which is guaranteeing the foundation's future by stabilizing our operating capacity and assuring funding for our programs and helping even more students and families out here. One thing that I think is super important to note, our office is actually a classroom inside of the Mohawk Trail Regional High School that we're able to use for free. And that's so, so helpful because all the funds that come our way, we're able to really use it exactly where it's needed most. So our overhead cost is really low, and we're a staff of four, four women. And three of us are part time Kristen as our leaders, the full time person.
Sarah Burrell:So, you you know, we're very much boots on the ground. And this moment is critical because we're seeing so many overwhelming needs through housing instability, rising costs, and families stretched so thin. And if we don't act now, we're at risk of losing an entire generation of kids who need and deserve a fair chance in learning and growing. Investing in sustainability for the foundation means that we can be that consistent presence, that safety net when families need us most, and not just for this year, but for many years to come.
Martina Halloran:What a powerful testament to community, the fact that your organization sits inside of a classroom. But what is even more powerful is the fact that you are for people, for human beings doing all of this work, servicing communities and families at large, and also doing it in a really strategic way. The fact that you have raised this amount of funds being for people is really incredible. So it sounds like you are small but mighty.
Sarah Burrell:All but mighty. That's right.
Martina Halloran:I love that. I love that. Well, congratulations. I hope you are able to hit your goals for this year and exceed it and that you are able to confidently fund the future of the foundation so the families that you're serving and the future families that are going to need your support and assistance are able to access all that your organization offers.
Sarah Burrell:Thank you.
Martina Halloran:On a personal level, what keeps each of you grounded and motivated in this work? You're really in the thick of it every single day. So, Kristen, we'll start with you. What keeps you grounded, motivated, and what keeps you hopeful? Well, this is
Kristen Tillona-Baker:a passion project for me for sure. The start up for me when I was ahead of school in New York, and we started a basketball program, and we brought in young men from South Sudan, Tunisia, Egypt, Lithuania. And those kids came to us with the clothes on their back.
Martina Halloran:Oh, wow.
Kristen Tillona-Baker:And helping these young men make their way into America, find success drove me to want to make an impact at home, which is Franklin County for me. I grew up here. It's my home. And so while the work is difficult at times, I'm very driven to try and make systematic changes so people of all educational backgrounds can earn a living wage and provide for their families the way I know they want to. And we have so many success stories.
Kristen Tillona-Baker:For example, we helped a mom in recovery reunite with her children. She was able to get a job, provide a home for them. I mean, are great success stories, stabilization in families or a mom who we're helping so she can pay her way through nursing school because that degree in nursing will change the whole trajectory of her life and the life of her children. So what keeps me going is the goodness. I hang on to the good and the good impact that we're making.
Kristen Tillona-Baker:And the days are hard at times, but I just always put one foot in front of the other and keep moving forward.
Martina Halloran:Love that. What about you, Sarah?
Sarah Burrell:Honestly, it's the families themselves and being very integrated in my own community. I've been a single mother for many years and I have a daughter who attends one of the schools that we serve. So my work is very much intertwined with my everyday living. I have my own lived experience of struggling and needing to utilize resources and ask for help. And I understand the overwhelm of managing finances and being a parent and trying to hold it all together.
Sarah Burrell:It's so hard. So it's very easy for me to stay motivated in this role because I care deeply about the community and about the health and well-being of children, the families, and my friends and the teachers who have the hardest job in my opinion. And every time we're able to help a parent find stable housing or a child gets what they need in the classroom to succeed, it reminds me why we do this. And the needs definitely are overwhelming. But I think about the ripple effect and how supporting one family today can change the trajectory for children and even future generations.
Sarah Burrell:And, you know, there really is so much warmth and care and resilience in this community. And that hope and the determination that families show every day, that's that's what keeps me going.
Martina Halloran:Wow. That came from such a powerful place. And for organizations to really be able to understand and come at it from a very empathetic and compassionate way, because it's clear that that's the the lens that you're coming from, lived experience, empathy, compassion. It makes people very real. It makes their circumstances very real and very honest and creating that space for people to feel comfortable and confident to be able to ask for help and access resources that in another circumstance or with another organization, they may have felt a little intimidated or a little embarrassed.
Martina Halloran:I think we've talked so many times about eliminating the shame and bringing dignity into the whole conversation and the whole experience in that whole dynamic because there is no shame in needing help. And there is a way to really embrace people with dignity. And to your point, what you just said about helping people, therefore, changing the trajectory of future generations is really at the core of this, of not just laying foundational support in the immediate need and what's happening right now, but how do we create a support system that is gonna help future generations gain access and really flourish based on the support systems that you've put in place? So thank you. I don't know if people tell you thank you enough, and I I mean I mean that from a very heartfelt place of having lived experience of I too also needing to access free lunch programs and Right.
Martina Halloran:Programs like that growing up as a child. And I don't know that people who are doing the work at the frontline are thanked enough. So thank you, and thank you to all the powerful people at the Mary Lyon Foundation, small but mighty, who are doing the work in partnership with you.
Sarah Burrell:Thank you for saying that.
Martina Halloran:You're welcome. So with that, I think people who hear these conversations and get inspired, I think they're listening and saying, wow, they're doing that. But what are meaningful ways an individual might be able to support student success or a community might take a step back and say, hey, I see what they're doing. Is there something in that that might help us? And whether it's through giving or advocacy or showing up, what are some of the things that individual might be able to wrap their arms around pretty easily?
Kristen Tillona-Baker:Well, certainly giving an unrestricted gift to the Mary Lyon Foundation is an excellent way
Martina Halloran:to support
Kristen Tillona-Baker:the work we do. Love that. It allows us to use the money where it's needed most. Fantastic.
Sarah Burrell:And you can donate easily online by visiting our website, which is marylionfoundation.org.
Kristen Tillona-Baker:You can also, though, volunteer with us. We always need volunteers. We have about 40 volunteers who regularly help us. So we're always looking for volunteers and sometimes we need help, expertise in different areas. So I think those are two great ways to support us and get involved.
Sarah Burrell:We have a food delivery program where we bring food to families out here. We're always looking for drivers to help out. And, also, I think it's important to just spread the word about this foundation and that we are a resource. You know, oftentimes, we're doing that for other nonprofits, just letting them know what their resources are. And that in itself, communicating with our neighbors and our friends that might need help, that's huge in itself, spreading the word.
Martina Halloran:Excellent. Well, that's easy. I think community is often built by conversation. So anybody listening, I think you've given them some really wonderful tips as to how they can step in, how they can lean in, how they can get involved and give in their own way, in their own capacity. And again, thank you for the work.
Sarah Burrell:Thank you. Thank you for having this conversation with us.
Martina Halloran:As we come to the close of today's conversation, we're reminded that student success does not happen in isolation. It is built through care, consistency, and a community willing to show up for its children. We're deeply grateful to Kristen and Sarah for sharing their leadership, perspective, and lived commitment to the families they serve through the Mary Lyon Foundation. Their work is a powerful reminder that when basic needs are met, children are better able to learn, grow, and imagine what is possible. This episode invites us to reflect on the quiet but essential work happening in communities every day.
Martina Halloran:The work of ensuring children arrive at school nourished, warm, supported, and seen. The work of investing in dignity, not as a luxury, but as a foundation. If today's conversation resonated with you, we encourage you to learn more about the Mary Lyon Foundation by visiting marylionfoundation.org and consider how you can support efforts that strengthen students and families in your own community. Thank you for gathering with us, for listening with intention, and for being part of a growing circle of care. Thank you for listening to The Giving Garden Podcast.
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