St. Stanislaus School benefit, 9 to 4 in Kolbe Hall, Adams. Bake sale, snack bar, games, Chinese auctions, money raffle, crafts, and pierogi.
Blackinton Union Church, 1373 Massachusetts Ave., North Adams; 10 to 2. Crafts table, bake sale, Chinese auction, the Christmas table, and kid's grab bag. Lunch $4, $2 kids.
First Congregational Church, North Adams, 9-2.
Nov. 28 Becket Federated Church, Route 8, holiday bazaar from 9-3. Lunch, crafts, baked goods, holiday and other items. Information: Mary Peltier, Parish House, 413-623-5217.
Dec. 5
Holiday Fair at First Congregational Church, 25 Park Place, Lee, from 10 to 3; handcrafted items, raffles, children's shop, bake sale, cut Christmas trees and lunch from 11 to 1. Includes angel-themed goods from SERRV. Information, 413-243-1033 or www.ucc-lee.org.
Dec. 12-13
North Adams Country Club, crafts 9-4; food from That's a Wrap from 11-2. Information: Sheryl Morehouse at 413-822-3329.
Planning a bazaar this season? Submit information to info@iberkshires.com to have it listed here.
We're trying out blogs to offer shorter, easy-to-find news. Let us know what you think.
Send press releases and announcements to info@iberkshires.com. Need to contact someone at iBerkshires? Here's how.
Mammography Dispute The government's issued controversial new guidelines stating that women shouldn't get annual mammograms until age 50, rather than age 40.
iBerkshires will be meeting with local medical experts Monday. Have a question you'd like answered on this issue? Send it info@iberkshires.com with "mammogram" in the subject line.
PITTSFIELD, Mass – On November 1, residents of Berkshire County donated 57,908 pounds of non-perishable food in the countywide Letter Carriers Food Drive. By the end of the day, all the food had been redistributed to over 28 good pantries and meal-site throughout the Berkshires.
Local 286 letter carrier Mike Callahan, Shirley MacDonald of Berkshire Community Action Council, and Maryanne Boenitz of the Berkshire United Way were coordinators for the drive.
Pittsfield volunteers included letter carriers, active and retired postal workers and their family members and 30 high school students from Berkshire Youth United along with their advisor Ralph “Doc” Casey. In-kind donations included cardboard boxes from Poly-Matrix, a moving truck from Tailored Events and pizza from Pizza Hut.
31,235 pounds of food from the drive was distributed to the following sites in Pittsfield and Dalton: Barton’s Crossing, Christian Center, Dalton Sunday Lunch Program, Salvation Army, St. Joseph’s Church, St. Agnes Church, Lanesboro American Legion VFW, St. Mark’s Parish, St. Joseph’s Kitchen at South Church, First Baptist Church, First Congregation Church/Hinsdale, Soldier On, Elizabeth Freeman Center, Reigning Love Church, Christian Assembly Food Pantry, Goodwill Industries of the Berkshires, St. Charles Church, Berkshire Community Action Council, and Dalton United Methodist Loaves & Fishes. The total distributed in northern Berkshire including North Adams, Adams, and Williamstown was 17,083. In southern Berkshire the total was 8,150 and 1,440 in Becket and Hinsdale.
