Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. Hosting a Thankful Food Drive

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. (DPI) in collaboration with the Berkshire Running Center and MountainOne is hosting a Thankful Food Drive now through November 23, 2022. 
 
Donations will benefit the South Congregational Church and St. Joseph's Church Food Pantries. The drive is accepting non-perishable items such as canned vegetables, canned or dry beans, canned fruit in juice, low-sodium soups, canned tuna in water, canned chicken, canned stews, brown rice, unsalted nuts, shelf stable milk and milk substitutes, whole grain pasta, pasta sauce, canned tomatoes, unsweetened apple sauce, peanut butter, and whole grain cold cereals.
 
Please do NOT donate open packages or expired or perishable foods. 
 
Drop off by members of the public is welcomed at the following Pittsfield locations: 
  • 413Shirts (1595 East Street) 
  • Adelson & Company PC (100 North Street) 
  • Berkshire Art Center (141 North Street) 
  • Berkshire Athenaeum (1 Wendell Avenue) 
  • Berkshire County Arc Main Office (395 South Street) 
  • Berkshire Family YMCA (292 North Street) 
  • Berkshire Fitness and Wellness Center (137 North Street) 
  • Berkshire Museum (39 South Street) 
  • Berkshire Roots (501A Dalton Avenue) 
  • Berkshire Running Center (5 Cheshire Road Suite 119) 
  • Berkshire Theatre Group (111 South Street) 
  • Berkshire United Way (200 South Street) 
  • BFAIR (39 Willis Street) 
  • Carr Hardware (547 North Street) 
  • City Hall (70 Allen Street) 
  • Clock Tower (Berkshire Eagle Building) 
  • Cooper Center/Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (1 Fenn Street) 
  • Elegant Stitches (237 First Street) 
  • Guidewire, Inc. Office (34 Depot Street) 
  • Hill-Engineers, Architects, Planners, Inc. (50 Depot Street in Dalton) 
  • Holiday Inn & Suites (1 West Street) 
  • Lee Bank Pittsfield Branch (75 North Street) 
  • Mana Crypt Gaming Center (139 West Housatonic Street) 
  • MountainOne (South Street and Silver Lake offices) 
  • Otto's Kitchen & Comfort (95 East Street) 
  • Paul Rich & Sons (242 North Street) 
  • RSVP (16 Bartlett Avenue) 
  • ServiceNet (141 North Street, lower level) 
  • Solutions Community Connections Program (1450 West Housatonic Street) 
  • Soma's Aromas (81 East Street) 
  • This & That Sports (128 Fenn Street) 
  • Wayfair (75 South Church Street) 
  • Witch Slapped (78 North Street) 
  • Wolfson Center/Barrington Stage Company (122 North Street) 
For more information, call Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. at 413-443-6501. 
 

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Berkshire Athenaeum Seed Library Open for the Season

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff

Adult services staff Olivia Bowers and Tom Jorgenson cut the green ribbon on the seed library, opening the program for the season.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Athenaeum hosted a ribbon cutting for the seasonal opening of its seed library on Saturday.
 
The athenaeum has had a seed library since 2018 and last year had 217 program members.
 
"It always gets really great membership," Adult Services and Programming Supervisor Olivia Bowers said, "but we really want to advertise that it's available. It's a resource for free seeds to grow healthy vegetables, grow flower gardens and really enjoy nature in the Berkshires."
 
The seed library is funded by the volunteer organization Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum, which raises funds for the library programming and needs.
 
People who want to get seeds must have a library card to sign up. 
 
Members are able to sign out up to 10 seed packets for the season but are also encouraged to exchange seeds from what they grow or get.
 
"The idea is that, yes, it actually is a library, you can take things but we also encourage you to bring seeds back to us and we can use those again for next year," Bowers said.
 
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