The Beavers Club of Western Mass was started in 1946 by a group of local businessmen of French descent because they weren’t being allowed into existing clubs. Members of the club have to be at least 1/4 French descent and undertake work projects for local non-profits. The Club has given away more than a million dollars in money and labor to the community.

Geoff Croteau, past president and current membership chair, talks about the discrimination the club faced in its early beginnings and how the club’s been able to help countless non-profits since then.