Third Annual “Giving Tree” to Bring Warmth and Joy to ServiceNet Community Members

At the REACH Early Intervention Program and family shelters in Pittsfield and Greenfield, our staff works tirelessly to support hundreds of families during challenging periods of transition.   [...]

How does ServiceNet help those who are unhoused find housing? We talk to Erin Forbush, its director of shelter and housing

BY CLAIRE O’CALLAHAN THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2024 When it’s your job to think, talk and write about housing every day, you quickly learn that everyone in the […]

Pittsfield: Resource fair offers housing assistance

THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2024 PITTSFIELD — The city’s Homeless Advisory Committee is sponsoring a Housing Resource Fair from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Sept. 19, at Persip Park [...]

Opening doors for immigrants: UMass Dining’s Pam Adams finds work for Haitian community

BY ANTHONY CAMMALLERI DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE WEDNESDAY, JULY 17TH, 2024 AMHERST — On the 10th floor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Campus Center, Samuel Noel, a welder by trade, […]

Greenfield shelter leaders ponder impacts of potential funding infusion, stay limit

BY ANTHONY CAMMALLERI THE GREENFIELD RECORDER MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2024 GREENFIELD — Less than a week after the House voted to pass a spending bill allocating $245 million to the […]

New ServiceNet Shelter ‘The Pearl’ Opens in Pittsfield

BY BRITTANY POLITO iBERKSHIRES.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2024 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Pearl aims to provide a sense of community for folks experiencing homelessness while connecting them with [...]

‘We all need community.’ At The Pearl, Pittsfield’s new shelter, residents are making the space their own

BY MATT MARTINEZ THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2024 PITTSFIELD — The Pearl, Pittsfield’s new shelter for those facing housing insecurity, is starting to look a bit more like home. [...]

ServiceNet has completed its move into The Pearl, a new shelter within the First United Methodist Church

BY MATT MARTINEZ THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE FRIDAY, JANUARY 26TH, 2024 PITTSFIELD — Homeless residents of the city can now spend the night at The Pearl, a new shelter downtown for those […]

Amy Timmins: Toy drive brought goodwill

LETTER TO THE EDITOR THE GREENFIELD RECORDER TUESDAY, JANUARY 2ND, 2024 On behalf of ServiceNet and the children we serve through the Days Inn family shelter, Greenfield Family Inn, and […]