Greylock Opens a South County Insurance Office

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Jessica Beham-Wehry and Jay Marion at the new Great Barrington location of Greylock Insurance Agency.
GREAT BARRINGTON - Greylock Insurance Agency has opened its sixth insurance office at 329 Stockbridge Road in Great Barrington, completing the agency’s expansion throughout Berkshire County. Greylock now offers more insurance locations than any other agency in the county and is the only independent agency in the area to offer products from the three largest auto insurance carriers. The full service insurance operation in Great Barrington’s White House Square complex will offer a full array of services in auto, homeowners, life and commercial insurance.

Jay Marion, Assistant Vice President, will lead the south county operation. He is joined by Customer Services Representative Jessica Beham-Wehry, a veteran of Greylock’s Great Barrington credit union branch.

“Convenient locations, friendly and knowledgeable professionals and the best insurance products in the industry have always been our focus,” said Greylock Insurance Senior Vice President Shaun Farley. “I am happy to report Greylock Insurance continues to be the fastest growing agency in Berkshire County, more than tripling our customer base since our launch in 2004.”

Greylock Insurance has additional locations at 150 West Street and 128 South Street, both in Pittsfield; 40 Main Street in North Adams; 552 Main Street in Williamstown and 2 Park Street in Adams. The agency from north to south now fields 27 insurance professionals and handles commercial and personal lines sales as well as claims service and premium payments.

Greylock President, Angelo C. Stracuzzi said, “We want insurance locations to be just as convenient as our credit union locations. Convenience is a key part of “treating everyone better than they expect.”

Farley said, “Greylock’s  mortgage and auto loan activity – the strongest in the county – provides a steady source of referrals, and members have responded very favorably to the discount programs offered by the agency,” Farley explains that Greylock Federal Credit Union members who have their homeowners and auto insurance with the agency can receive significant discounts.

Competitive rates for automobile insurance expected to roll out April 1st may dramatically change buying habits of people in Berkshire County and throughout the state. Farley said, “Greylock customers count on us to provide them with the best service at the lowest price and our mission is to meet and exceed that challenge with each and every customer, each and every day. We are the only agency in the county that represents the three largest providers of automobile insurance in Massachusetts. Combined with our talented professionals and our office locations we are uniquely positioned to take great care of our customers.”

In 2007 Greylock Insurance purchased the insurance business of Gallup & Casey Insurance Services, Inc. Recently, Greylock Insurance Agency and Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America announced an arrangement enabling Greylock Federal Credit Union members to secure long term care insurance at a 10% permanent premium discount.

More information is available at www.greylockinsuranceagency.com

Greylock Federal Credit Union was recently rated the top credit union in the United States for total value returned to Members/Owners according to Callahan & Associates, a national credit union research and consulting firm. Greylock Membership is open to anyone who lives, works, attends school, worships or regularly conducts business in Berkshire County. Greylock Federal is wholly owned by its more than 60,000 members and Greylock offers full-service branches in Pittsfield, Great Barrington, Lee, Adams, North Adams, and Williamstown. More information is available at www.greylock.org
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New Camp Is Safe Place for Children Suffering Loss to Addiction

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff

Last year's Happy Campers courtesy of Max Tabakin.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A new camp is offering a safe place for children who have lost a parent or guardian to addiction. 
 
Director Gayle Saks founded the nonprofit "Camp Happy Place" last year. The first camp was held in June with 14 children.
 
Saks is a licensed drug and alcohol counselor who works at the Brien Center. One of her final projects when studying was how to involve youth, and a camp came to mind. Camp had been her "happy place" growing up, and it became her dream to open her own.
 
"I keep a bucket list in my wallet, and it's right on here on this list, and I cross off things that I've accomplished," she said. "But it is the one thing on here that I knew I had to do."
 
The overnight co-ed camp is held at a summer camp in Winsted, Conn., where Saks spent her summers as a child. It is four nights and five days and completely free. Transportation is included as are many of the items needed for camping. The camp takes up to 30 children.
 
"I really don't think there's any place that exists specifically for this population. I think it's important to know, we've said this, but that it is not a therapeutic camp," Saks said.
 
She said the focus is on fun for the children, though they are able to talk to any of the volunteer and trained staff. The staff all have experience in social work, addiction and counseling, and working with children.
 
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