RSVP VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
Berkshire County, Massachusetts  

Join RSVP Berkshire County's vast social network of peers who share common values
and enjoy the simple fact that volunteering makes your heart feel good! 

Take a  look at some of the
things we do!

Arbor Day 2012

WHO WE ARE

The RSVP Volunteer Program in Berkshire County provides recruitment, training and placement of persons 55 years of age and over as volunteers. The program enables volunteers to use their time and lifetime experience to: meet new people, help others, be productive and creative, grow personally, explore new careers and make a difference through community service assignments.  RSVP is a national organization, funded in part by the Corporation for National & Community Service (Senior Corps), and is sponsored locally by the City of Pittsfield.  RSVP has chapters in every county of our country, with over a half million volunteers Nationwide making a positive difference impacting communities.

WHAT WE DO

In 2009, RSVP coordinated the activities of 450+ local volunteers who provided 40,081 hours of caring and essential community service in Berkshire County.   Berkshire County RSVP volunteers are participating enthusiastically in a wide array of community service projects such as our PALS Friendly Visiting  Project for elderly residents in area nursing homes, driving for Road to Recovery cancer patient treatment, Senior Resource Calendar, Books on Wheels, Friends Read Youth Literacy, Senior Meal Sites, exciting, one time community events and celebrations, Pittsfield Visitors Center, Downtown Pittsfield Walking Tour, Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, and environmental projects such as Arbor Day, Tree Watch and many more

OUR MISSION

• To encourage mature adults to volunteer and to match their skills and interests with appropriate community service assignments.
• To provide adult volunteers and project services which assist at-risk, low income individuals and contribution to the success of community agencies and municipal departments in Berkshire County.
• To work in partnership with local groups and agencies to identify unmet needs and to design projects which make a measurable impact and improvement for those in need.
• To promote the concept of volunteerism.
• To foster future potential volunteers, specifically Baby Boomers through the RSVP Associate Member Program.

Click:   http://www.seniorcorps.gov/about/programs/rsvp.asp

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RSVP ADVISORY COUNCIL

Meetings are held monthly (except July & August) to review matters pertaining to budget, staffing, program projects & related policies.

2012 RSVP ADVISORY BOARD  

 President - Andrew Perenick, Vice President -Carolyn Valli , Treasurer - Ed Plummer, Secretary - Jennifer Coppola, Immediate Past President -Gail Kerwood 

Mayor Dan Bianchi, Carl Allen, Jennifer Coppola, James Dellea, Rosemarie Gould, Bertha Lawrence, Vin Marinaro, Lorraine Moresi, Charlene Murray, Normalyn Powers,  Jean Ryan, Roger Suters, Frank Thoubboron, and Carolyn Valli.