Celtics award $25,000 small business grant to Pittsfield’s Elegant Stitches
The Boston Celtics have been incredibly active in supporting small businesses recently in the region and the organization teamed up with Vistaprint and NAACP to make a local impact in Western Massachusetts this past week.
Elegants Stitches Inc, a family-owned custom embroidery and screen-printing company based in Pittsfield, MA was the recipient of a $25,000 grant, one of 13 awards the Celtics Shamrock Foundation and Vistaprint distributed to Black-owned small businesses across the New England region.
Alfred Enchill, the owner of Elegant Stitches, got the news from Director of Community Engagement Kash Cannon and the team’s mascot Lucky in a surprise zoom call this past week, after being selected from over 1,400 applicants. Brad Stevens, Ime Udoka and players Grant Williams and Aaron Nesmith were among the Celtics that surprised other small business owners with the announcement they were recipients of the grant.
Enchill, a native of…