Our mission is employment and supportservices during the covid19 pandemic and always. We know that many have been affected by mass layoffs or are at risk. In response, we’ve created the COVID-19 Employment and Community Resources Page. We are posting up to the minute job, benefit, food, medical and mental health resources, and more. We believe that as a community, we…
Now more than ever, your support is bringing meaningful connection to people with disabilities. The social isolation caused by the coronavirus is falling especially hard on CATA artists and their families, caregivers, and agencies. Many people with disabilities are especially vulnerable to COVID-19 and are now separated from their loved ones. Other have lost a…
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the food insecurity issue in Berkshire County. Once again, Berkshire Bounty has reoriented itself to better serve those in need. Born as Backyard Bounty in 2016, we started out as a simple backyard fruit picking and delivery operation. Due to the unpredictability of the local growing season, we then morphed…
The sun lit the golden dome of the Massachusetts State House. There was a spangling of tiny red buds on the trees. A soft breeze was blowing. It was a glorious day, just two and a half weeks ago, and I’d spent the afternoon talking to legislators about the Housatonic Line bill. As I drove west…
With much of the world closed, there are still people who need to go to work – healthcare staff and first responders are the more obvious ones, but think about the sanitation, grocery store, delivery people, and the postal workers. And where would we be if the telecommunications, IT, and cable folks weren’t able to go…
We provide prepared meals to take home and heat up every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. This is a temporary change to our schedule due to COVID crisis. We do our best to meet special dietary needs. There is NO criteria and no questions asked. We encourage families to send…
I am 98 years old and still living alone in the home that I built 72 years ago and in which my wife and I lived in for 63 years. My wife lived two years in a nursing home with Alzheimer’s and passed away there. The cost of the two years was terribly high. It…