Greylock Employee Community Giveback Program raises $4,080 for local food pantries
Pittsfield — Greylock Federal Credit Union has announced that its Greylock Employee Community Giveback Program raised a total of $4,080 for the Soldier On Food Pantry, the People’s Pantry and the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. Each facility received $1,360. Greylock staff formed GECGP in 2017 to annually support worthy community causes.
“The Greylock Employee Community Giveback Program had a very successful second year with Greylock employees raising funds to help three food pantries from around Berkshire County,” said teller supervisor and GECGP Chair Emily Stanford. “Our theme for 2018 was ‘Feeding the Berkshires.’ … We are truly happy to support them.”
The GECGP event is the most recent expression of Greylock’s support for local food pantries. Last May, each Greylock branch collected food and non-perishable donations from members and employees for a pantry of each branch’s choice.
–E.E.
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Stockbridge Library announces new trustees
Stockbridge — The Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives has announced the election of six new trustees to its board of directors: André Bernard, Stephanie Bradford, James Daily, Barbara Lane, Martin Sennett and Deborah Wiswesser. Their three-year terms began between March and September 2018.
Bernard has been the vice president and secretary of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, administering annual fellowships to scholars, artists and writers for the past 13 years. He spent 25 years in book publishing as an editor at Viking Penguin, senior editor at Simon & Schuster, editorial director at David R. Godine, director of acquisitions at the Book-of-the-Month Club, and editor in chief and then publisher at Harcourt Brace. He had a column in the American Scholar and wrote frequent book reviews for the New York Observer for a decade; he now writes an occasional column about books for the Kenyon Review, where he is a consulting editor.
Bradford moved to the Berkshires in 1976. She worked for 10 years at the former Jenifer House in Great Barrington before owning Williams & Sons Country Store on Main Street in Stockbridge for 22 years, retiring in 2008. She previously served on the board of the Stockbridge Library and was president from 1993–96. She co-chaired the library book sale in 2017 and 2018. She has also served on the boards and/or committees of the Stockbridge Golf Club, First Congregational Church of Stockbridge, the Trustees of Reservations and the Lenox Garden Club, and is an active volunteer at Berkshire Botanical Garden.
Daily has been a Stockbridge homeowner since 1987. He and his wife, Cathy, became full-time residents in 2016. He founded and was managing partner of an executive search firm in Westport, Connecticut, from 1984 until his retirement in January 2016. Over the years, he has served on many civic, church and community boards. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking, working on his historic home, golf and playing six- and 12-string guitars and the five-string banjo.
Lane and her husband, Ed, retired to Stockbridge in 2017 after many years as visitors and second-homeowners. She has been active in the not-for-profit sector as a volunteer, employee and board member. She is currently the membership committee chair and member of the board of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College.
Sennett is a retired sales and marketing executive who moved to Stockbridge in 2018 with his wife, Chris Ferrero. They are long-time denizens of the Berkshires, having owned a cottage on the Otis Reservoir for 30 years. Sennett has held management positions in the DuPont company and other multinational corporations. He served on the board of the United Way of Delaware and volunteered with Guiding Eyes for the Blind and several community cultural organizations. He is a volunteer tutor with the Literacy Network of South Berkshire. He will serve as treasurer of the Stockbridge Library Association.
Wiswesser was an educator in her professional career prior to moving to Stockbridge in 2000. She is a graduate of George Washington University with extended education at Arizona State University and Central Michigan University. She worked in the Red Lion Inn’s executive office for 14 years before retiring in 2014. During that time she served on Naumkeag’s garden party committee and volunteered for the library’s book sale. She also serves on the Laurel Hill Association’s board.
–E.E.
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Civitan Club changes name to represent expanded service
Pittsfield — Confirmation was made by Civitan International that the Civitan Club of Pittsfield has officially changed its name to the Civitan Club of the Berkshires as a reflection of its commitment to all of Berkshire County.
Civitan International is an organization of volunteer service clubs dedicated to helping people in their own communities, with an emphasis on serving those with developmental disabilities. The Civitan Club of the Berkshires was founded over 60 years ago. Its members volunteer to provide Christmas dinners to the elderly, assist at Special Olympics events, prepare and serve Salvation Army dinners, and at a variety of other activities throughout the year. Since 2008, fundraising events such as SoupFest, Veterans Day Not Just a Pancake Breakfast (being held Sunday, Nov. 11, at the St. Charles Church hall) and Votre Soiree dances have raised over $207,000, which has been distributed back into the area via soup kitchens, food banks, scholarships, Little League, Special Olympics and other endeavors.
–E.E.
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Litchfield Performing Arts welcomes new board members
Litchfield, Conn. — Litchfield Performing Arts, which presents the Litchfield Jazz Festival, has announced the appointment of two new board members. At the Sept. 21st meeting of the organization’s board of directors, Terry Grady of Portland and Adrian Jones of New York City were elected for three-year terms. Both members have been volunteers and supporters of the organization for many years.
Grady works for the Land Trust Alliance, assisting hundreds of local land trusts to protect land and safeguard the environment. As a child, he says, he attempted to play guitar and piano and quickly realized his mission in life was to remain a devoted audience member and skip the rest. An avid photographer, Grady has provided many images over the years.
Jones is a portfolio manager and senior research analyst at First Eagle Investment Management. He began his career in investment banking at Lazard Frères & Co. before joining Soros Fund Management in 1992. He holds a bachelor’s degree in art history from Yale University. Hiss interest in Litchfield Jazz Camp began when his daughter joined the program and stayed in it until college. In addition to Litchfield Performing Arts, Jones supports the Hip to Hip Theatre Company, a Shakespeare troupe bringing free performances to underserved communities in New York City.
–E.E.
