Donate blood at BMC and get fit at Berkshire Nautilus

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PITTSFIELD - Berkshire Medical Center will conduct an October blood drive, with participants receiving a reward for their good deed from Berkshire Nautilus Fitness Center in Pittsfield. The BMC Blood Drive will be held on Monday, October 18th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Private Dining Rooms near the Cafeteria. Those who pre-register for the BMC blood drive will receive a free one-week membership at Berkshire Nautilus. For those who are already members of Berkshire Nautilus, participation in the BMC blood drive will result in two free weeks added to their membership. Pre-registration is required by calling the BMC Blood Donor Center at 447-2597. Interested donors may request a specific time from 10 to 3 to donate. Blood donors help anemic patients who require blood transfusions to increase their energy levels. They help people who have been involved in motor vehicle crashes and who have suffered blood loss to get the transfusions they need to replace lost red blood cells and plasma. They do all of this and more by giving just one pint of blood. For those unable to donate during the October 18th blood drive, Berkshire Medical Center's Blood Donor Center accepts public blood donations Mondays through Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and the American Red Cross accepts blood donations regularly. Call Julie Stone, Donor Center Coordinator in the BMC Blood Bank at 447-2597 to make an appointment to give blood at BMC or 442-1506 to give blood at the American Red Cross. There are many reasons to give blood. Just one pint of donated blood can be separated into several components and can help save many lives. Red blood cells carry oxygen to the body's organs and tissues. Plasma, a pale yellow mixture of water, proteins and salts, helps maintain blood pressure, carries blood cells, nutrients, enzymes and hormones, and supplies critical proteins for blood clotting and immunity. Plasma can also be frozen and used for up to one year. It's estimated that of the 270-million people living in the United States today that 150-million are eligible to give blood, and yet only about 8-million do so. That amounts to just over 5% of the population.
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Stockbridge Grange Community Dinner

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Stockbridge Grange is holding a community dinner on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, featuring spaghetti and meatballs, salad, and bread with dessert choices of chocolate cream or lemon meringue pie.
 
Dinner is $17.00 per person, take out only with 12-1:30 pm pick up at the Stockbridge Grange Hall at 51 Church Street, Stockbridge.  Orders may be made by calling 413-243-1298 or 413-443-4352. 
 
Inclement weather postpones the meal for a week.
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