All Berkshire Bank Employees Volunteered in Their Communities in 2024

BOSTON — Berkshire Bank employees achieved a milestone in 2024: 100% participation in the company’s award-winning volunteer program.

In all, employees completed more than 250 company-sponsored projects that totaled more than 11,500 hours of service across Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island, as well as thousands more hours volunteering as individuals in their hometown communities.

“Volunteering is a core part of our identity and values at Berkshire Bank,” said Lori Kiely, managing director of the Berkshire Bank Foundation. “For more than 175 years, Berkshire Bank has been the partner our communities rely on to help provide an important safety net for those in need and create a better tomorrow.”

Named for the X in its logo, Berkshire’s XTEAM employee volunteer and giving program is a central element of its workplace culture, providing employees with an easy way to put the bank’s corporate values into action and help local communities.