A team of residents at BCArc’s co-op apartments spruced up a utility box with a painting titled “See the Good” at the southeast corner of South Street and Crofut Street, near BCArc’s main office. Brian, Jason, Robert, Chris, Bruce, Chris and Andrew collectively conceived the designs, submitting thr [...]
By Nicole Lemire Site manager Colleen Lester became inspired to work with individuals with disabilities after her son was diagnosed with Polymicrogyria and Cerebral Palsy at the age of one. She began working at BCArc shortly after, and was an employee for 10 years. After several years away, she decid [...]
By Nicole Lemire “If I can do it, I think everybody can.” Bianca Moriarty started working at BCArc seven years ago as relief staff. With 25 years of experience in working with individuals with disabilities and two children of her own with disabilities, she always felt like it was her calling to help [...]
By Nicole Lemire Kaitlyn Giron has worked at BCArc for three years and is currently a Brain Injury Residential Supervisor. She is also a member of the college tuition remission program. The tuition remission program allows for BCArc employees who attend a Massachusetts state college or university to [...]
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Don’t judge John by his cover. He has been routinely placed in physically demanding jobs that call for lifting, digging and stocking. But John is tech savvy. He knows his way around the backend of a computer program and enjoys spending time at a desk working with computers. “I realize I had to make t [...]
Central American cheeses. Mexican cooking bases. West African, Jamaican, and Caribbean ingredients. “People come here for specific items native to their food cultures,” said Goundo Behanzin, who owns Berkshire International Market in Pittsfield for the past 12 years, and has worked at BCArc for the p [...]
Pauline has worked at a BCArc home in Lenox for the past 10 years. During this time she helped build an elementary school in her home village of Bikie, Congo Brazzaville. She has helped some 15 students from her country to study in the United States, many of them attending Berkshire Community College [...]
After Sarah’s family sold their Angelina’s Sub Shops in Pittsfield and Dalton, she walked in cold to BCArc’s Pittsfield office and asked for a job. “There was a group of adults with special needs who regularly came to Angelina's,” Sarah explained. “I was always happy to see them. I felt lifted every [...]
As a relief staff worker, Marissa Messana-Banks cut the hair of a few individuals while on her shift, at no cost. “I’m a professional hairdresser. I like cutting people’s hair, it helps them feel good about themselves, so that was my approach with the individuals," she explained. When COVID hit, word [...]