Berkshire County Arc Receives Workplace Wellness Grant| 02:13PM / Friday, December 19, 2014 | |
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire County Arc is the recipient of a grant from Health New England, in partnership with Berkshire Health Systems, for the BHS Wellness at Work program.
The grant provides employees with the opportunity to take part in a variety of wellness activities in 2015, including biometric screenings, health education seminars/workshops (for example, smoking cessation, blood-pressure clinics and on-site fitness classes), coaching sessions and one-on-one nutritional counseling visits.
“We are excited for this opportunity to partner with Health New England and Berkshire Health Systems on this workplace wellness initiative to offer fun and educational opportunities for health sustainment and improvement to our more than 600 employees,” said Berkshire County Arc President and CEO Kenneth W. Singer.
Founded in 1954, Berkshire County Arc is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization providing a broad range of community-based services to 650 individuals with developmental disabilities, brain injuries and autism throughout Berkshire and Hampden Counties in Massachusetts. The agency offers three day programs, 35 residential programs, employment services, citizen- and self-advocacy programs, respite services, an adult family care program and Zip ‘N Sort Mail Services. For more information, visit http://www.bcarc.org.
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