Silent Auction!

Bobby Collins, a Fall River Personal Trainer has donated a month worth of personal training sessions! All money raised will be going to Citizens for Citizens. The top five bids will win the sessions. This is a $240 Value!!!
To Place your bid go to
masspirg.bcc@gmail.com
To Check out on what the highest bids are go to
masspirg.blogspot.com

BIDS CLOSE APRIL 26th!!!

BIO

Name:Bobby Collins

Hometown: Taunton,MA

Education: National Personal Training Institute

Experience: 3 years as a personal trainer

Gym: He trains at Pro fitness and MMA Gym under his company's name One More Rep Fitness.

Specialties: Weight loss management and interval training

Follow Him on Facebook at: Onemorerepbootcamp

Quote from a client

“My husband and I have been training with Bobby for over a year now. We have never looked or felt younger and stronger. We were able to overcome hypertension, being overweight, and empty nest syndrome with Bobby. We have won the trainer / coach lottery!”
Denise and Bill Drexel
Fall River, ma

MASSPIRG Student's Speech at Senate Rally

Samantha O’Leary, a volunteer for MASSPIRG at UMass Lowell, was asked to speak at a press event with Chairman Harkin just hours before the Senate voted to approve SAFRA (an increase of 36 billion for Pell Grant funding). Below, you’ll see that Senator Chris Dodd kindly adjusted the mike for her seconds before she spoke, while Chairman Harkin and Senator Stabenow from Michigan looked on. Sam may be small, but her speech was big.
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My name is Samantha O’Leary and I am a member of the Massachusetts Student Public Interest Research Group and a sophomore at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Since my mother lost her job last year, we’ve been living paycheck to paycheck. I’ve had to take on more loan debt to pay for college, too. In addition, I have a work study position at 40 hours a week at the college gym. And most importantly, I receive the maximum in Pell grant aid.

I hope to make a difference with my career when I graduate. But the prospect of teaching or working in a non-profit while paying back loans is daunting. Students like me are relying too much on loans to pay for college. We don’t have enough grant aid which doesn’t need to be repaid. The weak job market is only making the problem worse. Borrowers who can’t get jobs after they graduate are defaulting on their loans more and more. This is not how our education system should work.

That’s why this historic investment in Pell grant aid is a big piece of the solution. Millions of college students will see their Pell grants stabilize and increase because of this reform. In addition, banks have profited from their involvement in student lending for years, but as a result of this reform, subsidies that were going to banks will support students instead. And that’s how it should work.

I thank the Senate for its willingness to tackle this problem. I thank Chairman Harkin for his leadership. Let’s keep college within reach for all students across the country.