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Berkshire Money Management prepares facemarks for distribution on Thursday.

Berkshire Money Management to Distribute Free Facemasks

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DALTON, Mass. — In reaction to Gov. Baker;s recent order requiring all Massachusetts residents to wear face covering when they are out in public beginning Wednesday May 6, Berkshire Money Management has secured 5,000 hand-sewn cloth facemasks to make available to the community. 

The bulk of these masks will be distributed Thursday, May 7, from noon to 4 p.m. at Berkshire Money Management, located at 161 Main St. in Dalton.

"The first phase of our donations was to help health-care workers until they could get their supply chains in order," said BMM founder and CEO Allen Harris. "Our next phase is to help prepare the community to safely leave their homes and into their favorite local stores. We're here to help the Berkshires get back to business."

Visitors will be asked to drive through the circular driveway, going clockwise, stopping at a no-touch handoff point to receive a family-sized package of five masks. All masks are donations from BMM and will be provided on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Berkshire Money Management has donated nearly 30,000 masks and other PPE to the local community.


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Former NFL Player Shares Message on Overcoming Adversity

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
DALTON, Mass. – By any reasonable measure, Keith Willis has been a success in sports and in life.
 
And the former NFL tight end probably inspired a little awe among the Wahconah High School student-athletes who filled the Nessacus Middle School auditorium on Wednesday evening.
 
But he did not come to show off. He came to show those students how to be winners themselves.
 
“How many think it’s cool that I played for five different NFL teams?” Willis said, asking for a show of hands from the youngsters. “It’s pretty cool, right?
 
“You know what people don’t think about? That means I was cut five different times.”
 
Willis was an all-America high school football player and multi-sport star in Virginia who went on to stand out at Virginia Tech before playing in the NFL from 2004 to 2008.
 
Today, he is an entrepreneur and motivational speaker. And this week he is making several more stops in the Berkshires to inspire youngsters.
 
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