BCArc's team of nurses include: Top from left: Shaunna Brogan, Kathy Dowd, Sharon Ireland, Roberta Kaufer. Middle row, from left: Mackenzie Melski, Caroline Eldred, Kate Hood, Leslie Potter; Bottom from left: Amy Brassard, Rebecca Carmel (no longer works for BCArc), Nicole Bak, Melissa Hunter. A BC [...]
Artist-in-Residence Andrew focuses on his work at his centrally-located studio at Blue Q. Three days a week Andrew LaPatin, the “Artist in Residence” at the Pittsfield company Blue Q, sometimes stays in the painting studio Blue Q made for him without taking a break for hours straight. “He’s an arti [...]
Eldasara in front of her home “If I’m feeling upset,” says Eldasara Morgan, “I write something positive to lift the spirits, then I seal it and mail it to myself. When it comes back to me in a few days, I have a good laugh. It makes me think about what I was experiencing when I wrote the entry, an [...]
Standing from left: Joseph Nyamekah, Elizabeth Rogers, Frank Petruzzelli. Sitting: Stella Perdison and George Gyan. From left, Brittiany McDermott and Adrienne Reddy. After nearly a month of living with three individuals who tested positive, another BCArc home has been cleared from the Board of H [...]
It’s not easy when someone at your workplace tests positive for COVID-19 and your job is to take care of him. Not everyone raises their hand for that. At a BCArc home in Pittsfield, a team of five quickly came swooping in to care and protect the four individuals. Anthony Monterosso, Delroy Leard, Jo [...]
When Maryellen told her two children she was going to work at a group home with individuals who tested positive for COVID-19, they got angry, called her selfish, said that she didn’t put her family first. Pavel lives with his parents. When he told them he would “shelter-in” with individuals who teste [...]
Ken runs a newly built home overlooking a strawberry field and the Taconic hills. He’s happy to talk to applicants about BCArc working life. - - - If you are thinking about working at Berkshire County Arc, you might want to talk with Ken first. He’s been around the BCArc and back, and can probably [...]
Communications for Families and Friends March 1, 2023 -- Letter from Ken — Stepping Down for New CEO Maryann Hyatt January 15, 2021 -- Understanding the Vaccine with Dr. Pettus November 18, 2020 -- BCArc Day Hab Services & Fiscal Stability November 13, 2020 -- New Visiting Rules November 10, 202 [...]
DeSean Scales is a Steelers fan. When he started as a part-time worker at Berkshire County Arc, he didn’t expect to travel to Pittsburgh—as part of the job—to see his first Steelers home football game. “This was an amazing experience for me,” DeSean said, “but seeing the huge grin on Gerry’s face al [...]
- - Call it courage. Or perseverance. At 70 years-old, Dennis Spencer is determined to learn the guitar and harmonica. “I’m not that good,” he likes to say. And when he’s nervous, he’s right. But he also works through those nerves and finds his spot, and that’s when he can play. And he’s getting b [...]