The Northern Berkshire Community Coalition

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Improving the quality of life for people in Northern Berkshire by organizing, supporting, and empowering the community.

 

 

Welcome to our web site! Since 1986, the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition has been a catalyst for discussion and programming that affects the quality of life for area residents. We hope that you will find the information on this site helpful, and look forward to hearing from you!

Explore our Web site:

  An Introduction
Learn more about the Coalition's history and accomplishments.

  Our Latest Newsletter   (Click here for newsletter archive)
Read about the latest Coalition news and upcoming events in our online newsletter. This requires Adobe Acrobat, which can be downloaded for free here:

Get Adobe Reader To receive our electronic newsletter by e-mail, send us a request by clicking here.

  Community Resource Guide 

A list of the health, human service, and educational organizations in Northern Berkshire County and how to contact them. En espanol.

  People
Meet the Coalition staff, board of directors, friends, and supporters.

  Programs
Learn more about Coalition programs, including our work in the neighborhoods and in youth development.

 Further Resources
For more information about the North Berkshire community and available services, see these helpful links.

  Contact Us
The offices of the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition are located at 85 Main Street, Suite #624, North Adams. For more information, please call (413) 663-7588 or email Al Bashevkin at
abashevkin@nbccoalition.org . Thank you!

New and special items:

  Click here to download the 2008 Annual Meeting registration form.

  Click here for the Community Service-Learning Mini-Grant Application.

  New: Celebrating Twenty Years: The Northern Berkshire Community Coalition's 20th Anniversary Journal, filled with history, pictures, and memories. 

  New: 2006 Prevention Needs Assessment Survey Results 

   In the spring of 2006, 8th, 10th and 12th graders from throughout the county participated in a survey sponsored by the Berkshire Youth Development Project to identify what is helping and hindering positive youth development in Berkshire County. Our 4-page brochure tells you what we learned.

   (There is also a printable version of the brochure ready for copying on two sides of one sheet, and a 23-page report with full details.)

  Special: Our 20th Anniversary Annual Meeting
See what the local newspapers and online news services have to say about our activities.

  Special: Helping Hands Grant Application
"Helping Hands for Helping Hands" is a grant program that helps not-for-profit organizations provide training opportunities for staff, executives, and other representatives. The program has been re-funded for 2007 and will be accepting applications beginning February 10, 2007. For an application in PDF format, click above. For more details,
click here.

  Special: Safe Homes Pledge
A network of over 800 North Berkshire parents have joined the Safe Homes network by signing a pledge that they will allow their teens to throw a party only when they are present, and that they will not allow the illegal use of alcohol, drugs, or tobacco by teens at their home or on their property. Read more about it (click on the link above), and if your children are in grades 6 through 12, consider
signing the pledge yourself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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