Berkshire Bank, America’s Most Exciting Bank® and The Berkshire Bank Foundation are excited to announce that they were honored with eight Financial Marketing Awards for their work in the community and leading edge products. The Bank received the following prestigious awards:
Community Champion Award, Gold – for their overall philanthropic work
Civic Involvement Award, Gold – for their nationally acclaimed XTEAM Employee Volunteer Program
Brand Award, Bronze – for their unveiling of the X Identifier
Brand Award, Bronze – for their work with Firestone Financial, a Berkshire Bank Company branding
Deposit Award, Gold – for their Bank@Work products
Loan Award, Gold – for their Credit Cards For Whatever Your Need campaign
Public Relations Award, Gold –for their release of The Sum quarterly newsletter
Internal Marketing Award, Gold – for their internal employee communications, including newsletter, email blasts and volunteer website
All Awards were presented at a ceremony at the Hyatt Regency in Newport, Rhode Island on Thursday, May 12, 2016.
Berkshire Bank, America’s Most Exciting Bank®, has announced that it will close all locations at noon on Tuesday, June 7th for their company-wide Xtraordinary Day, The Power of Giving Back. Xtraordinary Day is a day of employee volunteering that has occurred in previous years, yet this year it will be on a larger scale, as it will be the first year that the Bank as a whole will participate in community service events from 1pm – 4pm. The day is set to focus on over 50 community projects, with over 1,100 employees, to make the greatest impact with this year’s effort. The previous year’s week of service marked the highest number of employee participants and the most projects undertaken during a single week in the company’s history. This year will focus less on the quantity of projects and more on higher employee participation while making a more significant contribution to each organization. The day’s projects will benefit nonprofit organizations and communities across Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut and Vermont
Calvary Bible Church will hold their 9th Annual Family Fun Day on Saturday, June 18th in Main Street Park, corner of Routes 4 & 7. This is a free community event. Free hot dogs, snow cones, cotton candy, games, crafts, face painting, live music, bounce houses, giant slide and more! For more information call 802-775-0358.
Rutland Young Professionals June Mix will take place at the Best Western Inn & Suites on June 21st from 6-8 PM and learn about our Gateway to Killington and the various summer attractions that Killington has to offer to Rutland. Guest speaker: Amy Morrison, Director of Killington Pico Area Association. Cash bar and appetizers provided by Best Western Inn & Suites. Visit RutlandYoungProfessionals.org for membership information and more!
The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center invites youth (ages 13-18) from the Rutland area to participate in an exciting, collaborative project for two weeks this summer. Under the instruction of master sculptor Nora Valdez, participants will design and carve a stone bench, to be installed in a Rutland area town. 2016 is the 8th year of the Stone Bench Project, scheduled for July 5-15. The functional public art sculptures created become a point of pride for their makers and the communities they are placed in. Teamwork, skills building and cultural/historical appreciation are among the benefits derived by participants. Students are selected through an application process. There is no charge for participation to students who are selected. Application deadline is June 10, 2016. For more information, please contact the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center at 802-438-2097 or info@carvingstudio.org.
The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center hosts sculptor Robert Haskell as Artist in Residence during June 2016. Haskell has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and currently teaches in Bar Harbor, Maine. His multi-media works explore physical phenomena through sculpture.
Robert Haskell will be creating new work during his residency and will present his methods and aesthetic in an Artist’s Talk the evening of Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 7 PM. Free and open to the public, for more information: (802) 438-2097 or info@carvingstudio.org.
Wonderfeet Kids Museum is hosting their premiere Grown-Ups Playdate to benefit the Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum will take place on Saturday, June 11, 2016 from 7pm to 11pm hosted by Stonehedge Indoor Golf. This event is a 21+ party for all the grown-ups that just wanna play!
The cost for the event is $65 per person which includes participation in a variety of golf contests with prizes, demonstrations and instruction by PGA Pro Greg Nelson, shuffleboard and foosball round robin tournaments, buffet with ice cream sundae bar and raffle ticket for great golf related prizes. Mike, Moses and Kasey – a.k.a Acoustic Boogaloo will perform live music. Boston Beer Company will be on-site offering drink specials throughout the evening.
Advanced ticket purchase is required, visit www.WonderfeetKidsMuseum.org/Playdate.
