Board member Liz Costley, who has been the point person working with Berkshire Housing Development, shared the Williamstown Emergency Rental Assistance Program developed this summer was able recently to help a family stay in their home. One renter is going to utilize $10,000 in a grant from WERAP, Costley said. She owes $12,500, but the landlord, once [BHDC s] Jane Pixley got people talking, decided that $10,000 is better than nothing. So the landlord was willing to drop the $2,500 in return for getting $10,000 in back rent. That s the kind of thing Berkshire Housing is so versed in, and the kind of thing we were hoping to hear. The renter is free and clear going forward. The landlord is fairly happy. And this is how our money is being utilized.
Hunger is always a leading community concern, Greylock Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer JamieEllen Moncecchi said. But the longer this pandemic goes on, the more critical it is that we all do our part to help our neighbors. Greylock hopes that this donation will inspire others to dig a little deeper this year. According to Feeding America, the national network of food banks, Berkshire County is expected to see a 52 percent rise in food insecurity compared to pre-COVID-19 levels. We can t thank Greylock enough for this donation and for helping spread the word, Andrew Morehouse, executive director of The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, which serves the four western counties of the commonwealth, said. These funds will help support our eight Brown Bag: Food for Elders sites in the Berkshires and our Mobile Food Bank sites in Adams, Dalton, Great Barrington and North Adams all in collaboration with our local partners.
EFORALL Berkshire County Awards Prizes For Fall Program
Here s more from the EforAll Press Release:
12 individuals representing 11 local businesses participated virtually in classroom learning with specialists and working weekly with their volunteer mentors. (EforAll’s next Accelerator cohort will begin in March 2021, also virtually)
At the online event, Massachusetts State Senator Adam Hinds gave welcoming remarks and Lindsay Neathawk and Laurie Rock were the Class Speakers chosen by the cohort.
Cohort members Kiar Holland and Charlie Nadler of Laugh Dealers also surprised the group by demonstrating their “digital impersonation” technology with introductions by famous people -for instance, a pretend Steve Jobs was the Emcee.
EFORALL Berkshire County Awards Prizes For Fall Program
Here s more from the EforAll Press Release:
12 individuals representing 11 local businesses participated virtually in classroom learning with specialists and working weekly with their volunteer mentors. (EforAll’s next Accelerator cohort will begin in March 2021, also virtually)
At the online event, Massachusetts State Senator Adam Hinds gave welcoming remarks and Lindsay Neathawk and Laurie Rock were the Class Speakers chosen by the cohort.
Cohort members Kiar Holland and Charlie Nadler of Laugh Dealers also surprised the group by demonstrating their “digital impersonation” technology with introductions by famous people -for instance, a pretend Steve Jobs was the Emcee.
As you have been hearing and seeing online for nearly a month now, we along with our Berkshire County sister stations are giving you a chance to win $1K in holiday cash when you send us a photo of your Berkshire County home all lit up for the holidays. It s Light Up the Berkshires. If you haven t submitted your entry, you don t want to wait much longer as the deadline for photo submissions is this Friday (Dec. 18) at 5pm. Once the clock strikes 5pm, the photo submission form will be removed from the webpage. So enter now by going here.