 Arms' acts of philanthropy included giving a 100-acre parcel in Massachusetts to the New England Forestry Foundation in 1972.Formerly Stage West, CityStage & Symphony Hall in Springfield, Massachusetts, named its 83-seat black box theater, The Winifred Arms Studio, in her honor.In 1982 Arms bought a run-down building in her hometown of Blandford, Massachusetts, had it renovated, and presented it as the first town hall Blandford had ever had in its 241-year history.