image description — Bottom row, from left: head coach Dave Pelkey, Kylie Duhamel, Bella Tart, Grace Julieano, Mia Dejesus, Madison Barber, Madeline Harrington, Mariah Barnes, coach Kirk Barnes and coach Jorge Dejesus. Top row: Ella Stodden, Jianna Kruger, A.J. Pelkey, Evelyn Julieano and Gionnah Levardi.

Berkshire Force 12U Team Dominates in Greenfield

Community submission11:19PM / Sunday, July 25, 2021Print Story | Email Story

GREENFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team won the Mid-Summer Storm Tournament this weekend with a record of 5-1.

The Force beat the Webster Wrath, 13-0 in the semi-finals and the Western Mass Heat, 12-0, in the finals.

This week, the Force 12U squad goes to Windsor, Conn., for the Fast Pitch Nation Summer Nationals.

Team members include Madison Barber, Mariah Barnes, Mia Dejesus, Kylie Duhamel, Madeline Harrington, Evelyn Julieano, Grace Julieano, Gionnah Levardi, A.J. Pelkey, Jianna Kruger, Ella Stodden, and Bella Tart.

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BVNA Nurses Raise Funds for Berkshire Bounty

06:38AM / Wednesday, December 24, 2025

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Massachusetts Nursing Association members of the Berkshire Visiting Nurses Association raised $650 to help with food insecurity in Berkshire County.

The nurses and health-care professionals of BVNA have given back to the community every holiday season for the last three years. The first year, they adopted a large family, raised money, bought, wrapped and delivered the gifts for the family. Last year, they sold raffle tickets and the money raised went to the charitable cause of the winner.

This year, with food insecurity as a rising issue, they chose to give to Berkshire Bounty in Great Barrington.

They sold raffle tickets for a drawing to win one of two items: A lottery ticket tree or a gift certificate tree, each worth $100. They will be giving the organization the donation this month.

Berkshire Bounty seeks to improve food security in the county through food donations from retailers and local farms; supplemental purchases of healthy foods; distribution to food sites and home deliveries; and collaborating with partners to address emergencies and improve the food system.

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