Organization Profiles

Following are profiles and "fast facts" about agencies that are members of Northern Berkshire United Way.   Contact agencies directly with questions or comments.

Adams Youth Center

• Has over 250 memberships.
• Averages 30 children per day at the Drop-Center
• Hosts an average of 60 people at Family Swim nights at HVHS

American Red Cross

Berkshire Food Project

• Served over 14,000 meals last year to individuals and young families who otherwise go hungry

Berkshire Nursing Families

Big Brothers/Big Sisters

• BBBS volunteers spent more than 6000 hours last year mentoring North Berkshire Youth.

Child Care of the Berkshires

• Child Care of the Berkshires provided childcare services to more than 300 children in North County Programs.
• Home Visitors and Healthy Homes staff teams made over 1,200 visits to teen and other at risk parents
• Family Net offered a total of 453 playgroups throughout the year, with 2372 families (duplicate count) attending.

Church Outreach to Youth (COTY)

Ecu-Health Care, Inc.

• Ecu-Health Care's voluntary physicians have provided over $850,000.00 of care to over 1,500 area residents since 1995.
• Has helped over 4,000 residents access public health benefits and helped 4 other Massachusetts communities start their own health care access programs for the uninsured
• Engineered one of the greatest tooth-brushing spectacles in mankind's history

Elder Services of Berkshire County

Elizabeth Freeman Center

Family Life Support Center

Preventive Counseling; Crisis Intervention; Case Management; Life Skills Education; and Emergency Shelter (Louison House) for at-risk and homelesss families and individuals. 

Provided services to over 1,400 area residents last year

Louison House provided residential and stabilization services to 192 individuals last year

Goodwill Industries

Kids Place

Mental Health/Substance Abuse

• Responded to over 7,933 crisis calls in FY02.
• Through United Way support, over $300,000 of free care was provided. (NBUW - BUW - Williamstown)

Northern Berkshire Community Coalition

• Northern Berkshire Community Coalition was the primary force behind the new Community Transportation Center to the Northern Berkshires
• UNITY brought two nationally acclaimed artists to work with teens to create sculptures for the Adams-Cheshire bike path.
• Northern Berkshire Neighbors, a program of the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition, has provided the support for residents of 11 local neighborhoods to create viable, active neighborhood associations.

Parents Place (sponsored by Berkshire Center for Families and Children)

• A total of 52 adult students came to Parent's Place for adult basic education this year--twenty-three families with a total of 26 children!
• Four homeless families found an educational home at The Parent's Place this year. All four found housing and continued working on educational goals. One expectant teen mom earned her GED and moved into her new apartment one month before her due date.

Salvation Army

UCP of the Berkshires

Services for individuals with disabilities (physical, developmental, and learning) and for their families:  Assistive Technology;
Durable medical equipment loans;  Wheel Chair repair;  Life support services;   Toy Library;  Children's recreational programming;  Verizon special phones

• Lead agency for the annual Berkshire Disability Pride Day and legislative forums.
• Facilitated personal growth for over 50 people in Northern Berkshire last year, especially children with physical, developmental or learning disabilities

VNA & Hospice of N. Berkshires

Western Massachusetts Girl Scout Council

Western Massachusetts Legal Services

YMCA

• The Northern Berkshire YMCA offers over 65 different Youth and Teen Programs.
• YMCA provided $81,241 in financial assistance to 240 youth members, 92 teen members, 160 families, and numerous childcare participants.
• There are over 150 seniors participating in YMCA senior programs during the course of the year.